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• Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 91 points

  December 21, 2023 - This drink is from a bottle opened 42 hours ago. Just maybe it was a predictable miss in the midst of those Champagnes and Riesling, but it tastes great now. Aeration and proper context raised it several points. NOSE: spirited blackberry perfume; supported by iron, earth; teased with elusive botanicals that oscillate with cinnamon, kelp, menthol, and steel. MOUTH: compacted, striated sources of flavor produce abundantly and with energy. Blackberry and blueberry stains; fallen plums. There's a mannered balance of dusty black tannins, bright berry acidity, and busy ripe fruit. By the very end of the bottle the fruit begins to clot. I might not come looking here for profundity. But it belts out pleasure and muscular authenticity. If 3 bottles remain, I might expect to drink another within a year, and the last one by 2026.

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• Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 91 points

  February 9, 2023 - Incubated boozy little tart cherries, prunes, and raspberries involved with gritty baked brown earth. Sandalwood. Aloe. Sand. Forthcoming and geologically transparent. Drinkably slutty. I like it.
  TIME: 80% of the contents, after 48 hours, are as good as the first 20% were when the bottle was opened. It's a bit more focused and bound together which lends the experience more grandeur. With skillet charred, juicy burgers.

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• Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 90 points

  June 3, 2022 - My last note, late winter, indicated seasonal depression (yes, it affects wine, too!) Now: open windows, cool breeze, June—this drink is an exhibition of mineral transparency combined with velvet, spiced berries. Easy, accessible, glazed with espresso and menthol. The chew is made of tense, sweet, sticky little red and black berries. Projections of scorched thyme, mocha, chalk, brackish cress, and poppies breathe lightly. The finish is a residue of appetizing bitterness.

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• Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 13, 2022 - Open 48 hours. NOSE: mute, desiccated fruit solids. Iodine. MOUTH: pulpy, sappy fruit in a state of annular eclipse. Tannins are ripe, youthful, and proportioned. Chewing it releases a confident balance of berry acids, cumin, iron leaf, Indian coffee, and licorice tissue. The chunky, cobbled, adhesive, tannic finish blooms with airy mint. It's clearly in a half-dumb phase, possibly instigated by seasonally cold, passive cellar temperatures. 90+ points—but to be fair, I must pledge to open another one in six months.

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• Davidklausa wrote:

  December 3, 2018 - Aggressively bad: simultaneously cloying, flat, and astringent. It hurts, but I'll still finish it. Maybe worthwhile in a year.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2015
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine de Piaugier
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Côtes du Rhône Villages Sablet
• UPC Code 613649229000

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• Pending Delivery 1 (1%)
• In Cellars 25 (28%)
• Consumed 63 (71%)

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