Union des Vignerons des Cotes du Rhone - Cotes du Rhone 2009

crock      France

I wanted a bottle of red to wash down a Poulet a la crapaudine, sauce vinaigrette a l'echalotte. A decent looking bottle and label, nice metallic capsule and a nearly proper cork. Softly generic and typical of the region, perhaps a little too bland towards the end of the bottle - have you noticed how the top half is always different from the bottom, sometimes better, sometimes not? Perhaps it was simply not man enough for the strongly flavoured chicken. But at 3,46 euros (Marche Plus, Place Carnot, Carcassonne) one perhaps could not expect more.

Tags:   carcassonne   poulet a la crapaudine   cotes du rhone   soft and sweet

Tasting date : 07 Apr 2011

Meaning on the maturity : Ready to drink. Not bold enough to keep