Full Review

La Croix de Pere Michel

La Croix de Pere Michel
2019 Minervois

Pair this wine with:
Beef Game

Category: Southern French Red

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 14.5%
Bronze Medal
Recommended
$9

La Croix de Pere Michel
2019 Minervois

Pair this wine with:
Beef Game

Category: Southern French Red

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 14.5%
Black violet color. Aromas and flavors of dried figs, quince paste, black plum, licorice, and clove with an vibrant, dryish medium body and a smooth, charming, agreeable finish with notes of spiced plum and sanguine. A dense and rustic Minervois to pair with game.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: dried figs, quince paste, black plum, licorice, and clove
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of spiced plum and sanguine
Sweetness Sweetness: Dryish
Enjoy Enjoy: Now with food
Recipes Pairing: Roasted Goat, Beef Teriyaki, Steak Fajitas
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A dense and rustic Minervois to pair with game.

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Southern French Red

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Serve in a Zinfandel Wine Glass
Southern French red is a catchall category that covers many different types of wines from the south of France. Included in this are red wines from Provence, Languedoc-Roussilon and the Rhone Valley. Most of these wines are made from Rhone varieties such as Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah and Carignan and while may of them are moderately priced wines for short term-drinking, as with a Provence red or a Cotes-du-Rhone, there are some red wines from the southern of France, such as Châteauneuf-du-Pape that are medium-full to full bodied and crafted to drink well for more than a decade.

These southern French reds work with a variety of foods, such as casserole for the lighter versions, all the way to lamb shank or wild game for the more robust wines.