Decanted and immediately enticing on the nose, reminiscent of a top Chateauneuf with vivid dark fruit shot through with sunny herbs and a tarry minerality. Over the next three-plus hours the nose gained an animale note, more complexity and detail of fruit, and a tobacco kind of sense to the minerality that reminded me of some right bank Bdx wines. It took time in the decanter, but the mourvedre did assert itself, and it's a unique wine, in my estimation. Silky and fine on the palate, perfectly balanced at 14%, and highly expressive. Wonderful wine.
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Plum, iron, some spice, blood orange peel, fine tannins (mostly resolved) and a nice bit of acidity. Dried flowers, and powdery rock dust to the long finish. Will hold, but excellent now.
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Lovely dark stewed fruits, but still some freshness, some garrigue, soft and smooth overall, tannins well integrated, with a little tang finish. Really nice, good place, if not super expressive. Torigoya yakitori place w/ HEBJ.
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Faded ruby red, stewed black cherry black berry notes, wet leather, meat, iron, light herbs, thyme, caramel; med. + body, light creaminess, silky attack, smooth, ample fine powdery tannins but only in the back end, good lift, good concentration, alchohol says 14% but maybe slightly higher. This is in a really good spot now, will not improve, but will hold for another 5-10. With BBQ Korean ribs.
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Barnyard,old leather,spice on the nose, which quickly gave way to dark fruit/spices. Fairly long finish and velvety on the palate. Glad to have several more. I suspect these will last a few more years
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Deeply pitched, with dark and bright red fruit that flirts with liquor-like richness but never gets there, and also tarry minerals, and a definite furry animale Bandol Mourvedre scent. This wine is balanced, and that's aat 14% alcohol! A complex and expressive nose that reminded one drinker of Burgundy, which I can see, but this does not have anything like the detail, definition, and articulation on the nose. But this is Bandol, not Burgundy, and I opened it to serve with lamb kabobs and it was fantastic. I really like this wine and look forward to checking in again in a few years.
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This still showed quite young, with subtle meaty notes, violets, medium body, and a nice freshness compared to the '07 CdP tonight. Good, but a little subtle, understated. 5 more years? With grilled steak.
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Extraordinary wine and something I didn't think was possible in Bandol. So finely-textured with a great red earth terroir. Light on its feet but there is real depth and complexity to the wine with wonderful notes of earth, spices and minerals. A very rare bottling it seems and a truly spectacular, authentic wine. At the Kermit Lynch dinner, Blue Hill Stone Barns.
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Clear garnet color of deep intensity Nose was pronounced... with fruit, floral, spices and damp forest floor.. Palate was medium to medium high acid and medium plus bodied.. Flavors were pronouced fruit, floral, spice and wood... long... Fruit components were raspberry and red cherry... Floral perfume of woody cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and white pepper.. Hebaceous notes of wet leaves, black currant leaf and tannins were structured. Excellent
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My wife was making chili so I was looking for something hardy to go along, but did not want to mail it in and go the Zinfandel route, so I grabbed this. I am glad I had a taste of it before eating--inky and brooding with cassis, blackberry, and a bit of earth. On the palate, a bit stewed, but otherwise a well-rounded, solid example of Malbec. As for the chili? Whoa, it was so spicy that the wine was not even an option. Yes, my wife has been properly chastised....thedrunkencyclist.com
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An attractive, semi-opaque magenta in color, lightening quite a bit at the edge. Very pretty, subtle aromas of dark fruits, earth, spice and flowers on the nose. Full-bodied and rich, with a plush mouth feel. Features plenty of juicy blackberry and plum fruit character plus a moderate acidity which keeps this lively. A subtle note of violets and a stony minerality linger on the long, smooth finish. Very polished and enjoyable. 91+ 50+5+12+16+8=91
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Dark purple, dried herbs, cinnamon, char, plum and brown sugar, sweet black and red fruit on the palate with dusty tannins and balanced structure, medium length and slightly drying finish
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EWG does Mourvedre (Elements Kitchen, Pasadena,Ca): Bright with a fresh dark berry note along with cured meat and wet stones. Maybe a little bit tight on the palate. Dense fleshy dark fruits and meat. Clean finish. Easily the best of the non-Tempier bottles. Very good.
