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| Drinking window: Drink between 2014 and 2018 (based on 2 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.5 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 62 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by larseman on 10/18/2019 & rated 88 points: Först trodde vi att den hade sett sina bästa dagar, dov, trött och utan frukt. Borde kanske druckits för 5 år sedan. Men med lite luft och värme så blommar det ut till något riktigt bra. Tydliga Grenache-toner (30%) med röda bär och kryddor, bbq-sås och lite bittermandel. Begynnande mognad i form av läder och lite stall. Mjuka fina tanniner och rejäl syra med lång eftersmak. Riktigt gott. (1064 views) | | | Tasted by Timothy Sung on 4/13/2018 & rated 88 points: Served Blind, and called southern rhone GSM blend.
I always think this is a great wine with impeccable qpr and complexity, and it was also the case tonight. (1544 views) | | | Tasted by manny651 on 5/2/2017 & rated 89 points: my last bottle, much improved, Pegau does it right (1762 views) | | | Tasted by cuffthis on 7/26/2016 & rated 89 points: Consistent with previous bottles. Rotating between violet and purple in color, this wine showed dried cherry, redcurrant, smoke, meaty notes and that classic Pegau funk. The mouth feel revealed garrigue notes and bright acidity. The finish was moderate in length with a touch more of forest floor and the acidity, fruit, tannins and funk were all brought together seamlessly. 13.5% abv.
Purchased for $15US, this is an excellent qpr and one I'll easily look for again. It clearly shows its sense of place while remaining simple and priced for every day drinking.
Imported by Hand Picked Selections, Inc., Warrenton, VA. (2102 views) | | | Tasted by cuffthis on 5/12/2016 & rated 89 points: Consistent with previous bottles. Rotating between violet and purple in color, this wine showed dried cherry, redcurrant, smoke, meaty notes and that classic Pegau funk. The mouth feel revealed garrigue notes and bright acidity. The finish was moderate in length with a touch more of forest floor and the acidity, fruit, tannins and funk were all brought together seamlessly. 13.5% abv.
Purchased for $15US, this is an excellent qpr and one I'll easily look for again. It clearly shows its sense of place while remaining simple and priced for every day drinking.
Imported by Hand Picked Selections, Inc., Warrenton, VA. (2135 views) | | | Tasted by cuffthis on 4/14/2016 & rated 89 points: Consistent with previous bottles. Rotating between violet and purple in color, this wine showed dried cherry, redcurrant, smoke, meaty notes and that classic Pegau funk. The mouth feel revealed garrigue notes and bright acidity. The finish was moderate in length with a touch more of forest floor and the acidity, fruit, tannins and funk were all brought together seamlessly. 13.5% abv.
Purchased for $15US, this is an excellent qpr and one I'll easily look for again. It clearly shows its sense of place while remaining simple and priced for every day drinking.
Imported by Hand Picked Selections, Inc., Warrenton, VA. (1467 views) | | | Tasted by cuffthis on 3/20/2016 & rated 89 points: Consistent with previous bottles. Rotating between violet and purple in color, this wine showed dried cherry, redcurrant, smoke, meaty notes and that classic Pegau funk. The mouth feel revealed garrigue notes and bright acidity. The finish was moderate in length with a touch more of forest floor and the acidity, fruit, tannins and funk were all brought together seamlessly. 13.5% abv.
Purchased for $15US, this is an excellent qpr and one I'll easily look for again. It clearly shows its sense of place while remaining simple and priced for every day drinking.
Imported by Hand Picked Selections, Inc., Warrenton, VA. (1124 views) | | | Tasted by cuffthis on 2/24/2016 & rated 89 points: Consistent with previous bottle. Rotating between violet and purple in color, this wine showed dried cherry, redcurrant, smoke, meaty notes and that classic Pegau funk. The mouth feel revealed garrigue notes and bright acidity. The finish was moderate in length with a touch more of forest floor and the acidity, fruit, tannins and funk were all brought together seamlessly. 13.5% abv.
Purchased for $15US, this is an excellent qpr and one I'll easily look for again. It clearly shows its sense of place while remaining simple and priced for every day drinking.
Imported by Hand Picked Selections, Inc., Warrenton, VA. (827 views) | | | Tasted by Chuck C on 2/12/2016 & rated 90 points: Nice, tasty, grenachy and sweet! Good QPR (704 views) | | | Tasted by blakel on 2/2/2016 & rated 90 points: This is terrific for $15. (539 views) | | | Tasted by cuffthis on 1/29/2016 & rated 89 points: Rotating between violet and purple in color, this wine showed dried cherry, redcurrant, smoke, meaty notes and that classic Pegau funk. The mouth feel revealed garrigue notes and bright acidity. The finish was moderate in length with a touch more of forest floor and the acidity, fruit, tannins and funk were all brought together seamlessly. 13.5% abv.
Purchased for $15US, this is an excellent qpr and one I'll easily look for again. It clearly shows its sense of place while remaining simple and priced for every day drinking.
