2006 Château Coupe Roses “La Bastide”
By Tyler Balliet • Nov 6th, 2008 • Category: Wine of the Weekend
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Minervois, France - $11
If this wine lived in Pennsylvania it would live in Scranton. If it went to a ball game it would sit with a hot dog in one hand and a plastic cup of beer in the other. If you were on a road trip with this wine it would put on Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ album. This wine is your everyday red.
The 2006 Château Coupe Roses ‘La Bastide’ comes from the Languedoc-Roussillon region, in Southern France. It’s another fantastic wine regions you’ve never heard of that produces tons of killer wine. Three times the size of Bordeaux, it’s one of the last places in France that’s producing great, but inexpensive vino.
This wine falls on the lighter side of reds making it incredibly easy to drink. It has a beautiful nose that almost whisks you away to Southern France. It tastes of green pepper and raspberry.
Drink this simple but solid wine with delivery pizza, a box of macaroni and cheese or the leftovers in your fridge.
Tyler Balliet is the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director of The Second Glass. He likes all kinds of wine and is constantly looking for unique bottles that don't break the bank.
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