2015 Château Mazane Vacqueyras

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  11/16/2020 - urban_dk Likes this wine: 90 Points

  In a clumsy phase right now. Shows the garrigue on the nose, but still coming together on the palate. Gave half the bottle some air and sampled a day later, and the cracked pepper/plum/black licorice flavors were more apparent, albeit with a brief, tannic finish. Save for at least 2-3 years.

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  7/13/2019 - srh Likes this wine:

  Rhone Reds (1-N, 5-S; 1-'15 & 5-'16s) (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): 60% Grenache, 30% Syrah, & 10% Mourvedre from owned vyds in stony, clay soils; Typically, destemmed, s/s fermentation with cap punching; Aged 12 mos, the Grenache in concrete, other vars in 1-4 yr, 228-L oak casks;
  
  N: CLOSED; Ripe berries with hints of garrigue? Intensity lurking?
  
  P: Med, poss LM, body; NICE, almost swtish frt met by an astringent pucker which somewhat resolves by the LONG, very, VERY slightly bitterish finish to the dusty tannins -- & ult a pleasantness! NEEDS through '20, poss '21, then approaching its 10th? 14% ABV; My VG+. 91 pts ea WA (Czerwinski), Dunnuck, & WE @ $29, 3*(*)/5* drinkrhone.com , and 15.5 (cask) & 16/20 Jancis Robinson. [This vendor's $27.95 is AS good as any of winer-searcher's scant listings.]

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