Community Tasting Note

drwine2001 wrote:

Saturday, September 25, 2010 - Premium 2007 Southern Rhone and 2006 Guigal Single Vineyard Cote Rotie (K&L Wines, San Francisco): Lighter color in this context. Fragrant but alcoholic smelling. Medium weight. Good sap, nice balance between the red fruit and garrigue, slight sweetness, but you can't escape the fact that this one also burns as it goes down. Not as offensive since it is recognizable Chateauneuf, but I still would not buy it given this (lack of) balance. What a shame for Clos des Papes, once (and by this I mean as recently as 2001) one of the most subtle, understated wines in the appellation. The previous note in the database says that this wine is "screaming", and this is accurate. I preferred it when it used its indoor voice.

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