Sang des Cailloux Vacqueyras Cuvee Floureto, Doucinello, or Azalaïs New York fruit-driven wines that have warmth

fruit-driven wines that have warmth and body

and the French do a lot of silly things

built around line and tension

This is an Old World French family

A hint of graphite and Loire river pebble holds the mid-palate in tension

Sang des Cailloux Vacqueyras Cuvee Floureto, Doucinello, or Azalaïs New York fruit-driven wines that have warmthNote: The name of the Vacqueyras rouge changes each year, and is named after the daughters of Serge Frigoule: Floureto, Doucinello, and Azalas. Terroir. It means tastes of a place What an odd concept. In the U. S. we hardly ever talk about place. We talk about a wines grape varietal, its expression of fruit, or what such and such a wine critic said about it. But in France, terroir is all. Wine without terroir is simple, common, and generic. Wines that