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An excellent wine. Bought from a small wine store in Provence, and transported back to the US. Overtones of chantilly, with a nose like an elk in a tree? Ripe like a bosom. If you have this year, drink it now.
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Gorgeous! Fantastic. Lovely, spicy, balanced, well-made red with meaty overtones and ripe black cherry fruit. With BBQ... perfect.. Tempier has nothing on this.
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Dark purple color with cola and cherries on the nose. It has a sweet, medium-bodied palate with a creamy texture and meaty in character. Deceptively dry with notes of cedar, vanilla, dark cherry, kirsch, and raspberry. Finishes long and fresh with finely grained tannin. This is a wine with excellent qualities - great balance, texture, acidity and complexity. Enjoy now until 2015.
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Decanted, waited 10 minutes and started drinking. Medium garnet color. In great shape with hardly any sediment. No rusticity ...ever... with easy going tanins. Fresh raspberries, mineral and layered spices on a noticeably complex palate. Some modest funk on the nose but mostly provincial herbs and flowers. Pretty much fell in love with this wine and probably should rate it even higher. A complete wine and very smart buy at $20. Why do I only own about six btls of Bandol???? 14% alc Laped it up with marinated flank steak & hobo potatoes. Kermitt Lynch
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Opened bottle and let rest for an hour. Fairly dark, purplish ruby. Nice rustic "diaper" / barnyard funk consistent throughout the course of the evening. Different layers of perfume, spice, pear, raspberry and berry. A quick burst of menthol on the nose at one point. Solid acidity, good if a tad rough tannic structure and clean fruit. Last pour was pale red in color and a bit cloudy after being open for 3 or so hours. Excellent with roast duck stuffed with prunes and apples and "Hasselback" potatoes.
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Dad's 60th B-day + Parents 39th Anniv. (Parents): I wanted to love this wine- but only liked it. The tannins are still a little too firm and drying was the comments. I thought this wine was missing something on the short-medium finish. Maybe bottle variation. I did let the bottle breathe for 1.5 hours prior to drinking. Good start but with the tannins and short weak finish I couldn't score this above 88 pts. Potential may still be there. A good wine and good QPR- just not great yet.
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This continues to be very pleasant. Writing from a somewhat foggy memory - drank it earlier this week - but it's very earthy, with some dark fruits and excellent structure. Soft tannins that aren't at all drying; I consumed it with food but drank it by itself later, and it went down very easy.
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Nice QPR. Very approachable, yet nicely structured. Nose was a bit tight, but showed gamey Mourvedre funk, chocolate, herbs, smoke and burnt caramel. Surprisingly polished and non-rustic palate, medium-full bodied. Definite high quality oak presence on mid-palate, classy, not woody. Dark fruit flavor. Some herbs and chocolate on finish. Long finish, too. Nice balance of acidity, soft tannins. Not as wild as I'd anticipated, rather a refined drink with mildly rustic character. Bet it'll age a while still, though. Opened up in the decanter.
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Leslie’s: Wow! Nicely surprised by this; Classic soft leather, nose w/dusty garrigue, not spicy, but spice rack w/frtcake notes and earthy junk. Cool, balanced, not big, but good mid-weight boxer; even age is showing it nicely. Look for more, and give it 4-5 year.
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Splash decanted and drank immediately. Very aromatic right from the pop with notes of Stone crushed red & blueberries, kirsch and a wonderful barnyard funk under it all The taste was a bit reticent at first, but after about an hour in the decanter it opened up to show a fantastic blend of fruit, minerality, funky earth, and roasted meat. Tannins are mild & not overpowering, and the finish lasts a good 20 seconds. While all the flavors are hereto make this a blockbuster, it all seemed abit disjointed at this point and never really came together for me. Really good stuff here, it is just too young at this point. I am sure that with time or a longer decant it would all come together.
