From: Languedoc, France
Varietals: 70% Caladoc, 15% Marselan, 15% Merlot
Tasting Notes: Clocking in at a modest 13% alcohol, it offers bright, salt-tinged flavors of raspberry and ripe citrus fruits, with a sneakily long finish given its modest price.
Pairing: The Camargue is renowned not only for its wines but also for producing salt from vast marshes that hug the Mediterranean (often used for salted butter!) and varyingly hued and deeply nutty wild rice. Either of those ingredients is a safe bet for pairing with Vé, which also would taste great with seafood and salads.
This wine is called “Vé”, a local Provençal expression meaning “Look at that!” It comes from an IGP area in the Languedoc called the Camargue. The Camargue is located just upstream of the ancient city of Arles, the mighty Rhône river abruptly forks, and its resultant two arms—the southeasterly-flowing Grand Rhône and the southwesterly-flowing Petit Rhône—encircle the largest river delta in western Europe.