Orange-ruby color. Mixed red and black berries with pets de soeur on the nose. Super soft tannins with a perfect mix of soft red, black, and blue fruits. Mild mint and milder vanilla on the finish. Varied and delicious.
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Delicious fully mature gigondas, with red fruit, spice and pepper flavors. Medium bodied, smooth. Too bad Bears are losing 28-0 to Packers, otherwise a great night!
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Crimson color. Nose and palate seem more Bordelais than Rhenish, with potpourri, red fruit and cedar wood. There is a residual aroma of garrigue, however. On the palate this is dry and stony, with a minerality that lingers into the somewhat astringent finish. Tannins have smoothed out but remain supportive of a few more years in the cellar.
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Carmine-chestnut colored; slightly cloudy. This immediately expressed a bouquet of dusty cherry, freshly-planed cedar, garrigue, and the warm, pleasantly fecund smell of antique wood furniture. The palate had a combination of earthy, juicy and acidic elements, like biting into a ripe tomato covered in herbes de Provence. The finish is smooth and full. This is a pleasure to drink now as it tastes optimally mature; it should be consumed within the next year or two.
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Blind Chateauneuf and Gigondas 1988 - 1995 (Berkeley): Group's #6; my #8; 3 first; 2 second; 1 third; 4 last. Aromas and flavors of dark fruits, licorice, herbs, and forrest. Full-bodied, a touch too sweet, with medium finish.
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3/12/2021 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 93 Points
Orange-ruby color. Mixed red and black berries with pets de soeur on the nose. Super soft tannins with a perfect mix of soft red, black, and blue fruits. Mild mint and milder vanilla on the finish. Varied and delicious.
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11/9/2014 - no leashes wrote: 90 Points
Delicious fully mature gigondas, with red fruit, spice and pepper flavors. Medium bodied, smooth. Too bad Bears are losing 28-0 to Packers, otherwise a great night!
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6/11/2014 - NineteenEightyTwo Likes this wine: 90 Points
Crimson color. Nose and palate seem more Bordelais than Rhenish, with potpourri, red fruit and cedar wood. There is a residual aroma of garrigue, however. On the palate this is dry and stony, with a minerality that lingers into the somewhat astringent finish. Tannins have smoothed out but remain supportive of a few more years in the cellar.
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3/23/2013 - NineteenEightyTwo Likes this wine: 91 Points
Carmine-chestnut colored; slightly cloudy. This immediately expressed a bouquet of dusty cherry, freshly-planed cedar, garrigue, and the warm, pleasantly fecund smell of antique wood furniture. The palate had a combination of earthy, juicy and acidic elements, like biting into a ripe tomato covered in herbes de Provence. The finish is smooth and full. This is a pleasure to drink now as it tastes optimally mature; it should be consumed within the next year or two.
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5/15/2012 - psrv wrote: 87 Points
Blind Chateauneuf and Gigondas 1988 - 1995 (Berkeley): Group's #6; my #8; 3 first; 2 second; 1 third; 4 last. Aromas and flavors of dark fruits, licorice, herbs, and forrest. Full-bodied, a touch too sweet, with medium finish.
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