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I think I've seen quite a bit of bottle variation in this. Dinner at home tonight and it was pleasing and fruity. got a bit more complex as night went on. A bottle a few weeks ago was much more earthy and barnyardy.
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-- decanted for one hour before tasting -- -- tasted non-blind over 3 hours --
NOSE: An absolutely intoxicating melange of kirsch, iodine, peat, some Mourvedre funk, a strong sense of minerality, and little notes of flower petals; the nose is moderately expressive, very complex, and worth the price of admission on its own.
BODY: very little bit of fine particulate matter; dark ruby color of medium depth; medium bodied.
TASTE: great earth/fruit balance: loads of graphite minerality, cherries and kirsch; smoke, leather, and a hints of cedar and black olive; very well-balanced - I love the freshness of this wine; not a tannin bomb; 14% alc. -- not hot; mid-palate hole; medium-long finish (40-55 sec.). Perhaps my love for Mourvedre is contributing to my exuberance regarding this wine, but I don’t think so; in my best efforts to be completely objective, I believe this is a legitimately great wine. Will buy again.
B: 50, 5, 14, 17, 8 = 94
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Initially sulphur dominates the nose, with some funk and deep down oak and black cherry. The palate is firmly tannic with a slight red fruit sweetness. Ruby red in color that fades to a colorless rim. After an hour and a half the sulphur aroma blows off to show leather, cinnamon, barnyard funk and berries. The tannins are slightly overbalanced compared to the fruit. Tar and cherry throughout the finish.
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Earthy bouquet of black fruits and saddle leather. Dark red color that lacks vibrancy for the wines age. Medium to full bodied palate with a fair amount of tannins. Overall the wine showed well but below expectations. In every category (bouquet, color and palate) it lacked the vibrancy, balance and complexity of the recently tasted '04 Tempier Bandol.
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some barnyard funk initially but blows off to reveal layers of blueberry and dark fruit, fleshy, some zing on the finish initially, but with decanting the finish lengthens, and leaves a chewy impression, actually a good wine to enjoy without food, though I could imagine pairing this with oven-roasted beef
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9/1/2023 - brooklynguy Likes this wine:
Decanted and immediately enticing on the nose, reminiscent of a top Chateauneuf with vivid dark fruit shot through with sunny herbs and a tarry minerality. Over the next three-plus hours the nose gained an animale note, more complexity and detail of fruit, and a tobacco kind of sense to the minerality that reminded me of some right bank Bdx wines. It took time in the decanter, but the mourvedre did assert itself, and it's a unique wine, in my estimation. Silky and fine on the palate, perfectly balanced at 14%, and highly expressive. Wonderful wine.
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6/24/2023 - JohnMcIlwain wrote:
Plum, iron, some spice, blood orange peel, fine tannins (mostly resolved) and a nice bit of acidity. Dried flowers, and powdery rock dust to the long finish. Will hold, but excellent now.
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8/1/2022 - peternelson Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lovely dark stewed fruits, but still some freshness, some garrigue, soft and smooth overall, tannins well integrated, with a little tang finish. Really nice, good place, if not super expressive. Torigoya yakitori place w/ HEBJ.
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5/15/2022 - gcarl wrote: 92 Points
No change from earlier post
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5/13/2022 - gcarl wrote: 92 Points
Still a great wine and am opening another now.
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6/21/2020 - peternelson Likes this wine: 92 Points
Faded ruby red, stewed black cherry black berry notes, wet leather, meat, iron, light herbs, thyme, caramel; med. + body, light creaminess, silky attack, smooth, ample fine powdery tannins but only in the back end, good lift, good concentration, alchohol says 14% but maybe slightly higher. This is in a really good spot now, will not improve, but will hold for another 5-10.
With BBQ Korean ribs.
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2/23/2020 - gcarl wrote: 92 Points
Decanted at dinner, impressions essentially same as 6/02/19. 5 more in my cellar
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6/2/2019 - gcarl wrote: 92 Points
Barnyard,old leather,spice on the nose, which quickly gave way to dark fruit/spices. Fairly long finish and velvety on the palate. Glad to have several more. I suspect these will last a few more years
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9/24/2017 - gcarl wrote: 91 Points
Same impression as 4 days ago, but brought to a blind tasting after being open 2+ hours.
