2005, Cotes du Rhone
2005, Cotes du Rhone, $13.99
I recently discovered Vino Matique! in Berea, OH, USA. They are a wine store that has a small but interesting selection of wines for sale as well as the ability to taste about 10 different bottle. They have a fancy vacuum dispensing machine that for $2 a glass, you can taste a wine before buying, if they have the bottle you are interested in the machine. I haven’t tried tasting any wines, but since they have a rather unique selection, I found their display of French wines and have started from the inexpensive ones. This particular selection is quite good, especially for the price. Michelle tried it and she liked it (rare since she is more of a wine or sweet wine fan) but commented that is was strong with a peppery taste. I found the peppery taste in good contrast to the power grape fruit taste of the wine. We had the wine with another dinner experiment, Steak au Poivre from the Food Network. For the price, I strongly recommend this wine and especially complementing a steak such as the slightly rich, Steak au Poivre!