2010 Domaine les Aphillanthes Côtes du Rhône Villages Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  2/10/2017 - YoRi Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Vin dégusté en visite à l'extérieur, aucune carafe disponible.
  Apparence rouge grenat, reflet bleuté, très dense et brouillé.
  Nez ouvert expriment la typicité du cépage, framboise, cassis, poivre, pivoine.
  En bouche le vin est tout aussi généreux, les tanins un peu gros mais bien intégrés au fruit encore très présent, anis. Une acidité qui rapelle le fruit cru frais (cassis), de subtiles notes d'élevage et tertiaires, vieux cuir, tabac brun.
  Vraiment étonnant pour une appellation village et un beau compromis entre une syrah du nord et un CdP du sud.
  A très bien vieilli.
  Excellent rapport Q-P

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  1/28/2017 - dbg wrote:

  Still good but showing more oak than I would like.

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  8/11/2016 - dbg wrote:

  Dark red to rim. Black/blue fruits, full body, rich ripe fruit, oak and alcohol much better integrated than last bottle. Low acid but not flabby, still showing some tannin. Very good-excellent.

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  6/18/2016 - Mossrose wrote: 93 Points

  A great example of superb French Grenache and how fine a vintage 2010 is in the Rhone. Near black in color, delicious red and black raspberry fruit, firm tannic structure, and mouth coating texture, all of which can be endlessly enjoyed by continued swishing the wine through the mouth. Excellent density with a long and dry finish. Includes 20% Mourvedre, which is disproportionately responsible for the powerful tannin and ageworthiness of the wine.

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  2/15/2016 - Vman Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Drinking very nicely right now (2/16).

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