Gala Rouge Pinot Noir - $9.99

Wine Details

Price: $9.99
Producer: Gala Rouge
Region: Vin de Pays d'Oc
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Container Size: 750 ML
Flavors: cedar, cinnamon, clove, cranberry, spice, spicy, strawberry, tomato
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Product Description

  • Color: Cherry color with garnet-red tints. Nose: Hints of deep red berry fruits with woody and toasted bread aromas. Tasting: Gala Rouge Pinot Noir has subtle touches of black cherry and blackberry mixed with highlights of woody oak and soft tannins.

Expert Ratings

Ratings   Vintage Source Flavors
Tastings - 90 Details: Deep ruby color. Spicy strawberry coulis, clove, and green tomato aromas. A round, silky entry leads to a dryish medium-to-full body of cranberry, white strawberry, and cinnamon bark flavors. Finishes with a tart, wet cedar and dry spice fade. Nice for now or later. 2006 Tastings cedar, cinnamon, clove, cranberry, spice, spicy, strawberry, tomato
Tastings - 86 Details: Ruby with a brick rim. Toasty, nutty pomegranate aromas. Tart and tangy fruit, mild bitterness and heavy tannins 2004 Tastings
Tastings - 84 Details: Brilliant ruby red hue. Cherry, plum and earth aromas. This medium-bodied effort is clean and simple with easy-drinking cherry and plum fruit and soft tannins. 2004 Tastings nutty

Food Pairings

Category Pairing
Red Meat Lamb Stew, Salami or Sausage
Vegetables Tomato

Wine Terms

Name Value
France France is the standard bearer for all the world’s wines, with regard to the types of grapes that are used to make wine and with the system of defining and regulating winemaking. Its Appellation d’Origine Controlee, or AOC system, is the legislative model for most other European countries. Most French wines are named after places. The system is hierarchical; generally the smaller and more specific the region for which a wine is named, the higher its rank. There are four possible ranks of French wine, and each is always stated on the label: Appellation Contrôlée (or AOC), Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure (or VDQS); Vin de pays, or country wine; and Vin de table. France has five major wine regions, although there are several others that make interesting wines. The three major regions for red wine are Bordeaux, Burgundy, and the Rhone; for white wines, the regions are Burgundy, the Loire and Alsace. Each region specialized in certain grape varieties for its wines, based on climate, soil, and local tradition. Two other significant French wine regions are Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon, both in the south of France. Cahors, in the southwest of the country, produces increasingly good wines.
Pinot Noir (pee noh nwahr)—A tricky grape to grow, Pinot Noir makes some of the best wines in the world. The prototype wine is red Burgundy from France but Oregon, California, New Zealand, and parts of Australia also produce good Pinot Noir. The wine is lighter in color than Cabernet or Merlot with relatively high alcohol, medium-to-high acidity, and medium-to-low tannin. Its flavors and aromas can be very fruity or earthy and woodsy, depending on how it is grown. It is rarely blended with other grapes.
Languedoc-Roussillon A common name for the varied array of vineyards of southern France spreading from Marseille to the Spanish border. Languedoc-Roussillon lies on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and is Frances most valued wine region in regards to volume of wine produced. Most of the vines in the region are planted on flat alluvial plains. The climate of region is Mediterranean in all areas except for the far western limits. The main Grape of region is the Carigan with Grenache close behind it. The main white variety is the chardonnay.

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