2012 Domaine les Aurelles Coteaux du Languedoc Solen

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  10/26/2022 - Barolo Raymond Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Deep ruby, black core and viscous @14.5% abv. Initially a funky nose; barnyard, flint, red meat, wet rock (no Brett). Dry(-off dry), medium acidity, medium tannin, high alcohol (heat) and full body. Depth of palate is astounding, blackberry jam, leather, loads of licorice, cherry, pepper presented on super-soft velvet. Long round and mouth-cladding slightly bitter finish. A knock-out with ample concentration and depth.
  Drink now.
  
  60% Carignan, 40% Grenache.

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  11/12/2020 - Es7e2003 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Incredibly complex for the price. Herbs, garrigue and beautiful fruit. Long finish, although a tad bitter for my taste.

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  4/18/2020 - mattboney Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Dark fruit, red fruit, minerals, garrigue, licorice, irony blood, strawberry, almost new world intensity, 14.5 abv. Lengthy finish, cocoa/dusty tannins.
  
  Took a bit to open up, but boy when it did... paired great with chicken, kielbasa, kale, white bean, potato stew, also paired okay with a "robusto" cheese.

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  6/9/2018 - short and confused wrote: 92 Points

  Green apple, vanilla and licorice. Have I ever had a wine more than 50% carignan? Not sure. Good heavens. Fun stuff. At fish la boissonnerie rue de seine in Paris. Doubt I’ll find this back in Brookline ;)

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