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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 238 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by no leashes on 3/17/2024 & rated 91 points: I'll echo previous comments that this wine is in a very nice place. Opens to a hint of barnyard and meat, then smooth dark fruit (plum). Drinking very well. (341 views) | | | Tasted by wjochim on 2/6/2024 & rated 93 points: I rarely write tasting notes anymore, but felt I needed to with this bottle of Tablas Creek. I've had good, bad and in-between experiences with this blend from TC over the years, and to their credit if you have a bad bottle they will send you a new one. So, when I opened this bottle (one of 2 '09s left) I was hopeful but prepared for a wine on the decline. What a pleasant surprise to pour a glass and find the color still bright red and the nose still bright with red and dark fruit! If it wasn't for the tannins being mellowed out I would have guessed this to be no more than 5-7 years old. It's absolutely beautiful. Fingers crossed that my last bottle will be just as good when I open it...sooner than later! (681 views) | | | Tasted by bobbylion on 1/4/2024 & rated 92 points: TN trajectory here seems to indicate it’s getting better now in 15th year of age. My feeling too. More round, more full, some balsam and super gentle. As good as most C9Ps I drank. Good stuff and probably on its peak plateau now. Were I a dedicated southern Rhone drinker, I would give it a 93, but I am not. Still, respect. (789 views) | | | Tasted by Martin Redmond on 12/9/2023 & rated 94 points: Dark ruby color with complex dark fruits, spice, licorice, bramble, wet stone and pepper aromas. On the palate, it's medium-bodied and dry and round with a lush texture, dusty tannins and black cherry, plum, red currant flavors with a persistent minerality. Long finish. Blend of 40% Mourvèdre, 28% Syrah, 27% Grenache, 5% Counoise 14.5% alcohol (753 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 11/4/2023 & rated 93 points: Crazy good wine. I think this wine is at its peak as I can't imagine any wine getting too much better. (807 views) | | | Tasted by Hamersly on 7/24/2023 & rated 94 points: This was just beautiful after an hour decant. Elegant, luscious and balanced, i would buy another case of this. (959 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 5/13/2023 & rated 95 points: Perfect example of why "there are no truly great wines, just great bottles of wine". I have had over 12 of these bottles, this is my last 750, and I have 2 1.5L. This was the richest, most powerful and most balanced GSM I have ever had and none of the prior 11 or so came close. What a spectacular wine! (1107 views) | | | Tasted by sastewart on 5/6/2023 & rated 80 points: Stored at 55 degrees since purchase. Very strange bottle. Overripe nose kind of stewed. Not sure what happened here but this is not representative of Tablas Creek at all. 80 points (1021 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 4/27/2023 & rated 91 points: Classic TCV Esprit. Always consistently clean, tasty and without flaws. (1098 views) | | | Tasted by jonahfactor on 4/24/2023: Our last bottle. Decanted for 90 minutes. This vintage never found its sweet spot for us over the years, ranging from reticent to big bruiser. At this stage it’s pretty much just raspberries on the palate with tannins in the finish. Cellar stored since release. Pass. (1060 views) | | | Tasted by andtheodor on 3/26/2023 & rated 85 points: Took to a neighbor's house and just had a taste. Seemed like a hot mess though. (1087 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 1/29/2023 & rated 92 points: Great Rhone blend drinking beautifully right now. (1023 views) | | | Tasted by mtaczak on 12/31/2022 & rated 94 points: My guest put it best: holy crap, this is good. He wasn't there for the first two hours while it decanted and went through a weird volatile window (which blew off, thankfully), a grainy bitter tannin window (totally subsided), but he did experience the perfectly polished, deep, smooth,.and impeccably balanced product at the end. I don't see how this could improve from where it is now. Drink drink drink! (917 views) | | | Tasted by tb_baltimore on 10/10/2022 & rated 95 points: Agree with the other reviews -- this is in an excellent drinking window right now! (1232 views) | | | Tasted by TheFoodieTraveler on 10/4/2022 & rated 92 points: Not as good as the 07 we had side by side, but still quite enjoyable (1182 views) | | | Tasted by AlphaMikeFoxtrot on 9/13/2022 & rated 93 points: Ripe strawberries, blueberries, dirt and milk chocolate collide with a pronounced spice note (cumin and crushed red chili flakes). Full bodied with soft supple tannins that linger on the palate. Still nice medium + acid here at age 13. A beautifully balanced and rounded GSM that drinks well now; but could go for a couple more years too.
