A Perhaps Better French Kosher Merlot

A Perhaps Better French Kosher Merlot: Wine Reviewed
Royale Merlot 2010 Pays d’Oc Indication Géographique Protégée, 13 % alcohol about $12

Let’s start by quoting the marketing materials. “Cherry, plum, and vanilla present themselves for your inspection in this well-made southern French wine. Dry, remarkably well-balanced between the fruit and the acids. A wine for a simple meat pasta recipe.” And now for my review.

At the first sips this wine provided plums, balanced acidity, and moderate tannins. The initial meal started with chicken soup containing a Matzoh ball and carrots perked up with Louisiana hot sauce that rounded the libation’s acidity and intensified its plummy taste. The meal’s centerpiece was a no cheese ground beef lasagna containing spicy salsa that rendered the wine fairly powerful but a bit short at first. I tasted chocolate. Fresh cherries for dessert made the drink lightly acidic and not much else.

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