Very Deep Black Ruby in colour with still violet rim. A surprise excellent. Lovely Depth of Sweet Ripe Black Fruits leaping out of the glass , Cherry Grenache complexity showing through best , but lovely mix of varieties inc. syrah , an very clean winemaking here for certain . Excellent On the palate ,we have ripe sweet clean fruit , good mid palate richness, an long strong oily tannin giving great length. V/good Some alc. sting on the palate is there too , but not offensive. Excellent effort an worth seeking out v/good wine for certain. For this style of wine , this is a great effort. Great example of Cote du Rhone Villages Very Good producer.
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Right from the pop the nose was jumping out with spicy, brambly, dark fruits, the Syrah dominates no doubt. Sticking my nose into the glass for a better sense, there was a hint of alcohol, floral notes from the grenache, and softer red fruits. This is much softer on the palate than the nose indicated, as it was at first quite thin with some ripe blue and red berries. As it breathed over the next few hours, it picked up a bit of weight and chalky tannins, but the spice and fruits also became more prominent, so it stayed balanced. Medium length finish of dried fruits and spices. Make sure you give this 30-60 minutes air or another year or two in the bottle. The quality here is undeniable and in comparison to other CdRs out there, this ranks up with some of the best of them.
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Excellent for the price. deep dark berries, the syrah comes out on the nose displaying a hint of pepper and cedar. Wonderful QPR as this would be easily misidentified in a blind tasting as a CDP or Croze. Long finish, wonderful silky mouth feel. This was all from a pop and pour, so the next bottle with be decanted.
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Blackish purple core with bright plum rim; sugary sweet and jammy nose of black currant, blackberry, and smoke in the background; ripe, nice tangy berry fruit, almost like compote, good Grenachey finish, some fine tannin but this is very grippy on the back end.
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Sweet and spicy with plenty of primary red and black fruits and red and black pepper. This is perfectly good, not great, CdR that will provide plenty of drinking pleasure.
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6/23/2017 - Paul Anderson Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very Deep Black Ruby in colour with still violet rim. A surprise excellent.
Lovely Depth of Sweet Ripe Black Fruits leaping out of the glass , Cherry Grenache complexity showing through best , but lovely mix of varieties inc. syrah , an very clean winemaking here for certain . Excellent On the palate ,we have ripe sweet clean fruit , good mid palate richness, an long strong oily tannin giving great length. V/good
Some alc. sting on the palate is there too , but not offensive. Excellent effort an worth seeking out v/good wine for certain. For this style of wine , this is a great effort. Great example of Cote du Rhone Villages Very Good producer.
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4/10/2014 - Weston3220 Likes this wine: 87 Points
Big and Inky but french balanced can pick up the carignan ads that wildness which I enjoyed, day 2 kinda of fell apart a bit
Conc: tasty good crowd pleasing wine
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2/3/2014 - jhannah27 wrote: 89 Points
Right from the pop the nose was jumping out with spicy, brambly, dark fruits, the Syrah dominates no doubt. Sticking my nose into the glass for a better sense, there was a hint of alcohol, floral notes from the grenache, and softer red fruits. This is much softer on the palate than the nose indicated, as it was at first quite thin with some ripe blue and red berries. As it breathed over the next few hours, it picked up a bit of weight and chalky tannins, but the spice and fruits also became more prominent, so it stayed balanced. Medium length finish of dried fruits and spices. Make sure you give this 30-60 minutes air or another year or two in the bottle. The quality here is undeniable and in comparison to other CdRs out there, this ranks up with some of the best of them.
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10/5/2013 - Darkhorn Likes this wine: 90 Points
Excellent for the price. deep dark berries, the syrah comes out on the nose displaying a hint of pepper and cedar. Wonderful QPR as this would be easily misidentified in a blind tasting as a CDP or Croze.
Long finish, wonderful silky mouth feel. This was all from a pop and pour, so the next bottle with be decanted.
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9/6/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:
Blackish purple core with bright plum rim; sugary sweet and jammy nose of black currant, blackberry, and smoke in the background; ripe, nice tangy berry fruit, almost like compote, good Grenachey finish, some fine tannin but this is very grippy on the back end.
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2/19/2013 - Reptibark Likes this wine: 88 Points
Sweet and spicy with plenty of primary red and black fruits and red and black pepper. This is perfectly good, not great, CdR that will provide plenty of drinking pleasure.
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2/16/2013 - Philippe_C wrote: 89 Points
Very very fruity, loads of black cherries... again too much tannins (89+/100)
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