Wine Flash: 2012 Paul Mas' Cote Mas "Rouge Intense" (France)

Here's another quick post to spotlight a nice French red blend I had with dinner a while back. It's a 2012 Paul Mas Cote Mas red blend by the label name "Rouge Intense." It's made in the Languedoc AOC, and is made from a mashup of many grapes:

• 45% grenache noir
• 25% Carignan
• 15% Cinsault
• 10% Merlot
• 5% Syrah

It's an interesting blend, for sure - let's see how it turns out. It's dark red in the glass, with some fruity aromas. The taste is delicate, a bit watery, but remarkably flavors develop nicely on the tongue and show signs of blackberry and dark grape skin flavor. That could be thanks to the generous helping of grenache noir in the bottle. In the end, jammy and bright and a really tasty bottle. We paired it with homemade herbed rack of lamb, creamy potatoes, green beans, and some butternut squash in bourbon sauce.