Perrin Cotes du Rhone Reserve Rouge 2021

Smacking my lips on the very stuff as I sing its praises, I must admit I have a proclivity to these blends of the southern Rhone. For table talk "cotes" means slope and "Rhone" refers to one of Europe's most important rivers that springs from the Swiss alps, flows quickly into France and then works its way down to the Mediterranean Sea. Cotes du Rhone to our circle of seekers, addresses wines from the southern stretch known for blending the great Granache, Syrah, Mourvedre with the less familiar Cinsault, Carignane and Counoise -think the red varieties permitted in Chateauneuf du Pape. These exemplify the French ability to take individuals and gather them in a way that brings out the best of all so the final result harmonizes in a way that a single voice cannot achieve no matter how moving.

Food Pairings

Steaks, pasta with meat sauces, sausages the spicier the better. Barbecued ribs or chicken. Burgers and brats.

Where to find this wine

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Perrier - Bloomington
Bloomington
952-826-6443

Cheers - Bloomington
Bloomington
952-941-0998

Total Wine & More #1601 - Bloomington
Bloomington
952-835-6063

Edina # 1 - 50th
Edina
612-903-5720

Mendota Liquor Barrel
Mendota Heights
651-687-9252

Lowry Hill Liquors
Minneapolis
612-871-2500

South Lyndale Liquor
Minneapolis
612-827-5811

Ken And Norm's Liquors
Minneapolis
612-822-0030

Top Ten Liquors - Minnetonka
Minnetonka

Spirits Of Nisswa
Nisswa
218-963-7488

Northfield Liquors
Northfield
507-645-5153

Total Wine & More #1602 - Roseville
Roseville
301-795-1000

The Wine Shop - Nicholas Barth
Saint Cloud
320-251-7733

Lunds & Byerlys - St Louis Park
Saint Louis Park
952-929-2100

Rite Liquor Store
Saint Paul
651-414-0346

Yarmo Liquor
Saint Paul
651-698-0707

Total Wine & More #1604 - Woodbury
Woodbury
301-795-1000