Ripe dark and red berries and good garrigue in both the bouquet and on the palate. In this bottle the alcohol seemed to be more integrated than in the previous bottle.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Very ripe dark berries and a lot of garrigue in the bouquet as well as on the palate. A firm amount of sweetness, ok acidity and tannin. The 16% ABV is a bit disturbing.
Oof, was I wrong giving this CdP a shot. Very good vintage according to many (warm during the day but cool at night, unusually large diurnal swing, slow ripening, all leading to good acidity). So I thought I’d try this CdP, an entry level bottling… The alcohol was simply brutal though. As obtrusive as it gets, on both palate and nose. Little else came through, especially on the palate. The nose did improve a bit with air, revealing hints of classic CdP aromas… that were then quickly clobbered by alochol burn.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Medium ruby in glass. After 2 hours in decanter and some time in the glass, medium (almost med-) fruit forward nose remains rather tightly wound around Asian spices and pepper, black cherry, chocolate and charred wood. This wine is still developing with little tertiary characteristics.
Palate is fruity and spicy to match the nose, although perhaps not with intensity. Acidity is med, tannins medium, alcohol high, body medium (lighter body than I was expecting). Med finish, med flavor intensity. This is an acceptable wine altjoufh lacking in balance due particularly to high alc. On a positive side, there is some complexity given the various varietals traditionally included in the CdP. Drink now or age a few years. Pair it with a complexly flavored white meat such as spiced grilled pork.
Postscript: Something has been bugging me about this wine. The more I think about it the less I think I really liked it. The alcohol at 16% was not balanced out by the fruit and acidity that I think it should have been. Another reviewer talked about the mid palate “gloop.” I think that is the alcohol. It certainly left a finish that was not enjoyable. Again, mayb time can improve this? The key to high alc is balance and I think this wine lacks it.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Dark garnet color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of aspirin, black berries and ginger. Flavors of berries, cherries and raspberries. Medium to bright acidity, medium to firm tannin, full bodied. Drink or hold.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Kind of disappointing…Not a lot of balance. Rather less tannic than I’d expect. Kind of “gloopy” (hard to explain but murky dark fruits without a lot of freshness). A bit too much oak as well.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Medium ruby colour. Nose of red fruit and it's like you can smell the tannin after having been left to open do a couple of hours. On the palate very juicy dark berries, balanced acid and good length. Tannins more pronounced as time went on. Delicious.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Had this at a social event hence only brief notes from memory. Not decanted and none really needed. Intense and fruity with black tea complexity. Great balance, powerful but still refined. Best bottle of the Clos St Jean so far and it seems the bottle age is really starting to elevate this.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Final bottle of six. Way too much alcohol. 16%. Way too sweet. Light rim. Black cherry, moss/earth, concentrated red fruits and blueberries. Medium acidity, medium tannins. I probably would not buy again due to its lack of finesse. Just seems like a rushed project of high alcohol juice from a good year.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Comes out of the gate hot with alcohol very apparent. Settles down after 2 hours with fleshing out of fruit but it really still is overshadowed a bit by burly tannins and the alcohol. Still, very pleasant and good with steak and brown rice. There are certainly better CdP's from 2016 out there but I am glad I had this bottle.
