2016 Boutinot Cairanne Les Six

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 88 points

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  1/18/2020 - mrbaby Likes this wine:

  Telltale Grenache aromas jump out of the glass - dried plum, black olive, and thyme. Color is a dark reddish purple.
  
  On the palate, medium-plus body. Rich dark fruit on the entry, transitioning to olives and baking spices on the backend, with a dusty-grainy mineral-tannic finish. Just the right amount of acid and tannin to keep it interesting; this wine is not flabby.

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  6/26/2019 - Christine Havens Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Grown in ‘agrilo-calcaire’ or chalky clay, Boutinot’s 2016 Les Six Cairanne is composed of 50% Grenache, and 10% each of Syrah, Mourvedre, Counoise, and Cinsault—it exhibits black raspberry, black cherry, Damson plum dried herbs, incense, and spice on the nose. There is too a lovely resinous piney note that reemerges on the finish. In the mouth, grippy tannins knit together a balanced, black-fruited core. As it dwindles, Garrigue, earth, white pepper, and pine sap linger. 14.5% ABV | Sample

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  6/1/2019 - paintinginacave Likes this wine: 86 Points

  Limited notes taken. Deep purple with slight staining. Baked black fruit, blackberry, black cherry, damson, dried herbs, black pepper, cured meat, and tuned earth.

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