2005 Château de Pena Côtes du Roussillon Villages

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 86 points

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  5/7/2008 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Wine Cellar - South of France (Wine Cellar): (Tasted Blind)Medium garnet colour exhibits ripe fruits, violet and syrup notes.
  Warm on entry, it carries an herbal and scrubby note towards garrigue. Supple mid-palate, there is a firm rising mineral edge tannin with bright cherry flavours and a long-ish finish. A fairly dense tannic core the wine closes with a bright tinned cherry character that seems infused with a noted but pleasant bitterness (like a cherry stone). A blend with a maximum of 30% Grenache and 50% Carignan.

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  3/21/2008 - Paul D wrote: 83 Points

  No formal note - opended at the end of a long evening. Noticeably simpler dark berry fruit (cf to the Gauby), just a dash of spicy complexity. Not as much stuffing on the palate either but still a well balanced and good value for money drink, now to end 2010. 82-84.

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