Pour: Domaine la Garrigue Cuvée Romaine

Its lively acidity boots up ripe dark fruit and herb flavors with remarkable depth

By Dennis Ray Wheaton

Published April 10, 2009

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

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