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8/9/2017 - brooklynguy Likes this wine:
Deeply pitched, with dark and bright red fruit that flirts with liquor-like richness but never gets there, and also tarry minerals, and a definite furry animale Bandol Mourvedre scent. This wine is balanced, and that's aat 14% alcohol! A complex and expressive nose that reminded one drinker of Burgundy, which I can see, but this does not have anything like the detail, definition, and articulation on the nose. But this is Bandol, not Burgundy, and I opened it to serve with lamb kabobs and it was fantastic. I really like this wine and look forward to checking in again in a few years.
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4/11/2017 - peternelson wrote: 91 Points
This still showed quite young, with subtle meaty notes, violets, medium body, and a nice freshness compared to the '07 CdP tonight. Good, but a little subtle, understated. 5 more years? With grilled steak.
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3/19/2017 - Vinoevelo Likes this wine:
Good showing nice mourvedre meaty/saline/feral notes. Paired great with rosemary roasted leg of lamb.
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2/19/2017 - gcarl wrote: 91 Points
Really nice on the nose and palate. Typical barnyard, which quickly subsided, exposing fruit/floral/spices. Elegant, smooth on the palate.
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5/26/2016 - dream Likes this wine: 95 Points
Extraordinary wine and something I didn't think was possible in Bandol. So finely-textured with a great red earth terroir. Light on its feet but there is real depth and complexity to the wine with wonderful notes of earth, spices and minerals. A very rare bottling it seems and a truly spectacular, authentic wine. At the Kermit Lynch dinner, Blue Hill Stone Barns.
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10/12/2015 - Sijan Likes this wine: 91 Points
Really lovely & elegant medium-bodied red w/ silky tannins. Well balanced & very drinkable.
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12/29/2014 - profiler54 wrote: 89 Points
Clear garnet color of deep intensity Nose was pronounced... with fruit, floral, spices and damp forest floor.. Palate was medium to medium high acid and medium plus bodied.. Flavors were pronouced fruit, floral, spice and wood... long... Fruit components were raspberry and red cherry... Floral perfume of woody cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and white pepper.. Hebaceous notes of wet leaves, black currant leaf and tannins were structured. Excellent
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11/16/2014 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 88 Points
My wife was making chili so I was looking for something hardy to go along, but did not want to mail it in and go the Zinfandel route, so I grabbed this. I am glad I had a taste of it before eating--inky and brooding with cassis, blackberry, and a bit of earth. On the palate, a bit stewed, but otherwise a well-rounded, solid example of Malbec. As for the chili? Whoa, it was so spicy that the wine was not even an option. Yes, my wife has been properly chastised....thedrunkencyclist.com
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2/24/2014 - Bam_Man Likes this wine: 91 Points
An attractive, semi-opaque magenta in color, lightening quite a bit at the edge. Very pretty, subtle aromas of dark fruits, earth, spice and flowers on the nose. Full-bodied and rich, with a plush mouth feel. Features plenty of juicy blackberry and plum fruit character plus a moderate acidity which keeps this lively. A subtle note of violets and a stony minerality linger on the long, smooth finish. Very polished and enjoyable. 91+
50+5+12+16+8=91
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1/13/2013 - duchamp wrote: 92 Points
Dark purple, dried herbs, cinnamon, char, plum and brown sugar, sweet black and red fruit on the palate with dusty tannins and balanced structure, medium length and slightly drying finish
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6/7/2012 - vmontell26 wrote: 91 Points
Paired with barbecued steaks. Spiciness and earthiness of wine paired nicely. Steaks are gone but still enjoying the wine on its own.
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2/12/2012 - ctjared wrote:
Great alternative to the cab, syrah, Pinot routine.
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11/13/2011 - Neurowine1 wrote: 92 Points
Consistent with the bottle I had four months ago. On a cold night with some meat... Simple great. Reminds me how much I love this region.
