AARP Festive Season in France

Belle Roche is a medium-bodied dry red wine with inviting black currant and toasty spice aromas. The palate is finely structured with succulent, black-fruit flavor and firm tannins. Long, complex finish.

Beef, aged cheeses, game, lamb, burgers, meaty pasta.

Château Canet Vieilles Vignes Blanc is a medium-bodied white with ripe citrus and tropical fruit aromas underscored by floral spice notes. Fresh and layered, the palate offers similar flavors over a long finish.

Seafood (esp. lobster or scallops with butter sauces), roast chicken or pork, pâté, roasted root vegetables.

Cuvée du Vatican Réserve de l’Abbé Blanc is a dry white wine with aromas of nectarine and honeysuckle. The palate offers ripe stone fruit flavors, layered with delicate spice, hints of wild herbs and a complex minerality that carries through to a long finish.

Chicken, pork, creamy risottos, richly sauced seafood, mildly spicy vegetarian dishes.

Edouard Lieber Cuvée Prestige is a dry, medium-bodied white wine with aromas of lime, grapefruit pith and a hint of apricot and spice. On the palate, its offers roundness and weight, with flavors of apricot, spice and bright citrus.

Aged cheeses, grilled vegetables, seafood (salmon, monkfish), Asian and Indian cuisines.

Château la Croix Saint-Michel Montagne Saint-Emilion is a full-bodied red wine that opens with aromas of fresh raspberries and cherries. Similar flavors extend through the palate, held in by fine tannins.

Steak, burgers, barbecue, pork, duck, roasted vegetables, aged cheeses.