2016 Domaine Durieu "Henri Durieu" Cotes du Rhone-Villages Plan de Dieu

'Plan de Dieu' translates as 'God's plan', and if true to intent, it follows that this wine will embody celestial fruit imbued with both a heavenly fragrance and transcendent palate. But being a product of the earth, it remains the work of mortal men and women cultivating a mere six hectares of lustrous vines to bring those qualities to life. Their efforts paid off in this elegant, powerful Rhone blend, a surge of fleshy blackberry, plum and ripe cherry fruits with layered garrigue, licorice and spicy notes. Warm and rich and rustic, serve this bold, soulful wine with a winter stew of braised beef and root vegetables.