Drank about half of the bottle; as I was expecting an off balance wine, did not plan to have the rest.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Brief note only: Pretty high intensity juicing jumping at you. Ripe, licqeuresque red cherry fruit with some floral notes on the side. High octane and not fully integrated palate. This works well for casual drinking if you can take a punch, but too overpowering for my taste.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Final bottle from a case. This is solid CdP and wine for the money, for sure. But not special. Bottle quality variation was noticeable. I'd say this is in the top-10% for the price point ($30) but not the top-1% that I search for.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
This wine is in its wheelhouse right now and better than other vintages I’ve had. Dark, mysterious, and spicy with notes of clove and black pepper. There’s a grassy, almost bitter finish. It’s more unusual than the 2015. Highly recommend drinking a bottle this year. It might get better with more time, but this could be the mountain top.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
I went ahead and finished my last bottle with a hearty pasta dinner just to get it out of the way. Mothers and fathers: please teach your children that 16% ABV is too much. A brooding wine. Big, muscular...not regular muscular, but steroid muscular. If that’s your thing, this is the wine for you. It’s not for me 😬
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Medium garnet. Long legs foretold a heavy alcoholic presence. Luscious black fruit on the nose but very tight on the palate, having tasted it straight out of the bottle. Well structured except for the heavy alcohol dumbing down the fruit that was promised on the nose. Drinking now - 2022. Would be worth tasting again in a year but I suspect the alcoholic cloak will not fade quickly enough. You could try decanting it for a couple of hours to see if you could open it up a little and offset the pesky alcoholic overlay. USD$47 for a half bottle at Table at 7. DO59+C. Would I buy again? Yes but not at this price.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
I agree with "Vide" and "Blaines's" assessments below. Tough, crunchy tannins and hot. The tannins will soften with time, but with only tepid dark fruits, I suspect it will only magnify the alcohol's presence even more. For the next bottle I'll try giving it a couple hours in the decanter. The 2010 vintage wasn't bad (90-ish), but this is just getting too boozy IMO...
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
I can't imagine why anyone would want to make a wine that is 16 proof (just one proof short of Sherry). The alcohol has the effect of dumbing down the flavours, which are not particularly pronounced to begin with: an indefinite soft dark fruit with soft tannin. The wine does soften after 2-3 hours in a decanter, and to be positive for once it is a compact wine that has lasting presence and stays in the mouth.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
This wine has gotten a bit too big on the alcohol front for my taste. I have enjoyed and regularly purchased this bottling since the mid-2000s, but at 16% ABV it's just too much for me.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
It is the third time I've tasted the 2016 vintage 1 year a part. Even cooled it lacks freshness and has an unwanted (in my view) lactic wave at the end that floods my taste buds - leaving me with a desire to make it a sauce ingredient and serve a different Rhone wine in the dinner glasses.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Still a bit tight and needs some time to open up. This is fruity, fresh, has lots of minerality with medium tannins. Aromas of sweet fruits, strawberries, other berries and floral notes. Beautiful acidity. Flavors of dark fruits, leather, licorice and cooking spices.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
By the glass. Another modernity with the concentrated notes of plum jam intermingle with other of pineapple. A lot of structure in the mouth with serious tannins. I would advise to let it age to see if it improves a little.
Por copas. Otra modernidad donde las notas concentradas de mermelada de ciruelas se entremezclan con otras de pinada. De mucha estructura en boca con serios taninos. Aconsejaría dejarlo envejecer a ver sí mejora un poco.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Very pretty nose with a strong fresh ripe wild strawberry note. Very light spice note; maybe Indian or Moroccan. Very light cured meat note. Very nice mouthfeel though not integrated, still has all the great elements. Ample tannin and the bright fruit will take this a long way. Decanted 30 minutes and was great right away.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
An easy afternoon with close friends (@ PdV): Very youthful and very pleasurable already. Good garrigue and acidity as well as round tannin. First bottle of 6, so there will be a follow up. 91 - 93+
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Coravined. I agree with all that say "too early." But I always like to see how a wine with great potential starts off. This one did not disappoint. Planning on drinking the rest of the bottle in the next few days and will write more. For now... fruity, medium bodied with typical aromas of red fruits and earth. DAYS LATER.... Hard to really say if it improved having opened the bottle after Corivined, but I can say that the 90 I rated it should go up in the months and years ahead.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Cherry and menthol on the nose. On the palate, rich red and black berry fruit with notes of anise and other savory herbs on the medium finish, with moderate tannins and strong acidity. This is very young and has years ahead of it, but it's not a mistake to open a bottle now. This was an excellent value at just over $30.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Matter of Taste 2019, Great Walkaround Tour (Dolder Grand, Zurich): Mix of dark and red fruit and tons of herbs, maybe a tad too green, however. Fruity and herbal palate with lots of pressure. I was surprised how well this conpared to the La Combe des Fous and Deus ex Machina, although clearly less refined.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
A matter of taste (The Dolder Grand, Zurich): *** Brief notes from wine fair, primary for my own memory *** Glass: Stölzle Universal What a nice pleasure to drink almost the whole C9dP range side by side! Quite concentrated and a bit hot. Good acidity, not fat or broad. Give it 2-3+ years. 90-92
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Walk around tasting. This will be the best probably of the 2013-2014-2015-2016 vintages tasted today. But seeing that it is today and no the future, the 2013 wins for me for sheer drinking pleasure right now!
