The 2009 Cotes du Rhone-Villages L’Esprit de Vin has loads of sweet black cherry fruit and hints of herbs, seaweed, and spice. It is an impressively rich, supple-textured, soft and round Cotes du Rhone to drink over the next 2-3 years.
The owner and winemaker of Domaine Galevan is another strong-minded and impressively talented woman, Coralie Goumarre. Her 2009s are even better than what she did in 2007. As I have written before, two of her best buys are her Cotes du Rhones.
Importer: Vintage Imports, Bristol, PA; tel. (215) 788-1300