A great Rhone wine under $10

[redwinegulper]

I love great wine, but I get really excited when I find a bargin. Earlier this week I had a Perrin Reserve(same family of Ch Beaucastel) Cotes du Rhone '00 for $8.49/bottle. I normally prefer an Hermitage, Chat du Pape or a Croze Hermtage, and am usually unimpressed with Cotes du Rhones. Well I was pleasently surprised, this wine had good body and fruit, but I was blown away by the layers of flavors.

[Craig Camp]

This has been a consistently great value for years. Wonderful wine for everyday and very good with hamburgers! This raises the question again - why can't they make wine that tastes like this at this price in California?

[tighe]

I'm a big fan of the Perrin Reserve. The most recent vintage (2000?) is quite good, but the previous one was just spectacular I thought. If you like the Perrin, I think you'd also like the Louis Bernard which costs just a few dollars more.

Edit to add: The question about why California can't seem to produce comparable wine at that price is a good one. The only US wine I've found that I think is comparable in quality and price, though stylistically different, is the Snoqualmie Syrah produced here in Washington. Don't know how widely available it is though.

Edited May 9, 2003 by tighe (log)

[hollywood]

I like Chapoutier Cotes du Rhone for between $6.99 and $9.99.