Surprisingly nice. Strawberry, black olive, touch of twigs and pepper. Fairly well balanced, a bit harsh on the finish but it complements the roast I had with itquite nicely.
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Interesting: strawberry and raspberry with green olive, pepper, and sticks. Simultaneously a little thin, but meaty in profile. Nothing profound here, but it's provocative and unique.
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A very enjoyable and well-structured Rhone blend. Nice rustic undertones and good tannin structure. Poor QPR at $20 though, almost a carbon copy of the $13 Guigal CdR which I would buy over this wine.
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This is an interesting wine being a Non Vintage blend with a release year. Released in 2004, I'm unaware of the blended vintages, but it's already showing the brickish rose color of maturity. On the nose I'm struck first with notes of peppered tangerines and rose petals, then there is an elusive and yet still obvious aroma of sardines dipped in cocoa-soy sauce. Fruits of cassis, charred blackberry bush, and grape soda begin to emerge soon after, all followed by aromas of young cedar plank. In the mouth there is an upfront obvious plummy fruit flavor. The tannins are firm but not aggressive, quite soft really, focusing at first on the mid palate, but with time the oak tannins emerge on the gums. The acid structure is soft and subtle but elongated nicely through really high toned fruit flavors of ranier cherry and citrus zest. This all finishes with a lovely cumin rose finsih. There is no overwhelming minerality here, or persistent typical fruit profiles, but definitely a persistent rose theme, which is of course quite characterisitic of grenache from this area (assuming that of course there is substantial grenache sourced from Rhone territories). The oak influence is a little strong considering the lack of fruit to counter balance it all, and it will probably be a bit light for some, which I don't mind. It is definitely not an extracted wine. However, still a nice wine, and the price is really affordable. It's quite unique and fun to experience a wine of these varietals (grenache/syrah/carignan) that seems as close to maturity right away as this one -- a clever NV blend.
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Light ruby color, very little nose right out of the bottle, did develop a little nose of floral and pepper. Definitely a light wine, with not real pronounced fruit. Left some for tomorrow to see what happens with some air. Really think this would be a good summer wine given its lightness and an excellent compliment to something like a steak salad. Probably wont buy the Lot 2004 again.
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My experience was like most other descriptions here - lighter in style than expected, needed air time to open up sufficiently, fair to good but much better QPR can be had elsewhere.
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I enjoyed this, but first impressions were of a ligher than expected Rhone blend, but this improved with time after decanting. However there are cheaper CdR out there which are better.
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Obviously Rhone, and leans more towards South. Easy-drinking. rich and kind of sweet on the attack, quite fruity and light thin finish. Quite good value.
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1/15/2010 - gvergolias wrote: 88 Points
Surprisingly nice. Strawberry, black olive, touch of twigs and pepper. Fairly well balanced, a bit harsh on the finish but it complements the roast I had with itquite nicely.
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7/20/2009 - Cunningham wrote:
4.5/5 Stars
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1/23/2009 - mike l. wrote: 60 Points
dreadful watery bitter crap. was 3.99 at grocery outlet. wouldnt be worth 39 cents.
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10/28/2008 - pgm wrote: 88 Points
Interesting: strawberry and raspberry with green olive, pepper, and sticks. Simultaneously a little thin, but meaty in profile. Nothing profound here, but it's provocative and unique.
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8/26/2008 - Winezak wrote: 81 Points
Did not like it, if fact I poured the last third of a bottle away
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6/3/2008 - neurovino wrote: flawed
Corked.
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5/5/2008 - d'Yquembe Mutombo wrote: 87 Points
A very enjoyable and well-structured Rhone blend. Nice rustic undertones and good tannin structure. Poor QPR at $20 though, almost a carbon copy of the $13 Guigal CdR which I would buy over this wine.
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4/24/2008 - LeifErik wrote: 87 Points
This is an interesting wine being a Non Vintage blend with a release year. Released in 2004, I'm unaware of the blended vintages, but it's already showing the brickish rose color of maturity. On the nose I'm struck first with notes of peppered tangerines and rose petals, then there is an elusive and yet still obvious aroma of sardines dipped in cocoa-soy sauce. Fruits of cassis, charred blackberry bush, and grape soda begin to emerge soon after, all followed by aromas of young cedar plank. In the mouth there is an upfront obvious plummy fruit flavor. The tannins are firm but not aggressive, quite soft really, focusing at first on the mid palate, but with time the oak tannins emerge on the gums. The acid structure is soft and subtle but elongated nicely through really high toned fruit flavors of ranier cherry and citrus zest. This all finishes with a lovely cumin rose finsih. There is no overwhelming minerality here, or persistent typical fruit profiles, but definitely a persistent rose theme, which is of course quite characterisitic of grenache from this area (assuming that of course there is substantial grenache sourced from Rhone territories). The oak influence is a little strong considering the lack of fruit to counter balance it all, and it will probably be a bit light for some, which I don't mind. It is definitely not an extracted wine. However, still a nice wine, and the price is really affordable. It's quite unique and fun to experience a wine of these varietals (grenache/syrah/carignan) that seems as close to maturity right away as this one -- a clever NV blend.
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1/20/2008 - zblang wrote: 80 Points
Not my cup of tea at all.
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3/13/2007 - ncmussell wrote: 84 Points
Light ruby color, very little nose right out of the bottle, did develop a little nose of floral and pepper. Definitely a light wine, with not real pronounced fruit. Left some for tomorrow to see what happens with some air. Really think this would be a good summer wine given its lightness and an excellent compliment to something like a steak salad. Probably wont buy the Lot 2004 again.
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3/6/2007 - DenisLee wrote: 84 Points
light, but not unpleasant.
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2/7/2007 - espia wrote:
Not bad
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1/6/2007 - paulyp wrote: 85 Points
Pretty tame. The fruit on the palate was pronounced and pleasant but fell off very quickly.
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1/6/2007 - DeWiPe wrote: 85 Points
My experience was like most other descriptions here - lighter in style than expected, needed air time to open up sufficiently, fair to good but much better QPR can be had elsewhere.
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10/21/2006 - Littlehope wrote: 86 Points
I enjoyed this, but first impressions were of a ligher than expected Rhone blend, but this improved with time after decanting. However there are cheaper CdR out there which are better.
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10/15/2006 - Cahill wrote: 85 Points
I thought that this wine was well made, but with merely adequate fruit. Flavors are just not up to par for the price.
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10/8/2006 - GlenD wrote: 82 Points
Nothing special. Average flavors. RP says lot 2004 is from the 02 vintage, and I believe it. I'll wait for lot 2005.
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8/27/2006 - GraemeBell wrote: 85 Points
Obviously Rhone, and leans more towards South. Easy-drinking. rich and kind of sweet on the attack, quite fruity and light thin finish. Quite good value.
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7/25/2006 - Frodnesor wrote: 87 Points
Somewhat light ruby color. Rich nose of black cherry with a hint of spice. Nice mouth feel, both sweet and tart and a light finish.
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5/20/2006 - rumpole wrote: 84 Points
Not bad, easy rhone. However, not complex or memorable.
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