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
GRENACHE 75% SYRAH : 15% MOURVÈDRE : 4% CINSAULT : 3% VACCAREZE : 2% MUSCARDIN : 1% from 44 hectares on pebble strewn terroir of La Crau. Destemming; long maceration in concrete vats up to 35 days. Grenache aged 16 months in concrete vats (no wood); Mourvedre and Syrah aged in 1-2 yr old oak barrels. 16% Abv. ~7,000 cases Proprietors/Winemakers: Vincent and Pascal Maurel Consulting Enologoist: Philippe Cambie
From a magnum: A(ccuracy)=2: Deep crimson/ruby. Floral, meaty, mealy. B(alance)=3: Powerful yet restrained components with well matched structure (in spite of 16% alc). C(omplexity)=2: Dark berries, spices, garrigue, mineral, smoke. D(epth)=2: Surprisingly supple mouthfeel for age, full palate and lingering, saline mineral finish.
Wine Tally Score [2,3,2,2] = 9/10
Proverbial iron fist in velvet glove.
For story-telling label graphics, see: [https://www.facebook.com/WineTally/] [https://www.instagram.com/WineTally/]
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Wow, powerful nose of licorice, Herbes de Provence, black fruit.... A huge quantity of tannin but super ripe and silky, very fresh, mineral, black, hint of spices and licorice... The style of this wine has evolved to more elegant!
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
9/24/2023 - Marc Vanholst Does not like this wine: 88 Points
Too much ripe fruit and too powerful for me. Lacks elegance and not sure that this bottle will every find a better balance. Not my thing.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
9/18/2023 - Momus99 Does not like this wine: 86 Points
Pretty much same as previous note.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
9/1/2023 - Zweder Likes this wine: 91 Points
Ripe dark and red berries and good garrigue in both the bouquet and on the palate. In this bottle the alcohol seemed to be more integrated than in the previous bottle.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
6/3/2023 - Zweder wrote: 88 Points
Very ripe dark berries and a lot of garrigue in the bouquet as well as on the palate. A firm amount of sweetness, ok acidity and tannin. The 16% ABV is a bit disturbing.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2)
3/25/2023 - Oaktown Winos wrote: 91 Points
Fabulous full bodied, nice fruit,
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/21/2023 - bravo.solares Does not like this wine: 88 Points
Oof, was I wrong giving this CdP a shot. Very good vintage according to many (warm during the day but cool at night, unusually large diurnal swing, slow ripening, all leading to good acidity). So I thought I’d try this CdP, an entry level bottling… The alcohol was simply brutal though. As obtrusive as it gets, on both palate and nose. Little else came through, especially on the palate. The nose did improve a bit with air, revealing hints of classic CdP aromas… that were then quickly clobbered by alochol burn.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/17/2023 - El_Dougo Does not like this wine:
Medium ruby in glass. After 2 hours in decanter and some time in the glass, medium (almost med-) fruit forward nose remains rather tightly wound around Asian spices and pepper, black cherry, chocolate and charred wood. This wine is still developing with little tertiary characteristics.
Palate is fruity and spicy to match the nose, although perhaps not with intensity. Acidity is med, tannins medium, alcohol high, body medium (lighter body than I was expecting). Med finish, med flavor intensity. This is an acceptable wine altjoufh lacking in balance due particularly to high alc. On a positive side, there is some complexity given the various varietals traditionally included in the CdP. Drink now or age a few years. Pair it with a complexly flavored white meat such as spiced grilled pork.
