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Domaine Notre Dame Cotes du Rhone 2007Price: $14.00    Case Price: $12.60

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Color:
Red
Body/Type:
Full Bodied
Style:
Traditional
Size:
Bottle, 750 ml
Winery:
Domaine Notre Dame
Grapes:
Grenache / Garnacha and Syrah
Serve At:
59°-64° F
Region:
France > Rhone > Cotes du Rhone
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Situated on the right bank of the Rhone River, across from famed Chateauneuf-du-Pape reside the vineyards of the Pommier Family. They have been cultivating their organic vineyard across from Chateauneuf-du-Pape since the Napoleonic era.

Certified organic, this ancient domain lies between 2 appellations, Cotes du Rhone and Cotes du Vivarais. The chapel of Notre Dame de Cousignac was built in the 7th century and lies in the midst of the vineyards. The Pommier family, the current owners, bought the property in the Napoleonic era and cultivated wines and silk. After 7 generations, the vineyard is still active though the silk industry has disappeared. This combination of soil and climate, coupled with the quality of the selected grape varietals, result in full-bodied wines, noted for their originality and suavity.

While famous wine regions like Chateauneuf du Pape, Vacqueyras and Gigondas are fun to say, almost 75% of wine production in the Southern Rhone is labeled Cotes du Rhone, an expansive sets of vineyards to the south. Extremely reasonable in price, the region is best known for smaller producers making sensational wines. Different from their Nothern Rhone cousins of Hermitage and Cote Rotie, the vineyards in Cotes du Rhone are part of the sunny, herb scented, lavender strewn, olive growing Mediterranean. Brutally hot days are contrasted with the cold mistral winds blowing from the Alps down the Rhone Valley. These winds concentrate the sugar and acid in the grapes while cooling down the vines and protecting against humidity and mold. The end results are generally full bodied wines full of power and finesse.

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Damon O'Gara, WineOG says:

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This wine mellows with decanting; not all organic wines need this though this one surely does.

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mcensits says:

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I hate when i don't like one of our wines, but this one...not so much. I'm going to pull it so if anyone out there loves it, buy it soon!!

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jessica delgado, jdelgado says:

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Excellent. Love the mineral and herbal notes. I recommend it with a less hearty meal that you might think given how full bodied it is. Something fairly simple so that it doesn't compete with the herbal complexity.

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Chris Schifando, Fando says:

Not acidic. Earthy. A little flat.

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