2018 Domaine Gauby Côtes Catalanes Les Calcinaires

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  4/7/2024 - FamousWine Likes this wine:

  This is a blend from the south of France with 50% Syrah, 25% Mourvèdre, 15% Grenache and 10% Carignan. It was aged for 8 to 10 months, 20% in barrels and 80% in vats. The first day is a disappointment because we are confronted with an imposing and very persistent reduction despite a generous and energetic decanting. Anyway, we drank it during Sunday lunch but without much pleasure. The second half of the bottle was tasted again the next day at noon: this time it is much, much better. Very beautiful nose, of great purity, with aromas of sweet red fruits, scents of abundantly flowery Mediterranean scrubland, a little leather as well as very beautiful sweet spices. The weight in the mouth is rather light. The tannins are barely perceptible. The palate delivers loads of stone fruits, a fine herbaceous bitterness and some mineral tones. It finishes quite long on pepper and fresh tobacco. Very good and friendly but what a pity we had to be so patient after uncorking.
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  7/4/2023 - Dionysos55 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Confirme mes impressions de 03-2023.Toujours autant de plaisir à consommer cette bouteille.Mêmes caractéristiques que la dernière fois.Ma dernière bouteille.

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  3/16/2023 - Dionysos55 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  50S 25M 15G 10C Décanté 1h Une explosion de fruits noirs (mûre,myrtille) vous en met plein les narines avant que le poivre s'invite à la fête.C'est persistant et bien agréable.La bouche est du même acabit avec les notes poivrées qui concluent le bal.C'est un style léger,plutôt infusé mais c'est réellement plaisant.Pour une entrée de gamme,franchement on en a pour son argent.

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  4/5/2022 - viniferatu Likes this wine:

  Give it lots of air and it will explode with aromas: myriad sweet berries, plums, cherries, marjoram, seabreeze, violet, iris, crushed stone.... lively and fresh for Roussillon, lots of fresh fruit, and so many herbal and mineral nuances. This rules. Love Gauby's style.

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  6/20/2021 - swfc Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Great example of what a Roussillon red can be at this price. Super spicy, red fruits, intense red berries, acidity, maybe a touch hot with the alcohol, but for the region really not. Compared with the 2016 this is cleaner, fruiter, and just better

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