Postscript: Something has been bugging me about this wine. The more I think about it the less I think I really liked it. The alcohol at 16% was not balanced out by the fruit and acidity that I think it should have been. Another reviewer talked about the mid palate “gloop.” I think that is the alcohol. It certainly left a finish that was not enjoyable. Again, mayb time can improve this? The key to high alc is balance and I think this wine lacks it.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
11/7/2022 - wineismylife wrote: 93 Points
WIML93
Tasted non blind.
Dark garnet color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of aspirin, black berries and ginger. Flavors of berries, cherries and raspberries. Medium to bright acidity, medium to firm tannin, full bodied. Drink or hold.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
10/20/2022 - Momus99 wrote: 86 Points
Kind of disappointing…Not a lot of balance. Rather less tannic than I’d expect. Kind of “gloopy” (hard to explain but murky dark fruits without a lot of freshness). A bit too much oak as well.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
7/10/2022 - WilD wrote: 91 Points
Big bold fruit. Give it some more years.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
7/2/2022 - alexlb06 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Two years later and the wine has really developed beautifully. Spicy and earthy with big red fruits.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
11/10/2021 - srmdrummer wrote: 91 Points
Medium ruby colour. Nose of red fruit and it's like you can smell the tannin after having been left to open do a couple of hours. On the palate very juicy dark berries, balanced acid and good length. Tannins more pronounced as time went on. Delicious.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
10/16/2021 - sirpat00 wrote: 93 Points
Had this at a social event hence only brief notes from memory. Not decanted and none really needed. Intense and fruity with black tea complexity. Great balance, powerful but still refined. Best bottle of the Clos St Jean so far and it seems the bottle age is really starting to elevate this.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
10/9/2021 - ChopperWine wrote: 90 Points
Final bottle of six. Way too much alcohol. 16%. Way too sweet. Light rim. Black cherry, moss/earth, concentrated red fruits and blueberries. Medium acidity, medium tannins. I probably would not buy again due to its lack of finesse. Just seems like a rushed project of high alcohol juice from a good year.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
9/16/2021 - Rossodio wrote: 89 Points
Comes out of the gate hot with alcohol very apparent. Settles down after 2 hours with fleshing out of fruit but it really still is overshadowed a bit by burly tannins and the alcohol. Still, very pleasant and good with steak and brown rice. There are certainly better CdP's from 2016 out there but I am glad I had this bottle.
Drank about half of the bottle; as I was expecting an off balance wine, did not plan to have the rest.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
5/24/2021 - rm97 wrote: 92 Points
Better second night
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
5/22/2021 - sirpat00 wrote: 89 Points
Brief note only: Pretty high intensity juicing jumping at you. Ripe, licqeuresque red cherry fruit with some floral notes on the side. High octane and not fully integrated palate. This works well for casual drinking if you can take a punch, but too overpowering for my taste.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
5/1/2021 - Montesquieu wrote: 89 Points
Final bottle from a case. This is solid CdP and wine for the money, for sure. But not special. Bottle quality variation was noticeable. I'd say this is in the top-10% for the price point ($30) but not the top-1% that I search for.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
3/14/2021 - JohnMontague Likes this wine: 95 Points
This wine is in its wheelhouse right now and better than other vintages I’ve had. Dark, mysterious, and spicy with notes of clove and black pepper. There’s a grassy, almost bitter finish. It’s more unusual than the 2015. Highly recommend drinking a bottle this year. It might get better with more time, but this could be the mountain top.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
2/19/2021 - Neras Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lots of sweet, pleasant grenache with good acidity and Long taste. Really pleasant!
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/16/2021 - blaine wrote:
I went ahead and finished my last bottle with a hearty pasta dinner just to get it out of the way. Mothers and fathers: please teach your children that 16% ABV is too much. A brooding wine. Big, muscular...not regular muscular, but steroid muscular. If that’s your thing, this is the wine for you. It’s not for me 😬
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/9/2021 - Deo68 Likes this wine: 80 Points
Medium garnet. Long legs foretold a heavy alcoholic presence. Luscious black fruit on the nose but very tight on the palate, having tasted it straight out of the bottle. Well structured except for the heavy alcohol dumbing down the fruit that was promised on the nose.
