I’m a sucker for these wines…  Soft, lush, drink me now… yet still showing that subtle licorice, mineral and spicy notes that scream southern rhone.  While this isn’t a wine to lay down, it offers immediate pleasure that’s hard to beat for the price.

2007 Domaine des Escaravailles Côtes du Rhône Les Sablieres (France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône)
The soft, lush and hedonistic 2007 Domaine des Escaravailles Côtes du Rhône Les Sablieres offers up gorgeous black cherry and blackberry fruit mixed with minerals, licorice and subtle spice box aromas.  Fruit forward, medium to full body and simply delicious, this is a textured, sex pot of a wine that should deliver gobs of pleasure over the next 5 to 6 years. (90 pts.)

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