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10/23/2011 - WetRock wrote:
EWG does Mourvedre (Elements Kitchen, Pasadena,Ca): Bright with a fresh dark berry note along with cured meat and wet stones. Maybe a little bit tight on the palate. Dense fleshy dark fruits and meat. Clean finish. Easily the best of the non-Tempier bottles. Very good.
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9/8/2011 - CWKeeney wrote: 87 Points
An excellent wine. Bought from a small wine store in Provence, and transported back to the US. Overtones of chantilly, with a nose like an elk in a tree? Ripe like a bosom. If you have this year, drink it now.
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7/3/2011 - Neurowine1 wrote: 93 Points
Gorgeous! Fantastic. Lovely, spicy, balanced, well-made red with meaty overtones and ripe black cherry fruit. With BBQ... perfect.. Tempier has nothing on this.
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6/12/2011 - Life At Your Leisure 🍷 wrote: 93 Points
Dark purple color with cola and cherries on the nose. It has a sweet, medium-bodied palate with a creamy texture and meaty in character. Deceptively dry with notes of cedar, vanilla, dark cherry, kirsch, and raspberry. Finishes long and fresh with finely grained tannin. This is a wine with excellent qualities - great balance, texture, acidity and complexity. Enjoy now until 2015.
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6/8/2011 - chablis28 wrote: 92 Points
Decanted, waited 10 minutes and started drinking. Medium garnet color. In great shape with hardly any sediment. No rusticity ...ever... with easy going tanins. Fresh raspberries, mineral and layered spices on a noticeably complex palate. Some modest funk on the nose but mostly provincial herbs and flowers. Pretty much fell in love with this wine and probably should rate it even higher. A complete wine and very smart buy at $20. Why do I only own about six btls of Bandol???? 14% alc Laped it up with marinated flank steak & hobo potatoes. Kermitt Lynch
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11/13/2010 - drusa17 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Opened bottle and let rest for an hour. Fairly dark, purplish ruby. Nice rustic "diaper" / barnyard funk consistent throughout the course of the evening. Different layers of perfume, spice, pear, raspberry and berry. A quick burst of menthol on the nose at one point. Solid acidity, good if a tad rough tannic structure and clean fruit. Last pour was pale red in color and a bit cloudy after being open for 3 or so hours. Excellent with roast duck stuffed with prunes and apples and "Hasselback" potatoes.
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6/5/2010 - VinoPKM wrote: 88 Points
Dad's 60th B-day + Parents 39th Anniv. (Parents): I wanted to love this wine- but only liked it. The tannins are still a little too firm and drying was the comments. I thought this wine was missing something on the short-medium finish. Maybe bottle variation. I did let the bottle breathe for 1.5 hours prior to drinking. Good start but with the tannins and short weak finish I couldn't score this above 88 pts. Potential may still be there. A good wine and good QPR- just not great yet.
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5/15/2010 - Chateaunole-du-Pape wrote: 90 Points
This continues to be very pleasant. Writing from a somewhat foggy memory - drank it earlier this week - but it's very earthy, with some dark fruits and excellent structure. Soft tannins that aren't at all drying; I consumed it with food but drank it by itself later, and it went down very easy.
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1/23/2010 - grafstrb wrote: flawed
corked
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12/11/2009 - Cabfrancophile wrote: 91 Points
Nice QPR. Very approachable, yet nicely structured. Nose was a bit tight, but showed gamey Mourvedre funk, chocolate, herbs, smoke and burnt caramel. Surprisingly polished and non-rustic palate, medium-full bodied. Definite high quality oak presence on mid-palate, classy, not woody. Dark fruit flavor. Some herbs and chocolate on finish. Long finish, too. Nice balance of acidity, soft tannins. Not as wild as I'd anticipated, rather a refined drink with mildly rustic character. Bet it'll age a while still, though. Opened up in the decanter.
