Alcohol Percentage: 14.5% Case Volume (ml): 6 bottles x 750ml Brand: Xavier Vignon Country of Origin: France (Rhone) Wine Type: French Red Wine Varietal: Mourvedre, Grenache, Syrah
The 2015 Cotes du Rhone Villages Arcane XVIII Le Soleil is youthfully dark in color and fruit-forward, but it also shows softening, silky tannins. It’s full bodied but not overblown, with a sensationally seductive mouthfeel. Black cherries define the fruit, joined by hints of dark chocolate and enough garrigue to give it a seriously savory character despite the fruit. This is an old-vine blend of 80% Grenache with 10% each Syrah and Mourvèdre, aged 15 months in one-third new oak, the rest in concrete or foudre.
