Gave a previous bottle a score of 82. Either I was in a charitable mood, or that (lousy) bottle was somehow better than this one. Very light, minimal fruit, zero minerals, zero garrigue, and a short finish - all the same as bottle #1. However, this bottle also featured a lot of sheep barn on both the nose and the palate. I almost never pour a bottle down the sink, no matter how bad or defective. I make an exception for this one.
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Uninspiring - this bottle - it did not live up to its reputation. The nose is like Rudolph, all red fruit, the palate is disappointing - flat with no definition - the finish was of moderate length but no real flavor. It is not a bad wine and for $20 I would have been happy but not at this pedigree and price point. I do have a few more and I hope that they are better.
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1/2/2024 - Yannou Likes this wine: 85 Points
Nez pas si expressif. Bouche propre mais pas ouf à voir dans 2-3 heures
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12/31/2023 - Night Train Does not like this wine: 70 Points
Gave a previous bottle a score of 82. Either I was in a charitable mood, or that (lousy) bottle was somehow better than this one. Very light, minimal fruit, zero minerals, zero garrigue, and a short finish - all the same as bottle #1. However, this bottle also featured a lot of sheep barn on both the nose and the palate. I almost never pour a bottle down the sink, no matter how bad or defective. I make an exception for this one.
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4/30/2023 - Intellectual Sasquatch wrote: 89 Points
Good, but not as good as I was hoping. Improved over about 3 hours. Light bodied, with mineral finish. More Guigal Cotes du Rhône than expensive CDP.
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12/12/2022 - markcic wrote: 82 Points
Uninspiring - this bottle - it did not live up to its reputation. The nose is like Rudolph, all red fruit, the palate is disappointing - flat with no definition - the finish was of moderate length but no real flavor. It is not a bad wine and for $20 I would have been happy but not at this pedigree and price point. I do have a few more and I hope that they are better.
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11/24/2022 - Night Train wrote: 82 Points
Big disappointment. Light, simple, no "Rhony" characteristics, etc. Either this was an outlier, I'm an outlier, or it's just a nondescript wine.
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