Domaine Lafond, Tavel "Roc-Epine," 2004, $13.(FOOD)(WINE OF THE WEEK)

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Date: 20050817
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Byline: Paul Lukacs, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Domaine Lafond, Tavel "Roc-Epine," 2004, $13

Tavel, a small wine commune located near Chateauneuf-du-Pape in France's southern Rhone Valley, produces the world's most celebrated rose wines.

Championed by Louis XIV, novelist Honore de Balzac and gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (among many others), they are dry but also deeply flavored, with the sort of power usually associated with red wines. At the same time, they are prized for their freshness and youthful exuberance, making them perfect choices on ...

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