Community Tasting Note

RhoneWho wrote:

Monday, December 26, 2022 - After drinking 2016 DEM at CDP, I bought up the remaining case of 2019 vintage at a local wine store as DEM is one of favorite CDPs. The flavor profile reminds me a lot of Janasse Vieilles Vignes, which is also a blend. We drank both 2019 DEM and La Combe Des Fous (LCDF) side by side as both were rated perfect scores by JD. Review on LCDF will be on a separate note.

Like the 2016, the 2019 DEM beauty can be enjoyed by itself without food. It's one of the best CDPs i have had from many vintages; and is definitely a step up from its 2017 vintage. This beauty (a blend of 60% Grenache and 40% Mouverdre) is really an elegant and harmoniously balanced wine with the grenache driving the aromatics and mouvedre driving the flavor profile brilliantly! The only difference of 2019 from the 2016 is that it still needs a few more years to settle down and shed its baby fat (resolve its structural youthfulness) before reaching its perfection.

Bouquet: Very long uplighting perfume of sweet, ripe rich darker (blue) fruit with subtle garrigue notes driven by Grenache component. The aromatics lingers for long long time! Darn memorable.

Palate: Weightless, pure yet concentrated ripe dark blue fruit intermixed with subtle cocoa and herbs (driven by Mourvedre) flavor.

Texture: Seamless super-fine tannins with acidity masked under juicy rich dark fruit flavor. This wine is velvet, and full body resulting in a very long and supple finish. The 2019 is not as unctuous as the 2016 which could reflect the vintage.

Keywords: Elegant, Balance, Uplighting rich aromatics
Scoring range: 98-100; 98+

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