Pour: Domaine la Garrigue Cuvée Romaine
Its lively acidity boots up ripe dark fruit and herb flavors with remarkable depth
By Dennis Ray Wheaton
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Auvignon. Back in my student days, that’s where I hung out and, thanks to the local Côtes du Rhône, that’s where I learned the joys of good red wine and robust food. When I heard that this southern French appella-tion enjoyed a great vintage in 2007, I dug out my old recipe for beef estouffade provençale and secured a bottle of unfiltered Domaine la Garrigue Cuvée Romaine ($13). Its lively acidity boots up ripe dark fruit and herb flavors with remarkable depth—even better than old memories.
Photograph: Michael Boone
This article appears in the April 2009 issue of Chicago Magazine.
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