2011 Château d'Or et de Gueules Costières-de-Nîmes Les Cimels

Community Tasting Notes (3) Median Score: 90 points

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  1/23/2017 - cazort Likes this wine: 80 Points

  Another discount bin buy, this one normally costs around $15 but I got it for $7 which is a steal. I'd buy it again at that price, or higher, but I'm not sure I'd want to pay full price for it. It was a relatively simple red with a simple aroma, but thick and heavy.
  
  Aroma is mostly of cooked fruit, like jam, and a little boozy, but the aroma is mild and not at all complex. The flavor and mouthfeel are heavy and thick. Sweeter than I like, about at the sweetest limit of what I can handle before I start strongly disliking something (I generally only like dry wines). Lightly sour, not very bitter, and there's a bit of a salty and umami flavor. Moderately tannic...very thick on the palate and leaving a light astringency on the tongue and in the throat. Finish leaves an aroma of fruity olive oil. This same smell lingers on the cup after drinking it.
  
  I recommend this if you want something that is smooth but full-bodied and flavorful. I could imagine this pairing well with high-quality European bread, olive oil, mesclun salad greens, and red meat. It is pleasant drinking on its own, but it could leave me feeling bogged down if I wasn't in the mood for it. It's the type of wine that makes me feel sleepy and kinda zoned out. I almost want to save a bit of this and turn it into vinegar because I have the feeling this would make an exquisite red wine vinegar. Something about its aroma and flavor, I'm just craving that, imagining what it would turn into.

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  5/19/2015 - Harkness Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Beautifully creamy, dark cherry nose with a dusky, lovely earthiness below. A spicy, medium-to-full bodied wine with pronounced but pleasant tannins and a lingering cedar box taste that leads to a pleasantly licorice-like finish. This is wonderful. It's Merlin's table wine. Take a brief trip to the dark side and give this one a try.

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  1/24/2015 - Al Ehrhardt wrote:

  This years blend is 50% Syrah, 25% Carignan, and 25% Grenache. I have purchased this in other vintages over the years and also the higher end mourvedre, la Bolida. They are nice values.
  
  Fairly big/rich, dark plums, black currants, black cherries, tobacco, garrique, spice, pepper, and earth. Nice with grilled grass-fed strip steaks.

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