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 Vintage2015 Label 1 of 50 
TypeRed
ProducerDomaine Lafage (web)
VarietyGrenache
DesignationCuvée Nicolas
Vineyardn/a
CountryFrance
RegionLanguedoc Roussillon
SubRegionRoussillon
AppellationCôtes Catalanes
UPC Code(s)805109340039

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2016 and 2020 (based on 9 user opinions)
Wine Market Journal quarterly auction price: See Domaine Lafage Cuvee Nicolas Vieilles Vignes on the Wine Market Journal.

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 88.4 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 40 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by jocelyng on 7/24/2020 & rated 92 points: Really excellent. Ripe black berries. Super fruity. Good backbone of tannins. Almost 93 (1788 views)
 Tasted by HFLED on 3/28/2020 & rated 86 points: Overly blueberry taste. Meh (1826 views)
 Tasted by Soteralzowine on 7/17/2019 & rated 88 points: Should be decanted for >>45 mins. (2310 views)
 Tasted by WilD on 6/2/2019 & rated 90 points: P&P. Temperature a little chilled. Nice ripe grenache. Cherries, full bodied liqor style. Nice balanced. Great PQR. (2277 views)
 Tasted by Maphill01 on 4/30/2019: Raspberry blackberry. Rich texture, nice balance of acidity and tannins. Medium heavy weight. Long finish. A little subtle, but a nice 100% Grenache, best with food. Great QPR (1536 views)
 Tasted by Mossrose on 3/23/2019 & rated 92 points: An excellent Grenache from the French side of the Pyrenees Alps. Opaque purple with an inch pour. Significantly improved by day 3 after being opened. Delicious raspberry and blackberry fruit. Richly textured. Fine balance of acidity and tannin. Long throat coating aftertaste. (50 views)
 Tasted by iDrum4Wine on 1/21/2019 & rated 89 points: Violet ruby hue that opens with slight lavender and rosemary. Dried strawberry and plum feature on the palate. A nice tannic structure to a well-balanced medium dense wine. A touch of prune on the finish. A very subtle and food-friendly 100% Grenache. (1427 views)
 Tasted by mzmijewski on 10/31/2018 & rated 88 points: Good start but finish is left behind. This is why this varietal is blended normally. (725 views)
 Tasted by Gjagai on 9/23/2018 & rated 87 points: A good fruit forward wine. (1586 views)
 Tasted by Androurse on 7/22/2018 & rated 90 points: The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry and black currant (cassis). It tastes like blackberry, black currant (cassis), oak and cinnamon. (1467 views)
 Tasted by CondorKhan on 7/15/2018 & rated 90 points: Big, fruity Grenache with loads of black fruit and a backbone of licorice, garrigue and cocoa. Great burger wine.

Way better than a $12 wine has a right to be. (1446 views)
 Tasted by maxima on 7/8/2018 & rated 87 points: Bu en succ.
Simple, fruité et assez dense...bien dans le genre! (1683 views)
 Tasted by Androurse on 6/25/2018 & rated 89 points: The wine looks purple colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry and blueberry. It tastes like blueberry, blackberry, oak and cinnamon. The body is medium/full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity. (1191 views)
 Tasted by jmcnewjersey on 6/11/2018 & rated 89 points: Very nice fruity & plush grenache, in a New World style. If you insist upon leaner wine with less ripe fruit, in more of an Old World style, you may want to avoid. (992 views)
 Tasted by rbk2b on 4/19/2018 & rated 87 points: Easy drinking red, solid value at $12. (947 views)
 Tasted by franm on 4/5/2018 & rated 84 points: cheers (904 views)
 Tasted by AllRed on 3/26/2018 & rated 84 points: Over the top; a bit too much to be enjoyable. (959 views)
 Tasted by Raptor2023 on 2/26/2018 & rated 90 points: Reddish-purple, slightly translucent

Strawberry, spice, cherries

Medium body, medium-low acidity, low tannins, short finish

Easy to drink (941 views)
 Tasted by jocelyng on 2/15/2018 & rated 92 points: Ripe fruits: plum, black cherry. Licorice. Sweet and long finish. Easy drinking but a joy to taste. (959 views)
 Tasted by czar33 on 1/25/2018 & rated 86 points: Correct, du fruit pas super équilibré, légère amertume. (949 views)
 Tasted by ephorn on 9/7/2017 & rated 88 points: Drinking better on day two with richer fruit emerging. Light shone through wine with a purple/ruby color. Straightforward flavor with good balance but not much savory complexity. Medium acid medium minus tannin. (1159 views)
 Tasted by Androurse on 7/16/2017 & rated 88 points: The wine looks purple colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry and prune. It tastes like blackberry, prune and light toast. The body is medium/full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity. (1197 views)
 Tasted by Androurse on 6/12/2017 & rated 87 points: The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, black currant (cassis) and oak. It tastes like blackberry, black currant (cassis), oak and almond. The body is medium/full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity. (1197 views)
 Tasted by andrewdodd86 on 6/10/2017 & rated 88 points: VV version, nice dark red fruit. Really good QPR (1148 views)
 Tasted by euroyup on 5/29/2017 & rated 87 points: Made of 100% grenache from old vines. Color: dark blue-purple. Nose: blackberry and red berry, (English) licorice and fine herbs. Taste: followed the nose, with good acidity, recognizable as grenache. The tannins were not prominent, but probably were not fully resolved yet. Especially in the end a lot of alcohol, with overwhelmed the agreeable, natural sweetness. Apart from the 15% alcohol an agreeable wine. To drink now or to hold for two years; there may be som upward protential. 87. (938 views)
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Domaine Lafage

Producer website | Producer page on Importer website

For Novellum Chard

Grenache

Varietal character (Appellation America) - Read more about Grenache

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.com

Languedoc Roussillon

Inter Sud de France | Vins Languedoc-Roussillon

Wine-Searcher.com: http://www.wine-searcher.com/regions-languedoc-roussillon

Financial Times Article (June 19th 2010 Andrew Jefford):http://bit.ly/bLDytg

Financial Times Article (June 5 2010 Jancis Robinson): http://bit.ly/8ZerX2

David Schildknecht (7th June 2010) Languedoc-Roussillon Best Producers:http://bit.ly/do0LQa

Roussillon

Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins du Roussillon

 
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