Great with braised lamb (1179 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 9/6/2022 & rated 93 points: A perfect GSM drinking really well right now. (1115 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 8/2/2022 & rated 92 points: Drinking perfectly right now. Blueberry finish, some I have not gotten out of a TCV in the past. (1273 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 7/29/2022 & rated 92 points: Great, perfectly balanced GSM. This is why I am a TCV club member. Nice fruit and lovely blueberry finish. A real keepper. (1047 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 5/19/2022 & rated 92 points: This wine is drinking beautifully right now. Great complexity with none of the ingredients dominating. A perfectly blending wine. TCV just keeps making better and better wines, regardless of the vintage. (1264 views) | | | Tasted by brianofthevine on 4/9/2022 & rated 92 points: 40% Mourvedre/28% Syrah/27% Grenache/5% Counoise. Nice old school Paso and very reminiscent of older Beaucastel. Red cherry, cranberry, raspberry, and dark plum fruit. Notes of earth, stewed tomatoes, prunes, baking spice, raspberry liqueur, and savory herbs. Nice acidity, smooth tannins, and gool long finish. Great drinking window right now. (1431 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 3/30/2022 & rated 93 points: Just a beautiful, beautiful, complex wine drinking perfectly righ now. (1375 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 3/12/2022 & rated 93 points: Really, really good! (1316 views) | | | Tasted by RichEB1 on 3/6/2022 & rated 88 points: This was for sure better than my bottle in 2018, but I still found it to be 'just ok'. Restrained red and plummy fruit with ample acidity, but with a short finish and just kind of boring. No wow factor at all. Enjoyable enough but not a repeat purchase and definitley not worth the cellar space/time (cellared since release). (1496 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 2/26/2022 & rated 92 points: Same comments. Drinking beautifully now. (1126 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, California's Central Coast: Better than Ever (Aug 2012)
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JebDunnuck.com, Issue #12 (6/23/2012)
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JebDunnuck.com, Issue #10 (12/4/2011)
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Vinous, November/December 2011, IWC Issue #159
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Vinous, Exploring California's Central Coast (Aug 2011)
(Tablas Creek Esprit De Beaucastel Paso Robles) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, California in the spotlight!, Issue #6 (11/30/2010)
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RJonWine.com (9/18/2012)
(Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel) Dark red violet color; grapey, tart plum, black fruit, light pepper nose; tight, tart berry, mineral, light garrigue, licorice palate; needs 3 years; medium-plus finish 92+ points (14.6% alcohol; 40% Mourvèdre, 28% Syrah, 27% Grenache, 5% Counoise) 92 points |
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| Tablas Creek Producer website
Tablas Creek Vineyard, founded by the Perrin family of Chateau de Beaucastel and Robert Haas of Vineyard Brands, is dedicated to growing grape varieties traditional to France's Rhone Valley. The partners chose hilly western Paso Robles for its limestone soils, rugged terrain, and ocean influence. All Tablas Creek wines are estate grown using environmentally sustainable practices.2009 Tablas Creek Esprit de BeaucastelWine Label Notes
Scarce in quantity due to drought and frost, but remarkable in intensity while still maintaining balance through terrific tannins. It is based on the red fruit, earth and mocha of Mourvedre (40%), wihile Syrah (28%) provides black fruit and mineral and Grenache (27%) brings rich mouthfeel, glyscerin and a refreshing acidity. 6% Counoise adds vibrancy and brambly fruit. The wine was blended in August 2010, aged in foudre and bottled in July 2011. 3100 cases produced.
A deep, spicy nose of crushed rock, tobacco and dark fruit (particularly currants). The palate shows great balance between savory and sweet notes, with milk chocolate, herbes de provence, an iron-like mineral note and massive structure that, combined with the power of the ripe but substantial tannins suggest that it will benefit from short- to mid-term cellaring, and drink well for two decades or more. (8/11)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. USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm
Central Coast AVA WikipediaPaso Robles Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance
Set apart by unique climate and geography, Paso Robles Wine Country provides prime growing conditions for more than 40 varietals planted over 26,000 acres of vineyards. More than 300 wineries craft this fruit into premium wines, gaining recognition around the world. The fruit, the wines and the distinct environment have quickly made Paso Robles California's third largest and fastest growing wine region. |
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