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Les Secrets du Château Palvié 2002
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Price: 22.00
Sale Price: $17.60

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description
The village of Montans was a crossroad for the pottery trade from Roman times. It was also an important area for wine production, and the wine amphoras produced in the area (and presumably filled with local wine) have been found as far away as Northern Scotland and Southern Spain. The village is part of the Gaillac AOC in the Languedoc. Jerome Bézios produces wines under two labels: Domaine la Croix des Marchands, a tribute to the traveling merchants of the past, and Château Palvié, a subsection of the property named for the family that owned the property before the French Revolution. First Vine is the first importer to bring M. Bézios’s wines to the U.S.

The Gaillac region produces some Bordeaux style wines and also wine made from local grapes, some used for many centuries. M. Bézios focuses on the best of the locals. Les Secrets du Château Palvié 2002 is 100% Syrah, big-bodied, bold, spicy, with hints of leather and tobacco, ripe fruits, and an enticing finish that lasts just long enough to make you want more. Somewhere between a Rhône and a new world Syrah, it has fruitiness, earthiness, and spice earthiness without 15% alcohol.

13.5% alcohol by volume

producer / region: Domaine la Croix des Marchands

type: Red Gaillac Wine

grapes:
100% Syrah

category:
reds to impress

food pairing suggestions:
Red meats, spicy foods, robust cheeses

drink when? Drink now or hold up to 3 years