NV Xavier Vignon Arcane - Le Fou

Community Tasting Notes (88) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  3/10/2024 - caspernick Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Deep purple colored with slight staining and high viscosity (15% ABV). The nose has medium intensity aromas of black raspberry, black olives, licorice, blackberry ganache, black cherry, granite and petrichor. The palate is dry with medium (+) acidity, full body and medium tannins. The flavors are quite pronounced- black raspberry, black cherry, blackberry, licorice, charred cedar, olives and that mineral granite note. The finish is long and silky with the tannins slinking away to reveal loads of dark raspberry and cherry notes. The slight oak nuance is nice, as is the earthy minerality. I like this $26 wine- 93 points worth, making it a 5 star effort. I would pair it with hearty stews, game meat or meatloaf. It’s drinking beautifully now and will do so for quite a few years. Mostly Grenache, there’s other Rhone varietals from different vintages thrown in for good measure. Look out for this wine. It’s yummy.
  
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  2/20/2024 - gquigs Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Consistent with prior tasting. Cherries, lavender, cherry liquor and spices on the nose. Black cherries and loads of fruit. Very smooth and silky.

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  2/3/2024 - contextwine Likes this wine: 91 Points

  A concentrated and brooding wine. Deep blueberries and blackberries, almost in jam form, really dominated the glass. The nose was not as expressive as the palate. Really velvety tannins with a little bit of air, I didn’t find it that hot for being a 15% wine. Really enjoyed this wine.

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  2/1/2024 - mazik Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Excellent unpretentious cote de rhone. As before, it's very herbal but it's integrated with the red fruits and chocolate and forest floor. There are bad bottles, we had one or two, but for the most part the wine does not disappoint.

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  1/28/2024 - Scherzoso Does not like this wine:

  Nasty. Undrinkable.

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