Community Tasting Notes 6

• prism wrote: 90 points

  September 3, 2011 - This richly fruited CDR is in a perfect spot now, having gained body and complexity over the past year. Great with lamburgers; really a pleasure to drink, and at $17 an excellent QPR.

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• graphite wrote: 85 points

  July 19, 2010 - Cherries, baked plums, and brown sugar. Comes off as somewhat stewed, and ends with alcoholic heat. Not much tannin. Hard to see this improving, and seems to be on the decline.

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• prism wrote: 89 points

  June 26, 2010 - Excellent iteration of CDR. Not very complex but, as khmark7 has written, precise. Paired nicely with lamburgers after a one-hour breathe; I think running this through a vinturi would remove any inherent dimensionality and so would not recommend using it on this wine. Found no sour note in this wine: it is drinking very well right now and I wouldn't mind getting more, as , at $17, it is a very good QPR.

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• khmark7 wrote: 90 points

  March 9, 2009 - Lovely nose with a bit of air. Some smoke, soy sauce and sharp red fruits. Medium bodied, and I thought best without food. More precision than power.

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• grafstrb wrote: 81 points

  January 10, 2009 - -- popped and poured through a Vinturi --
  -- tasted non-blind over 2 days --
  
  NOSE: plum; raspberry syrup; some slight minerality; tight and seemingly not very complex.
  
  BODY: superfine particulate matter suspended in the wine; garnet color of medium depth; medium bodied.
  
  TASTE: flat -- very one note: sour plum; some boring minerality; not complex; tastes like there's no Syrah in the cepage, rather just a bunch of underripe Grenache; big hole at back of mid-palate; totally uninspiring ... waste of $17. 3 separate tasters (myself included) thought this wine was not flawed, so I don't think that was an issue here.
  
  B: 50, 5, 9, 12, 5 = 81

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine de Ferrand
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation Cuvée Antique Vieilles Vignes
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Côtes du Rhône

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