Wine Spectator Grand Tour (Las Vegas, NV): This deep ruby wine is a blend of 65% Grenache, 30% Syrah and 5% Mourvèdre. Intensely aromatic, it flaunts scents of black and red bramble fruits, blood oranges, Provençal herbs, licorice, exotic spices and tobacco. Full-bodied and with lively acids, it delivers flavors mirroring the nose, with a proportionate amount of oak, well-integrated alcohol (despite weighing in at 15.5%) and an abundance of sweet tannins. Layered on the mid-palate and lengthy on the finish, this is built for the long haul. Delicious now, it should be fun to enjoy this wine's evolution over the next 15 years, during which time it may merit an even higher score. Drink now-2039.
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Medium ruby color. Had high hopes for this wine given the great reviews and high price tag. The nose is red fruit, vanilla, tobacco, all overwhelmed by alcohol (with a couple hours, the nose did come together a bit better). Palate is a bit better with red fruit, black pepper, spice box, but still being overwhelmed by alcohol. This bottle is 15.5% and you smell and taste every bit of it. Maybe I just got a poorly handled bottle, but it’s just terribly integrated. And normally I might attribute this to needing time, but it was not just tight, the alcohol just wasn’t well integrated. Would not buy again, poor QPR at $100+ and would not recommend.
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Black raspberry, flowers, pepper, and smoke create the nose. There is richness, roundness, and peppery red fruits in the elegant, vibrant finish. The wine blends 65% Grenache, 30% Syrah, and 5% Mourvedre. Drink from 2023 - 2034.
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Guigal's wines from the Côte-Rôtie with Philippe Guigal (Zoom): Wine 1 of 6. A blend of 60% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 8% Mourvèdre, and 2% Counoise & Muscardin. 15.5% ABV. Glass staining dark ruby colour. Ripe red and dark fruit, ripe raspberry, black currant, blackberry, dark chocolate, complex herbal and spice notes, and some smoke, with good acidity in the context of the wine's ripeness, ripe, very round tannin, and superb length. Finishes lightly dry (not drying). Very supple. The alcohol is well contained. The quality of the tannin stands out.
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E Guigal zoom tasting (home): 4 different terroirs, Nalys is close to Rayas, mostly Grenache, 30% Syrah and then the rest, 15.50% -//- The wine shows great depth and warmth, garrique, earthy, spicy, fresh red fruit, cherries, currants, a few raisiny notes, leathery, gamey, bacon, very expressive, broad and extrovert In the palate, the wine is very well balanced even elegant (for a Chateauneuf), the fruit is upfront, ripe raspberries, cranberries, fine and smooth tannins, quite warm, medium body and finish.
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Elegant, silky, lush and ripe, the wine almost overflows with notes of flowers, spice, dark and bright red fruits, kirsch and a background note of smoke. There is depth, richness and vibrancy as well, giving you balance, layers of fruit and a silky, refined, energetic, rich finish. The wine blends 65% Grenache, 30% Syrah and 5% Mourvedre. Drink from 2023 - 2034
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5/4/2024 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wine Spectator Grand Tour (Las Vegas, NV): This deep ruby wine is a blend of 65% Grenache, 30% Syrah and 5% Mourvèdre. Intensely aromatic, it flaunts scents of black and red bramble fruits, blood oranges, Provençal herbs, licorice, exotic spices and tobacco. Full-bodied and with lively acids, it delivers flavors mirroring the nose, with a proportionate amount of oak, well-integrated alcohol (despite weighing in at 15.5%) and an abundance of sweet tannins. Layered on the mid-palate and lengthy on the finish, this is built for the long haul. Delicious now, it should be fun to enjoy this wine's evolution over the next 15 years, during which time it may merit an even higher score. Drink now-2039.
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4/26/2024 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 94 Points
Fresh baked chocolate chip cookies dominate the nose somehow. Smooth, dry, youthful palate. Full, medium intensity tannins on the longish finish.
This is good. Raw materials are there, but some cellar time is advisable. Tasted at Wine Spectator’s Grand Tour in New Orleans. Very fun.
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4/8/2024 - Bubblesearcher23 Does not like this wine: 88 Points
Medium ruby color. Had high hopes for this wine given the great reviews and high price tag. The nose is red fruit, vanilla, tobacco, all overwhelmed by alcohol (with a couple hours, the nose did come together a bit better). Palate is a bit better with red fruit, black pepper, spice box, but still being overwhelmed by alcohol. This bottle is 15.5% and you smell and taste every bit of it. Maybe I just got a poorly handled bottle, but it’s just terribly integrated. And normally I might attribute this to needing time, but it was not just tight, the alcohol just wasn’t well integrated. Would not buy again, poor QPR at $100+ and would not recommend.
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10/6/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points
Black raspberry, flowers, pepper, and smoke create the nose. There is richness, roundness, and peppery red fruits in the elegant, vibrant finish. The wine blends 65% Grenache, 30% Syrah, and 5% Mourvedre. Drink from 2023 - 2034.
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5/17/2022 - PSPatrick wrote: 93 Points
Guigal's wines from the Côte-Rôtie with Philippe Guigal (Zoom): Wine 1 of 6. A blend of 60% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 8% Mourvèdre, and 2% Counoise & Muscardin. 15.5% ABV. Glass staining dark ruby colour. Ripe red and dark fruit, ripe raspberry, black currant, blackberry, dark chocolate, complex herbal and spice notes, and some smoke, with good acidity in the context of the wine's ripeness, ripe, very round tannin, and superb length. Finishes lightly dry (not drying). Very supple. The alcohol is well contained. The quality of the tannin stands out.
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5/17/2022 - kostaslonis Likes this wine: 92 Points
E Guigal zoom tasting (home): 4 different terroirs, Nalys is close to Rayas, mostly Grenache, 30% Syrah and then the rest, 15.50%
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The wine shows great depth and warmth, garrique, earthy, spicy, fresh red fruit, cherries, currants, a few raisiny notes, leathery, gamey, bacon, very expressive, broad and extrovert
In the palate, the wine is very well balanced even elegant (for a Chateauneuf), the fruit is upfront, ripe raspberries, cranberries, fine and smooth tannins, quite warm, medium body and finish.
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1/9/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points
Elegant, silky, lush and ripe, the wine almost overflows with notes of flowers, spice, dark and bright red fruits, kirsch and a background note of smoke. There is depth, richness and vibrancy as well, giving you balance, layers of fruit and a silky, refined, energetic, rich finish. The wine blends 65% Grenache, 30% Syrah and 5% Mourvedre. Drink from 2023 - 2034
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