Wow, this is a case where three years in the bottle bumped the score up from an 82 to a 90. Totally different wine experience from what I tasted back in 2020. Glad this wine came around.
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Medium ruby. Medium plus intensity nose- barnyard, black cherry, sawdust, blackberry, black pepper, anise, caramel. Developing. Dry, high acid, medium plus tannin, high alcohol, medium plus body. Pronounced flavor- black cherry, licorice, leather, dill. Long finish. Very good. Drink now, potential for further aging.
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Super hot and heated juice at 15.5% alchohol. Still I liked it as the Grenache is sweet prune and plum skin juice. Likely to improve over the next few years. Worth trying at $23/ bottle. My Score Reflects 2 points of value.
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Very purple - nose quite muted black fruit alcohol burn upfront. Palate very smooth (alcohol!) with pronounced black cherry - said to be 60% Grenache 40 % Syrah - I get the grenache for sure but the elegance/ sophistication of Syrah? - well not for me right now. Having said all that this is a good value mid-Rhône so don’t let me put you off!!! And an hour later the Syrah comes through like Blucher at Waterloo! Anyhow good wine whichever way up!
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I collect and drink a lot of Rhone wines both from France and California but I agree with Aquinones on this wine. I drew a 5 oz. Coravin pour to drink at dinner and didn't finish the glass. Tannins were strong, which I can handle but the oakiness was too much. Also sweet and hot on the palate. I put the bottle back in the cellar and marked "do not drink before 2025" as many times I've seen cellar time redeem some bottles.
Very solid core, with plush, deep fruit. Long and succinct, with layers of unfolding goodness. Medium-long in length, with fine tannins and loads of gorgeous fruit. decant or wait. Drink 2022 - 2032.
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Tasted immediately after opening, then decanted for 2 hours prior to consumption. The wine is very closed- the decant helped a little. Grenache dominates the blend, but presumed Syrah lends backbone. Drinks well now, but my guess there's a lot of complexity hiding. This is one to age for at least 5 years.
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11/28/2023 - Arch57 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Wow, this is a case where three years in the bottle bumped the score up from an 82 to a 90. Totally different wine experience from what I tasted back in 2020. Glad this wine came around.
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4/29/2023 - roelof.ligtmans@gmail.com Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Too much alcohol, stewed flavours, heavy and lacks freshness. Disappointing bottle, I think they waited too long to harvest the grapes.
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5/9/2022 - mmblz Likes this wine: 92 Points
Medium ruby. Medium plus intensity nose- barnyard, black cherry, sawdust, blackberry, black pepper, anise, caramel. Developing. Dry, high acid, medium plus tannin, high alcohol, medium plus body. Pronounced flavor- black cherry, licorice, leather, dill. Long finish. Very good. Drink now, potential for further aging.
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9/10/2021 - tomoem wrote: 89 Points
CBCC fall wine tasting 2021
Super hot and heated juice at 15.5% alchohol. Still I liked it as the Grenache is sweet prune and plum skin juice. Likely to improve over the next few years. Worth trying at $23/ bottle. My Score Reflects 2 points of value.
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3/5/2021 - J'agnes Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very purple - nose quite muted black fruit alcohol burn upfront. Palate very smooth (alcohol!) with pronounced black cherry - said to be 60% Grenache 40 % Syrah - I get the grenache for sure but the elegance/ sophistication of Syrah? - well not for me right now. Having said all that this is a good value mid-Rhône so don’t let me put you off!!!
And an hour later the Syrah comes through like Blucher at Waterloo!
Anyhow good wine whichever way up!
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12/2/2020 - Arch57 Does not like this wine: 82 Points
I collect and drink a lot of Rhone wines both from France and California but I agree with Aquinones on this wine. I drew a 5 oz. Coravin pour to drink at dinner and didn't finish the glass. Tannins were strong, which I can handle but the oakiness was too much. Also sweet and hot on the palate.
I put the bottle back in the cellar and marked "do not drink before 2025" as many times I've seen cellar time redeem some bottles.
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5/20/2020 - aquinones wrote: 80 Points
I will disclose that I'm not partial to heavy, alcoholic wines but this was a big miss for me. Sweet fruity nose, overripe on the palate with 16% ABV.
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4/21/2020 - JHW Likes this wine: 90 Points
Love it. Buy again
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1/19/2020 - Matt Scott Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very solid core, with plush, deep fruit. Long and succinct, with layers of unfolding goodness. Medium-long in length, with fine tannins and loads of gorgeous fruit. decant or wait. Drink 2022 - 2032.
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1/4/2020 - EdKz@comcast.net Likes this wine: 92 Points
dark fruits, balanced, potentially complex mid and finish, nice acid
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3/21/2019 - PSirah Tampa Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tasted immediately after opening, then decanted for 2 hours prior to consumption. The wine is very closed- the decant helped a little. Grenache dominates the blend, but presumed Syrah lends backbone. Drinks well now, but my guess there's a lot of complexity hiding. This is one to age for at least 5 years.
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