Medium bodied, towards natural wine styling. PnP huge nose and palate. Bright purple and red berries, tart acidity, anise and violet, wet rocks. Animal hide-like brett stars in the show but does not dominate... it's more brett than a Pegau Reserve, less than Pur Breton. Overall higher toned, concentrated, persistent, and delicious. Having some char or earthy Rhone tones would take it to another level. Now-2040.
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This seems more like warm weather syrah without the understated, Northern Rhone cool complexity of previous vintages, with a confectionary top note and less refined tannin. The last half of the bottle in the fridge with argon after a day showed significant reduction, then a second bottle was the same...I firmly believe in changes from travel, occasionally even improvement. Sampled immediately upon receipt so possibly not representative.
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9/17/2023 - dked2407 wrote: 85 Points
Bon, sans plus.
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7/14/2022 - aero Likes this wine: 91 Points
Medium bodied, towards natural wine styling. PnP huge nose and palate. Bright purple and red berries, tart acidity, anise and violet, wet rocks. Animal hide-like brett stars in the show but does not dominate... it's more brett than a Pegau Reserve, less than Pur Breton. Overall higher toned, concentrated, persistent, and delicious. Having some char or earthy Rhone tones would take it to another level. Now-2040.
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4/3/2022 - Force5 wrote:
This seems more like warm weather syrah without the understated, Northern Rhone cool complexity of previous vintages, with a confectionary top note and less refined tannin. The last half of the bottle in the fridge with argon after a day showed significant reduction, then a second bottle was the same...I firmly believe in changes from travel, occasionally even improvement. Sampled immediately upon receipt so possibly not representative.
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