Drinking now - 2022. Would be worth tasting again in a year but I suspect the alcoholic cloak will not fade quickly enough. You could try decanting it for a couple of hours to see if you could open it up a little and offset the pesky alcoholic overlay.
USD$47 for a half bottle at Table at 7. DO59+C. Would I buy again? Yes but not at this price.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
11/13/2020 - bullmrkt wrote: 85 Points
I agree with "Vide" and "Blaines's" assessments below. Tough, crunchy tannins and hot. The tannins will soften with time, but with only tepid dark fruits, I suspect it will only magnify the alcohol's presence even more. For the next bottle I'll try giving it a couple hours in the decanter. The 2010 vintage wasn't bad (90-ish), but this is just getting too boozy IMO...
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
11/5/2020 - solastlagia wrote: 92 Points
Heavy graphite, strawberry, dark cherry flavor. Does not feel like 16%.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
8/25/2020 - vide wrote: 90 Points
I can't imagine why anyone would want to make a wine that is 16 proof (just one proof short of Sherry). The alcohol has the effect of dumbing down the flavours, which are not particularly pronounced to begin with: an indefinite soft dark fruit with soft tannin. The wine does soften after 2-3 hours in a decanter, and to be positive for once it is a compact wine that has lasting presence and stays in the mouth.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
8/8/2020 - Neras Likes this wine: 92 Points
Fruity with a good structure
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
6/2/2020 - blaine wrote:
This wine has gotten a bit too big on the alcohol front for my taste. I have enjoyed and regularly purchased this bottling since the mid-2000s, but at 16% ABV it's just too much for me.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
5/11/2020 - alexlb06 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Smooth and velvety. Soft red fruits, nice blend. Went well with burgers
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
5/10/2020 - WineSlurm wrote: 86 Points
It is the third time I've tasted the 2016 vintage 1 year a part. Even cooled it lacks freshness and has an unwanted (in my view) lactic wave at the end that floods my taste buds - leaving me with a desire to make it a sauce ingredient and serve a different Rhone wine in the dinner glasses.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
5/4/2020 - ChopperWine Likes this wine: 90 Points
Still a bit tight and needs some time to open up. This is fruity, fresh, has lots of minerality with medium tannins. Aromas of sweet fruits, strawberries, other berries and floral notes. Beautiful acidity. Flavors of dark fruits, leather, licorice and cooking spices.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
3/24/2020 - Big Dog E wrote: 90 Points
Extremely typical table cndp
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
3/4/2020 - ChrisWagner Likes this wine: 90 Points
After 3-4 hours in the decanter this started to really begin strutting it’s stuff. I would hold another 2-4 years, at least, if you can.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
12/30/2019 - SteveLong Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decant for at least an hour. Very tight when first poured, but was delicious as time passed.
Tasty! Cherry bomb with spice and earth.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
9/29/2019 - Harley1199 wrote:
By the glass. Another modernity with the concentrated notes of plum jam intermingle with other of pineapple. A lot of structure in the mouth with serious tannins. I would advise to let it age to see if it improves a little.
Por copas. Otra modernidad donde las notas concentradas de mermelada de ciruelas se entremezclan con otras de pinada. De mucha estructura en boca con serios taninos. Aconsejaría dejarlo envejecer a ver sí mejora un poco.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
8/29/2019 - 2MLW Likes this wine: 89 Points
A bit thin, but reasonably good. Drink soon.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
7/2/2019 - Babik Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very pretty nose with a strong fresh ripe wild strawberry note. Very light spice note; maybe Indian or Moroccan. Very light cured meat note. Very nice mouthfeel though not integrated, still has all the great elements. Ample tannin and the bright fruit will take this a long way. Decanted 30 minutes and was great right away.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
6/2/2019 - BButts wrote: 93 Points
Outstanding. Tried in spring 2019 in CdP and shipped some home. Drinking well now and will keep for years...Excellent representative of the vintage.
