Delas Saint-Esprit Cotes-du-Rhone, 2007
75% Syrah, 25% Granche; 13.5%; Costco, $8.99; July, 2009.
Delas is a Northern Rhone house, making a Southern standard.
This is a popular style, very tasty
Usually more Granche, but this one is mostly Syrah. (Sorry for the label. The center didn't want to come free.)
Fresh out of the just opened bottle the wine was a little closed, but you c
ould tell that there was very nice fruit and that it would open up. It had nice mouth feel. I was looking forward to more.
The meal was a flank steak, marinated for a full day in miso, beer, which just happened to be Japanesse beer, Kirin Ichiban, which is good, garlic, and ginger. This array provided a very rich, creamy topping to the flank steak. Brigette cooks flank steak to perfection. Unfortunately, I did not get a good fire, and the steak did not cook fast enough, was consequently left on too long, and was a little tough. It was still flavorful. It would have been much better a little rarer.
The wine complimented the steak very well. The basic steak flavor, which this meat had was emphasized by the Delas, and supported Brigette’s marinade. A Cotes-du-Rhone is not the driest wine, in that it has plenty of fruit. The wine was of course very nice with the potatoes and bread.
One nice thing about a Cote-du-Rhone is that even though it is probably the least of the Rhone Valley wine types, it still has the depth of a good wine. It tends to be cheaper, too, by a lot. There are many good shippers. Delas seems to be one of them. In my reference books, Delas used to be called Delas Freres. I have probably drunk 20 different Cotes-du-Rhones and have found one or two that I would not buy again. They can be very good, which means, whenever I come across one that I do not know, I will buy it.
This wine would benefit from a couple years of aging. It would be a little more complex and a little less fruity. It is certainly good now.
75% Syrah, 25% Granche; 13.5%; Costco, $8.99; July, 2009.
Delas is a Northern Rhone house, making a Southern standard.
This is a popular style, very tasty
Usually more Granche, but this one is mostly Syrah. (Sorry for the label. The center didn't want to come free.)
Fresh out of the just opened bottle the wine was a little closed, but you c
ould tell that there was very nice fruit and that it would open up. It had nice mouth feel. I was looking forward to more.The meal was a flank steak, marinated for a full day in miso, beer, which just happened to be Japanesse beer, Kirin Ichiban, which is good, garlic, and ginger. This array provided a very rich, creamy topping to the flank steak. Brigette cooks flank steak to perfection. Unfortunately, I did not get a good fire, and the steak did not cook fast enough, was consequently left on too long, and was a little tough. It was still flavorful. It would have been much better a little rarer.
The wine complimented the steak very well. The basic steak flavor, which this meat had was emphasized by the Delas, and supported Brigette’s marinade. A Cotes-du-Rhone is not the driest wine, in that it has plenty of fruit. The wine was of course very nice with the potatoes and bread.
One nice thing about a Cote-du-Rhone is that even though it is probably the least of the Rhone Valley wine types, it still has the depth of a good wine. It tends to be cheaper, too, by a lot. There are many good shippers. Delas seems to be one of them. In my reference books, Delas used to be called Delas Freres. I have probably drunk 20 different Cotes-du-Rhones and have found one or two that I would not buy again. They can be very good, which means, whenever I come across one that I do not know, I will buy it.
This wine would benefit from a couple years of aging. It would be a little more complex and a little less fruity. It is certainly good now.
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