Grabbed this at the LA Wine Company for $12, although I'm sure that it must be widely available. Cotes du Rhone Blanc can have a wide melange of grapes; normally this wine is 50% Viognier, and then a blend of Rousanne, Marsanne, Clairette, and Bourboulenc. You can definitely smell the Viognier with this wine--a lot of stone fruit, peachy-apricot elements to this wine. There are also some floral and herbal characteristics, (leaning towards rosemary) some mineral notes, and a citrus finish. Relatively low acid for a white with a plump, fat texture. Probably not my favorite stylistically--comes off a little too plump for me and doesn't quite have enough acidity to balance it out for me. The herbal characteristics make this interesting, but I think there are better values that are more along the style I'm into (which is obviously pretty high acid). C+
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