Community Tasting Notes 204

• Labrador Likes this wine: 89 points

  April 14, 2023 - My last bottle, and, in this case, the best was saved for last.
  This was a PnP. Once it took on some air, the fruit (a lovely blend of red and dark fruit) came to the fore, along with an almost Burgundian-style hint of sweetness. All else was consistent with my previous experiences with this wine.
  It was enjoyed by all.

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• Caruso Likes this wine:

  November 20, 2022 - Garnet, but still with a bit of a purple hue. Low intensity, but complex nose with espresso, sweet cherries in addition dark fruits and forest floor on the palate. This is very smooth now, and from my warmer than textbook cellar behind its optimal drinking window. On the palate it still shows nice concentration of flavors, but it is on its way down now from my cellar. Textbook stored bottles should hold through some more years. Nevertheless this is quite sexy now with its elegant and smooth style. 5/11/15/6, 87, -now or -2025+ if stored in a cool cellar (54° F) since release. I don' rate this, since it is not the wine fault, that I have aged it too long for some years.

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• Toasty Oak wrote: 88 points

  November 6, 2020 - Ruby to garnet in the glass, hints of age toward the rim. Moderately intense aromas of warm cherries, potpourri, leather, light mushroom, on the palate additional flavors of licorice, black tea, dried figs and cigar were discernible. The wine is still quite fresh tasting overall, the finish is long though slightly bitter. 70% grenache, 30% syrah.
  
  Year in and year out this Southern Rhone wine is lauded by critics and touted as an amazing value. It is widely available and usually found in the $15-20 range. I’m pretty impressed that it tasted so fresh and alive with about 10 years of age.

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• Caruso Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 9, 2019 - Intense notes of coffee, herbs and red fruits. On the palate much more civilized and balanced than previous bottles. Spices and herbs as well. This has a decade or more of positive evolution and is ready to be consumed now. Complex, well balanced and living up to my expectations now. Though the 94 points from parker are still scored to high in my opinion the average score of the community is to low, I guess. On the palate with air it shows great complexity and surprising quality. 5/12/17/9. Great and worth the time and for sure the money.

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• DrBill39 Likes this wine: 91 points

  June 27, 2019 - It has been almost a year since the last bottle. Still drinking nicely, but no reason to either rush or wait on this wine. Certainly ready to drink now, but will hold for at least several more years, in my opinion.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Château Pesquié
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation Terrasses
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Ventoux
• UPC Codes 3439921010022, 805109162112, 805109162150

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• Pending Delivery 10 (0%)
• In Cellars 1,365 (32%)
• Consumed 2,830 (67%)

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