It’s a pleasant wine, if not a particularly inspiring one. Good with dinner and in a pinch, sipping on its own if needed.

This wine has a clear, bright deep violet color with a relatively good structure. There are some medium intensity berry notes (think blackberry mostly) with a spicy under note of black pepper yielding a rather pleasant if somewhat muted bouquet. It’s a dry wine but the tannins seem will controlled and the acidity refreshing. There are no off notes to speak of.

Grade: B- Price: $9
Domaine Calvel
2004
Red Wine
Corbieres
France
Alcohol: 13% by volume
Closure: Synthetic Cork