Imported by Hand Picked Selections, Inc., Warrenton, VA. (523 views) | | | Tasted by AWBryce on 12/21/2015: fairly primary, dark profile, pretty one dimensional. (733 views) | | | Tasted by galewskj on 11/26/2015 & rated 88 points: A simple Rhone blend. Slight funk. (910 views) | | | Tasted by SuperSomm on 10/24/2015: Deep ruby red colour. Dark berries with hints of vanilla on the nose. Taste of dark berries with hints of vanilla in the finish. Lacks some complexity. Works fine with red meat. (29 views) | | | Tasted by galewskj on 7/22/2015 & rated 88 points: Taste-wise, this is in-between the other 2 bottles I've opened. Inconsistency from Pegau, imagine that! Some nice red fruit, minerality, a touch of clean funk, and a slight streak of feral funk running through it. Mostly enjoyable, but every once in a while that feral funk hit me in a bad way and gave me pause. With 3 bottles remaining, I do not regret buying them. But I will probably look elsewhere for cheap Rhones. (982 views) | | | Tasted by VanVino on 6/4/2015 & rated 87 points: Much better than my first bottle. Good fruit and nice finish this time. Not terribly complex. (1003 views) | | | Tasted by galewskj on 5/31/2015 & rated 85 points: This bottle was nothing like the first bottle I had a couple weeks ago. The Pegau funk is alive and well in this bottle, but there's nothing much else to go with it. It's's simply a funky, clunky, pedestrian Rhone wine. This is the kind of wine I would expect to be served at a restaurant if they had a "by the glass" Languedoc for very little money. (979 views) | | | Tasted by blakel on 5/11/2015 & rated 90 points: Lightweight younger sibling to the magnificent Pegau CdPs delivers great satisfaction at its price point of $15. Fairly complex and structured with significant red fruit but also tiny hints of the Pegau licorice, herbs, barnyard, and leather. I'd be happy to drink a case of this over the summer. (812 views) | | | Tasted by AMC Eagle on 5/4/2015 & rated 88 points: Pnp through a vinturi; medium clear garnet in appearance. Has a nose of a crate full of berries, like raspberries and blueberries from the supermarket; some hints of garrigue with some muskiness to it. Herby on the palate mostly along with some black peppers and plums. Light-medium body with a short finish. According to Pegau's website this has some merlot and cabernet in it. (774 views) | | | Tasted by galewskj on 4/15/2015 & rated 89 points: Full disclosure - I like Pegau CDP. Now onto this wine, which is an NV Southern Rhone with a lot # of 2011. Sadly, it does not bear any semblance to Pegau CDP. There's no full rich dense red fruit, no controversial and equally rich barnyard. It is simply a pop and pour, under screwcap, pleasant, inoffensive, balanced, extremely easy-drinking red. I mean the kind of easy-drinking wine that a jaded wine snob can drink, and unfortunately there aren’t a lot oft those under $20. There is plenty of minerality and acidity to stand up to the fruit and tannins. Even at this young age, I see no reason to hold. I would drink now, it is what it is and it ain’t getting any better. I was expecting more Pegau character, and I am disappointed that I’m not finding any here. Nonetheless, at $15 a bottle, I do not regret buying this. I would prefer to drink something with more character, but I can drink this wine almost too easily. Consumed over two nights. (691 views) | | | Tasted by yofog on 6/19/2014 & rated 80 points: Has some ripe, forward fruit and dustiness, but I found it simplistically plummy, as well as hot, imbalanced, and too rustic for anything over $10. (1138 views) | | | Tasted by saturnaisland on 6/18/2014 & rated 89 points: Bright red and black fruit (cherries and very ripe strawberries) with some hints of spice and garrigue. A wonderful everyday wine that is not in any way overdone. Moderate alcohol, no noticeable oak; just great fruit. Lacking the tannins and structure that one finds in many Cotes du Rhones, but a wonderful good value wine. (878 views) | | | Tasted by SiR on 6/15/2014 & rated 87 points: 13.5% - Clear, med ruby / clean, med intensity - cherry, black pepper, smoky, violet, gamey, dried herbs / dry, med refreshing acidity with a med body and intensity, very harmonious with no pretention which end up being quite surprising for a Vin de Table level. A solid 87 (1038 views) | | | Tasted by Omar Khayyam on 5/16/2014 & rated 89 points: Excellent qpr. sure enough, this is forward, exhibits toasted oak imprint and has a rather short finish, but it is also structured way beyond what these entry level wines usually are - certainly in terms of freshness, and also tannins that are neither dominant, bitter or overly extracted. I would serve this at 13-14 degrees celsius rather 17-18 degrees to emphasize freshness and its intoxicatingly pleasant aromas of fresh&dark berries, licorice root tea, smoke and saddle leather over alcohol and oak. drank extremely well with the first grilled steak of the season. buy this instead of cheap malbec or shiraz for the grill season! (1089 views) | | | Tasted by Lilja on 5/10/2014 & rated 86 points: N: Black pepper, red fruit, leather and some grape-aromas.
M: Starts of quite fruity to give way to a good acidity and a dry finish. Well balanced.
Quaff-able, but lacking a bit of complexity. (981 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Jan-14, IWC Issue #10170 (1/1/2014)
(NV Pegau Plan Pegau Rouge L:2011) Subscribe to see review text. | By David Lawrason
WineAlign (4/13/2013)
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| Plan Pégau Producer Website
U.S. Importer (addt'l info)
Please note that Plan Pégaü is a negociant offshoot from Domaine de Pégaü. Anything that is labeled as Plan Pégaü should NOT be confused with the main wines from the Estate.Red Rhone Blend Read about the different grapes used to produce red and white Rhone wines
On CellarTracker, Red Rhone Blend is the term for a wine consisting of two or more of the traditional 13 Southern Rhone grape varieties. Typically it's the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre or Cinsault grapes, but can also contain the Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Picpoul, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Picardan or Vaccarese grapes.
A 'food' wine. Lacking pretension and intended for local consumption with local cuisine. Lacks the 'high' notes on a Bordeaux, more earthy and sharper so often a better partner to meat dishes with a sauce. France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comFranceBeaune, Bourgogne |
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