Very soft even with only half hour decant.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
5/25/2019 - Zweder wrote: 92 Points
An easy afternoon with close friends (@ PdV): Very youthful and very pleasurable already. Good garrigue and acidity as well as round tannin. First bottle of 6, so there will be a follow up. 91 - 93+
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
5/24/2019 - rm97 wrote: 92 Points
Delicious young fruit forward CDP. Will be lovely once has died down a little
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
4/29/2019 - ChopperWine Likes this wine: 90 Points
Coravined. I agree with all that say "too early." But I always like to see how a wine with great potential starts off. This one did not disappoint. Planning on drinking the rest of the bottle in the next few days and will write more. For now... fruity, medium bodied with typical aromas of red fruits and earth. DAYS LATER.... Hard to really say if it improved having opened the bottle after Corivined, but I can say that the 90 I rated it should go up in the months and years ahead.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
3/14/2019 - RichardP wrote: 91 Points
Cherry and menthol on the nose. On the palate, rich red and black berry fruit with notes of anise and other savory herbs on the medium finish, with moderate tannins and strong acidity. This is very young and has years ahead of it, but it's not a mistake to open a bottle now. This was an excellent value at just over $30.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
2/23/2019 - sirpat00 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Matter of Taste 2019, Great Walkaround Tour (Dolder Grand, Zurich): Mix of dark and red fruit and tons of herbs, maybe a tad too green, however. Fruity and herbal palate with lots of pressure. I was surprised how well this conpared to the La Combe des Fous and Deus ex Machina, although clearly less refined.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
2/23/2019 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:
A matter of taste (The Dolder Grand, Zurich): *** Brief notes from wine fair, primary for my own memory ***
Glass: Stölzle Universal
What a nice pleasure to drink almost the whole C9dP range side by side! Quite concentrated and a bit hot. Good acidity, not fat or broad. Give it 2-3+ years. 90-92
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/20/2019 - dvansteenderen Likes this wine: 91 Points
Walk around tasting. This will be the best probably of the 2013-2014-2015-2016 vintages tasted today. But seeing that it is today and no the future, the 2013 wins for me for sheer drinking pleasure right now!
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
12/15/2018 - WineTally Likes this wine:
GRENACHE 75%
SYRAH : 15%
MOURVÈDRE : 4%
CINSAULT : 3%
VACCAREZE : 2%
MUSCARDIN : 1%
from 44 hectares on pebble strewn terroir of La Crau.
Destemming; long maceration in concrete vats up to 35 days.
Grenache aged 16 months in concrete vats (no wood); Mourvedre and Syrah aged in 1-2 yr old oak barrels.
16% Abv. ~7,000 cases
Proprietors/Winemakers: Vincent and Pascal Maurel
Consulting Enologoist: Philippe Cambie
From a magnum:
A(ccuracy)=2: Deep crimson/ruby. Floral, meaty, mealy.
B(alance)=3: Powerful yet restrained components with well matched structure (in spite of 16% alc).
C(omplexity)=2: Dark berries, spices, garrigue, mineral, smoke.
D(epth)=2: Surprisingly supple mouthfeel for age, full palate and lingering, saline mineral finish.
Wine Tally Score [2,3,2,2] = 9/10
Proverbial iron fist in velvet glove.
For story-telling label graphics, see:
[https://www.facebook.com/WineTally/]
[https://www.instagram.com/WineTally/]
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
12/9/2018 - Neras Likes this wine: 93 Points
Great nose. Fruity, dark berries, just a touch of barnyard. Balanced. Young and will become better.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
2/4/2018 - Philippe_C wrote: 94 Points
Wow, powerful nose of licorice, Herbes de Provence, black fruit.... A huge quantity of tannin but super ripe and silky, very fresh, mineral, black, hint of spices and licorice... The style of this wine has evolved to more elegant!
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment