Black cherry jam, cocoa, earth, and crushed rock-like characteristics emerge from the dense purple-colored 2006 Cotes du Rhone-Villages Rasteau Cuvee Confiance. This concentrated, heady beauty possesses loads of fruit and texture.Andre Romero continues to turn out an impressive portfolio of wines. Several of his vin de pays fly under most consumer’s radar as one does not generally associate Bordeaux varietals with the southern Rhone. 2006 was a very good vintage for Romero, a notoriously late harvester.Importer: Eric Solomon, European Cellars, Charlotte, NC; tel. (704) 358-1565.