2016 Eric Texier Côtes du Rhône Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban Vieille Serine Domaine de Pergaud

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 89 points

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  2/13/2024 - Ortiz Brown wrote: 88 Points

  This wine is deep purple in the glass with crimson edges. The nose is shy with dark cherry, blueberry, earth and some wood.
  
  On the palate we find dark blue fruit, charcuterie, and rustic notes of earth and oak. There's a prominent minerality that remains through a medium finish.

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  12/17/2023 - djchango77 wrote: 90 Points

  Paired tonight with Pork porterhouse, broccoli rabe, polenta and caramelized onions. Really generous right after a quick decant; prune, plum, cassis and lavender up front followed by a bit of Bacon and fig with a kiss of Cerignola olive & sage garrigue. A nice blackberry and pipe tobacco finish that lingered on.

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  10/30/2023 - MLipton wrote:

  This wine will certainly make old bones, but surprisingly it is quite approachable now. A bottle last night at St John Marylebone was an outstanding example of young serine/Syrah. Medium bodied with very supple tannins, it has a solid core of red-black fruit and an interesting spice note. The acidity makes it very food friendly as well as promising a bright future. Perhaps in time the tannins will firm up before it begins its slow evolution, but you could worse than open one up right now if young Texier is your thing.

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