The 2007 Cotes du Rhone Guy Louis (equal parts Syrah and Grenache) comes from multiple sectors in the southern Rhone, primarily Rasteau, Cairanne, Coudoulet, and Plan de Dieu. This wine reveals excellent ripeness along with a sexy, alluring personality, copious quantities of strawberry and cherry jam intermixed with cedar, licorice, and garrigue, a superb texture, and gorgeous flesh. Drink this dazzling wine over the next 5-6 years. This wine is a super bargain. This partial look at the Tardieu-Laurent portfolio concentrates on the value-priced offerings from the southern Rhone. Michel Tardieu’s Chateauneuf du Papes were reviewed in issue #179.Importer: Wilson Daniels Ltd., St. Helena, CA; tel. (707) 963-9661