2014 Domaine Fontaine du Clos Côtes du Rhône Confidences

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  5/29/2020 - redmancge wrote:

  This was the last bottle and after last one a few years ago this has seemingly IMHO dropped off a bit. It actually was lost in cellar and decided I better open. Still nicely balanced easy drink but fruits a bit faded and not much complexity.

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  6/6/2019 - Laz4wine Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Solid value CdR with nice balance and soft round tannins, lovely aromas of sweet cherry vanilla, espresso, and medit. herbs translate to a sweet rasp-cherry fruited and spicy palate, consistent w/previous TNs, suspect a couple more years now has this hitting all the right notes, good match with roast lamb and white beans.

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  11/25/2017 - mjwstickings Likes this wine: 88 Points

  From a producer based in Sarrians, northeast of Avignon in the Department of Vaucluse and roughly halfway between Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Vacqueyras, this light- to medium-bodied CdR blend of Grenache and Syrah is a solid value at $18 (in Ontario) given its decent complexity, balanced structure, and characteristic southern Rhône appeal. There is nice red fruit, mostly strawberry and cherry, but it's really the more savoury qualities that dominate, including cinnamon, black pepper, balsamic, and garrigue, though with time the Syrah starts to take over, as so often in wines from this region, in the form of cured and even roasted meat. But, thankfully, that isn't where it ends, because with more time the tart and spicy fruit returns, re-balancing matters, along with a lovely note of thyme towards the finish, and that finish is impressively long for a wine that otherwise lacks the power and concentration of famed single-appellation wines from nearby. It teeters on the edge for a bit, but overall it's a fine example of the quality and value to be found in the broad CdR designation.

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  10/14/2017 - e.Rock Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Consistent with previous. Give it a decant and it opens up nicely. Fantastic QPR.

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  4/22/2017 - redmancge Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Very nice easy drinking Cdr from WTSO at a good QPR for $13. Pleasant and smooth light-medium body red fruit... wife says strawberry. Good finish and so much better than the Bois Royal Bordeaux we capped after the first glass of that. Wish I'd bought more of these. Pleasant anytime sipper that even went well with flounder fish tacos.

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