This wine shouldn’t exist. Biodynamically farmed, gorgeous Cotes-du-Rhone... for $15 and change? Nothing beats the crunchy spicy warm-blooded fruits of France's Southern Rhone Valley --- Grenache country. With Chateauneuf du Pape and Gigondas as beacons for the region, savvy Rhone-heads know the place to look for value is Cotes-du-Rhone... as long as you can find a meticulous, serious producer. Enter this nottle of biodynamically farmed white pepper, red fruit, and dried green herbs. This is the kind of wine Californian winemakers lament: we just can’t compete.
