January 2024 Northern Rhone Dinner: Definitely the red wines' “gobbiest” of the night (GOTN): laden with a heavy-handed dark fruit, a velvety, almost viscous texture, and slightly ponderous; I wouldn’t call it a bad wine, but not one I plan to revisit.
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Never really wowed me. Solid bottle, but not over the top / write home kind of good. I think it's still a bit early in the drinking window, so I'll wait a few years on the next bottles.
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Similar to previous notes, I was struck by so much richness and decadence. The age may be perfect already - has some firmness and backbone but also so expressive, with a licorice tone and oodles of dark fruit. This is the kind of wine that really reminds me I need to buy more Rhones; the price to quality ratio is so high.
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Quick decant that threw a decent amount of sediment. Nose shows a lot of dark fruits with black shoe polish and a hint of merthiolate. Dry black plum and black cherry paste with a jumpy, peppery zest, cloves, and a hint of orange rind. Soft tannins with a line of black soil, dry black fruit, and tobacco leaf on the finish. Darker fruit and more austere than one would expect from a Grenache dominated blend. Don't see much reason to age further, but this may be a matter of preference as to whether you're willing to forgive the remaining fruit in search of more complexity.
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1/26/2024 - ylkim30 Does not like this wine:
January 2024 Northern Rhone Dinner: Definitely the red wines' “gobbiest” of the night (GOTN): laden with a heavy-handed dark fruit, a velvety, almost viscous texture, and slightly ponderous; I wouldn’t call it a bad wine, but not one I plan to revisit.
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12/16/2023 - Mdubnik Likes this wine: 91 Points
Never really wowed me. Solid bottle, but not over the top / write home kind of good. I think it's still a bit early in the drinking window, so I'll wait a few years on the next bottles.
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10/29/2023 - John McCabe wrote: 96 Points
Similar to previous notes, I was struck by so much richness and decadence. The age may be perfect already - has some firmness and backbone but also so expressive, with a licorice tone and oodles of dark fruit. This is the kind of wine that really reminds me I need to buy more Rhones; the price to quality ratio is so high.
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8/16/2023 - BGK810 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Delicious with steak poivre
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10/16/2022 - VAGenius Likes this wine: 92 Points
Quick decant that threw a decent amount of sediment. Nose shows a lot of dark fruits with black shoe polish and a hint of merthiolate. Dry black plum and black cherry paste with a jumpy, peppery zest, cloves, and a hint of orange rind. Soft tannins with a line of black soil, dry black fruit, and tobacco leaf on the finish. Darker fruit and more austere than one would expect from a Grenache dominated blend. Don't see much reason to age further, but this may be a matter of preference as to whether you're willing to forgive the remaining fruit in search of more complexity.
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