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10/25/2009 - peternelson wrote: 91 Points
Leslie’s: Wow! Nicely surprised by this; Classic soft leather, nose w/dusty garrigue, not spicy, but spice rack w/frtcake notes and earthy junk. Cool, balanced, not big, but good mid-weight boxer; even age is showing it nicely. Look for more, and give it 4-5 year.
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10/10/2009 - jhannah27 wrote: 91 Points
Splash decanted and drank immediately. Very aromatic right from the pop with notes of Stone crushed red & blueberries, kirsch and a wonderful barnyard funk under it all The taste was a bit reticent at first, but after about an hour in the decanter it opened up to show a fantastic blend of fruit, minerality, funky earth, and roasted meat. Tannins are mild & not overpowering, and the finish lasts a good 20 seconds. While all the flavors are hereto make this a blockbuster, it all seemed abit disjointed at this point and never really came together for me. Really good stuff here, it is just too young at this point. I am sure that with time or a longer decant it would all come together.
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10/7/2009 - todos.tom wrote: 90 Points
Opened and started drinking...pleasant nose not overpowering, a little funk. Smooth tannic quality, wish i had some cheese.....
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9/28/2009 - AtoZ wrote: 90 Points
I think I've seen quite a bit of bottle variation in this. Dinner at home tonight and it was pleasing and fruity. got a bit more complex as night went on. A bottle a few weeks ago was much more earthy and barnyardy.
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9/3/2009 - grafstrb wrote: 94 Points
-- decanted for one hour before tasting --
-- tasted non-blind over 3 hours --
NOSE: An absolutely intoxicating melange of kirsch, iodine, peat, some Mourvedre funk, a strong sense of minerality, and little notes of flower petals; the nose is moderately expressive, very complex, and worth the price of admission on its own.
BODY: very little bit of fine particulate matter; dark ruby color of medium depth; medium bodied.
TASTE: great earth/fruit balance: loads of graphite minerality, cherries and kirsch; smoke, leather, and a hints of cedar and black olive; very well-balanced - I love the freshness of this wine; not a tannin bomb; 14% alc. -- not hot; mid-palate hole; medium-long finish (40-55 sec.). Perhaps my love for Mourvedre is contributing to my exuberance regarding this wine, but I don’t think so; in my best efforts to be completely objective, I believe this is a legitimately great wine. Will buy again.
B: 50, 5, 14, 17, 8 = 94
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2/15/2009 - tlinch wrote: 84 Points
Initially sulphur dominates the nose, with some funk and deep down oak and black cherry. The palate is firmly tannic with a slight red fruit sweetness. Ruby red in color that fades to a colorless rim. After an hour and a half the sulphur aroma blows off to show leather, cinnamon, barnyard funk and berries. The tannins are slightly overbalanced compared to the fruit. Tar and cherry throughout the finish.
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10/11/2008 - jeff nowak wrote:
hardly a memory exists of this wine. oh, yeah. the rep was kinda cute.
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10/11/2008 - kstoddard wrote: 85 Points
Fall Gala Tasting Event (Backstreet Wine Salon, Phoenix): Raspberry, leather and earth. Very bretty.
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6/1/2008 - sehill wrote: 86 Points
Earthy bouquet of black fruits and saddle leather. Dark red color that lacks vibrancy for the wines age. Medium to full bodied palate with a fair amount of tannins. Overall the wine showed well but below expectations. In every category (bouquet, color and palate) it lacked the vibrancy, balance and complexity of the recently tasted '04 Tempier Bandol.
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5/30/2008 - djs wrote: 90 Points
Deep color, nice aromatics, lots of red fruit on the palate, fiercely tannic. Good potential but years away from optimum drinking.
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3/17/2008 - whits wrote: 91 Points
some barnyard funk initially but blows off to reveal layers of blueberry and dark fruit, fleshy, some zing on the finish initially, but with decanting the finish lengthens, and leaves a chewy impression, actually a good wine to enjoy without food, though I could imagine pairing this with oven-roasted beef
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7/8/2007 - br wrote:
loads of funk and dark, dark fruit. more fully developed on the second day as fruit came to the fore. not in the same league as Tempier but good.
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