Coincidental Birthday Offline (Spanish mini-horizontal and Northern Rhones) (St. John, London): Dark ruby purple. This is a blend of 40% carignan, 20% merlot and the rest divide between cab. sauv., syrah and grenache. Blueberry and bacon on the nose. Huge plummy fruit, surprisingly approachable with fat but soft tannins. A hedonistic wine. Great now, but I not one for the long haul.
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Very concentrated, young and powerful, a bit sweet on the nose, herbal and spicy on the palate, good length, quite big and very assertive. Could easily be a new wave Roussillon or Languedoc carignan-grenache blend. Drinking nicely but for my taste missing that little extra something / sense of place.
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7/18/2006 - Rani wrote: 92 Points
Coincidental Birthday Offline (Spanish mini-horizontal and Northern Rhones) (St. John, London): Dark ruby purple. This is a blend of 40% carignan, 20% merlot and the rest divide between cab. sauv., syrah and grenache. Blueberry and bacon on the nose. Huge plummy fruit, surprisingly approachable with fat but soft tannins. A hedonistic wine. Great now, but I not one for the long haul.
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7/18/2006 - Will wrote:
Very concentrated, young and powerful, a bit sweet on the nose, herbal and spicy on the palate, good length, quite big and very assertive. Could easily be a new wave Roussillon or Languedoc carignan-grenache blend. Drinking nicely but for my taste missing that little extra something / sense of place.
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