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Tablas Creek Newest Releases: 2018 Counoise, Grenache, and Mourvédre

This is a first in a two-part series because, well, I just have that many (amazing) Tablas Creek wines to try.

For those of you unfamiliar with the Tablas Creek story, here’s a brief synopsis (Jason, feel free to step in and edit me if I got any of this wrong)…

ROBERT HAAS, NEIL COLLINS, CESAR PERRIN, FRANCOIS PERRIN AND JASON HAAS AT TABLAS CREEK IN 2009
ROBERT HAAS, NEIL COLLINS, CESAR PERRIN, FRANCOIS PERRIN AND JASON HAAS AT TABLAS CREEK IN 2009; PHOTO COURTESY OF TABLAS CREEK

 

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Northern Rhône Overview

I’ve talked about France’s Rhône region in a few previous posts—rosé winemaking, carbonic and semi-carbonic maceration, and of course Southern Rhône red blends. So I think it’s time for an overview of the Rhône and it is, in my mind, easier to do so by separating out the North and South. So, let’s start at the top and work our way down of this very narrow French wine region. Here we go…

Rhône region overview. Courtesy Fernando Beteta

[Information based on WSET Level 3 material]

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