2017 Domaine Lafage Côtes Catalanes Cuvée Nicolas

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  3/5/2023 - ElAzul Likes this wine: 90 Points

  I love this grenache. Dark berry fruit nose. Dark berry fruit palate including blueberry notes that get amplified on the finish which lasts 15 seconds or more. Peaked in flavor and power after about four hours open with no decant, just poured into the glasses to enjoy with some fried chicken. Also excellent with chocolate. The label claimed chocolate notes but all I get so far is blueberry and maybe some dark red cherry as also claimed on label. Drinking well right now. Not complex at all but a tasty fruit bomb.

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  6/16/2022 - Visage of vino Likes this wine: 90 Points

  from parcels of the high valley of L’Agly. Schist marble soil, South/South-East Exposure. Hand picking in 10 kg boxes. Green harvest in Spring. Hand picking in 10 kg boxes. Each parcel is vinified apart from the others, in open vats, worked with manual pigeages with controls of the temperature.
  Ageing in bourguignon barrels during 12 to 15 months

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  5/1/2022 - KiraG wrote:

  Lots of fruit on the nose and palate with smokiness and lite tannins

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  4/14/2022 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  Dark fruited and with some depth. And power and some grace, oddly enough its kinda hitting me. At $20 its a bit over with its salty powerful minerality, but here it is.

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  12/13/2021 - Wine Diplomats Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Made from 100% Grenache since 2000 and labeled Nicolas after their son since 2006. Has the IGP Cotes Catalanes because the Cotes de Roussillon AOC rules don't allow 100% Grenache. They require it to be blended, often with Carignan. 65-year-old vines on the foothills of the Pyrenees. Green harvesting (removing bunches) in the Spring to concentrate the grapes. Aged in Burgundy barrels for 20% of the wine for 10 months.
  Ripe red and dark berry fruit on the nose with a bit of garrigue. Plus intensity and richness. The palate is round and mouth-filling with an immediate rush of ripe blueberry but a savory backend. There's a bit of heat on the nose and palate at a heady 15% alcohol, but it's fine with big food. Low acid and soft tannins, but it never feels flabby. A wine packed with ripe berry fruit but not much influence of oak in the flavor profile. A good introduction to French wines for those who like ripe, fruit forward wines.
  
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