David Bagosy for The Globe and Mail
The deal
Les Vignerons de Visan Côtes
du Rhône-Villages Visan 2007 ($12.95, product No. 179234) is warm, with plenty of herbal
character and acidity supporting concentrated dark fruit.
The splurge
Domaine du Vieux Lazaret
Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2007 ($32.95, No. 983650) has a smooth, dense core of blackberry fruit, nuance of smoke and satisfyingly dry, long finish
The domestic
Sandhill Small Lots Viognier 2009,($24.95 in Ont., No. 126862) is fat and rich with flavours of apricot, orange and honey.