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  • Made from 100 percent monastrell grapes (known as mourvedre in France), this single-vineyard charmer was awarded 90 points by Robert Parker.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • Chateau Grande Cassagne, French, is a blend of grenache, syrah and mourvedre grapes.

    Mary Butz: Everything's Coming Up Ros��s 2008

  • Instead these vintners tend to settle in Santa Barbara County, Mendocino or Monterey, where they work with small batches of such grapes as syrah, marsanne, viognier, sangiovese and mourvedre.

    Au Revoir, Chardonnay 2008

  • I've just been learning about vin de paille, also, so it was fun to be able to decipher your first selection a dessert, raisinized mourvedre!

    On the Road: Tablas Creek Vineyard 2008

  • Pradeaux Bandol Rosé, French, is a blend of cinsault, grenache, and mourvedre grapes.

    Mary Butz: Everything's Coming Up Ros��s 2008

  • Another thing that gives the Rhone wines some interest is the French habit of blending different grape varieties to round out some of their wines, grenache and mourvedre being two permitted examples.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • Another thing that gives the Rhone wines some interest is the French habit of blending different grape varieties to round out some of their wines, grenache and mourvedre being two permitted examples.

    At My Table 2007

  • The fruitier grenache lightens the often heavy syrah, with the mourvedre supplying a touch of elegance.

    Thrifty Summer Sippers 2006

  • The reds of the Rhone also work well as summer wines, especially from the southern Rhone, where that appealing Mediterranean combination of syrah, grenache and mourvedre predominates.

    Thrifty Summer Sippers 2006

  • Or the jammy spice of Domaine Rimbert's 2005 Berlou from Saint-Chinian, a blend of carignan, syrah, grenache, and mourvedre that conveys intense berries and pepper without being heavy on the palate.

    Phillies Zone 2011

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