Domaine Lafond, Roc-Epine, Lirac, 2003
Domaine Lafond, Roc-Epine, AOC Lirac, 2003. $12 Find this wine
Located where the southern Rhone drifts into Provence, Lirac proves to be good ground for this wine that resembles a Chateauneuf-du-Pape but at a fraction of the price. (yes, it is over $10 but hey, it’s only about 5 US Postal stamps more.) This wine has a terrific complexity for the price with balanced notes of dark fruit and tannin and a long pleasant finish. An excellent mushroom-swiss chard pasta was a great food match. Jean Pierre and Pascal Lafond of Lirac, you rock! Importer: Wines of France: Mountainside NJ.
tags: wine | wine tasting | Domaine Lafond
Jan
27
2006
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On January 27th, 2006 at 7:11 pm ,Terence Hughes wrote:
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So you were at the Morrell tasting last Saturday? If I had only known…
On January 27th, 2006 at 8:22 pm ,Dr. Vino wrote:
Oh no–was it good? I actually purchased this wine at Chambers St a few weeks ago and only got around to trying it now…Cheers,
Tyler
On January 27th, 2006 at 11:26 pm ,Terence Hughes wrote:
It was very good. The Lirac impressed me for its quality/price relationship in a field of very good if overpriced wines…Fred Koeppel will be reporting on them extensively in the near future.
I just hadn’t spit enough at the Italian tasting the night before…