Lightish brick red. I like the blast of garrigue, especially thyme and sage, this gives you upfront, but there's also some mostly unwelcome weirdness going on too with a heavy duty cleaning solvent as well an outright soapiness that detracts. Diisturbingly low acid palate, dry at first but sweetening somewhat with chewing, although a serious tannic presence never emerges. Most disappointing on the dilute finish of water-and-alcohol, leaving a spiritous aftertaste. I hope this is not a represenative failure, but there is not a pathognomonic flaw here to reassure me in this regard.
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(Domaine Alain Chabanon Coteaux du Languedoc Les Boissieres) Bricking medium red violet color with pale meniscus; mature, baked cherry, black cherry, black cherry jam, glazed ham nose; ripe black cherry, baked cherry, tart berry preserves palate; medium-plus finish (88% Grenache, 8% Carignane, 4% Mourvedre)
(Domaine Alain Chabanon Coteaux du Languedoc Les Boissieres) Plum, black fruit and sous bois nose; tasty, black fruit, horseradish, pepper and tart red fruit palate; medium finish 90+ pts. (88% Grenache, 8% Carignane, 4% Mourvedre)
2/16/2012 - gbauer wrote:
Not great, but nothing wrong with it. Disappointing at the price.
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2/15/2012 - JDB wrote: 74 Points
not spoiled, just not good. If it had a prime it is past it
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11/30/2010 - JDB wrote: 85 Points
yawn
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8/24/2010 - flashvictor Does not like this wine:
Holy bottle variation Batman! Last bottle was excellent. This bottle while not corked was horrible - no fruit, very funky and vegetal.
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9/29/2009 - tcfishler wrote:
Lightish brick red. I like the blast of garrigue, especially thyme and sage, this gives you upfront, but there's also some mostly unwelcome weirdness going on too with a heavy duty cleaning solvent as well an outright soapiness that detracts. Diisturbingly low acid palate, dry at first but sweetening somewhat with chewing, although a serious tannic presence never emerges. Most disappointing on the dilute finish of water-and-alcohol, leaving a spiritous aftertaste. I hope this is not a represenative failure, but there is not a pathognomonic flaw here to reassure me in this regard.
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