WTN: Breakfast Wine

[David M. Bueker]

Another item from last night's blind tasting:

Wow. Smells just like freshly ground coffee and warm wheat toast! I'm hungry. On the palate the coffee is just as pronounced, but the toast is subdued until the finish. Lots of dark fruit tones as well. I have no idea what to make of this, except to make some eggs to go with it.

The wine: 2007 Domaine Roger Perrin Chateauneuf du Pape.

So a totally atypical CNdP, but a really interesting wine. I wanted to hate it, but I really liked it because I like breakfast smells!

Is he related to the more famous Perrin's?

[David M. Bueker]

I think so, but cannot say for sure. Maybe he is their short order cook!

[Jenise]

From some website: Vineyards have existed on the Roger Perrin property between Orange and Châteauneuf since the beginning of the 1900s. However, the Domaine Roger Perrin was founded in 1969 when Roger Perrin took over the domaine after his father-in-law's retirement. Roger died unexpectedly during the harvest in 1986, and his son Luc took over the domaine. Luc had studied enology and done an apprenticeship at Château de Beaucastel, which is managed by another family named Perrin. Slowly Luc Perrin has increased the quality at his domaine so that now people recognize his name as a producer rather than thinking he is one of the "Beaucastel Perrins." The families, although neighbors and friends, actually have no familial ties.