Quite savoury on the nose, red berries and sous bois. Salty and floral. High toned palate, more savoury and red berry fruit, and it leaves you with a prickly sensation in the mouth. Profile is quite lean, sharp acidity, very light in weight/body. I quite like this, although I don’t think the leanness and profile would be ideal for those who prefer richer/rounder wines. In the zone now and I don’t see this getting any better with further age.
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12.5% alcohol. S 100%. Short cork, pretty dense. Medium colour with definite thinning at the rim. The nose is refined with mostly red berries followed by some forest floor; so far so good. High pitched in the mouth (cranberries) with substantial acidity, and generally not as satisfying as on the nose; clearly a Northern CdR, as you would expect. A pretty good wine, especially given its low status, but I would go for J-L's l'enclave any day.
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WSET Teaching Level 4 for Northern Rhone (Stellenbosch): From northern Rhone so Syrah dominated. Light+ crimson Notable feral-dominated bouquet showing fresh earth, raw meat, animal, smoke alongside peppercorns and dark fruit. A sharp acidity yet sappy juiciness to the wine, there is clear stem inclusion. There is a savoury gloss to the flavours with spice and white pepper. A fresh, exciting wine with more suppleness as it unfolds and sandpaper tannins on a medium finish.
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1/17/2024 - godx wrote: 90 Points
Quite savoury on the nose, red berries and sous bois. Salty and floral. High toned palate, more savoury and red berry fruit, and it leaves you with a prickly sensation in the mouth. Profile is quite lean, sharp acidity, very light in weight/body. I quite like this, although I don’t think the leanness and profile would be ideal for those who prefer richer/rounder wines. In the zone now and I don’t see this getting any better with further age.
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5/5/2023 - cubswinws Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very nice syrah dominated CdR
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7/15/2022 - Eudemis Likes this wine:
12.5% alcohol. S 100%. Short cork, pretty dense. Medium colour with definite thinning at the rim.
The nose is refined with mostly red berries followed by some forest floor; so far so good. High pitched in the mouth (cranberries) with substantial acidity, and generally not as satisfying as on the nose; clearly a Northern CdR, as you would expect.
A pretty good wine, especially given its low status, but I would go for J-L's l'enclave any day.
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1/24/2021 - abbulf Does not like this wine:
Surprisingly seemed a bit tired. Lacked the fruit and concentration to match properly beef and bearnaise
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10/13/2020 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 88 Points
WSET Teaching Level 4 for Northern Rhone (Stellenbosch): From northern Rhone so Syrah dominated.
Light+ crimson
Notable feral-dominated bouquet showing fresh earth, raw meat, animal, smoke alongside peppercorns and dark fruit.
A sharp acidity yet sappy juiciness to the wine, there is clear stem inclusion. There is a savoury gloss to the flavours with spice and white pepper. A fresh, exciting wine with more suppleness as it unfolds and sandpaper tannins on a medium finish.
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