2018 Domaine de la Janasse Côtes du Rhône Villages Terre d'Argile

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 87 points

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  8/28/2022 - marcp Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Medium-full bodied, balanced acidity and tannins. Blackberry, plum, blueberry, with pencil lead and a nice black pepper finish that pulls it together well.

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  6/24/2022 - calypse Likes this wine: 86 Points

  Ein gutes Beispiel, wie wichtig Säure ist.
  Ja, der Wein ist sehr üppig und schwarzfruchtig, hat 14,5 vol. %. Aber die relativ hohe und sehr gut integrierte Säure sorgt dafür, dass das trotzdem ein relativ feiner, sehr trinkiger Wein ist. Gelungen!

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  6/21/2022 - beatles wrote: 88 Points

  The vintage handled well here. Juicy, good spice, herbs, Grenache showing well her. Still young, certainly, but open for business after some air.
  #Kandestederne

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  10/31/2021 - Harley1199 wrote:

  By the glass. Another clear example of what the south can provide for less than 15€. Plum compote on the nose and excessive density in the mouth with a decent length and a vegetable aftertaste, a bit astringent. Reminiscences of some Jumilla wines. Needs food.
  
  Por copas. Otro claro ejemplo de lo que el sur puede proporcionar por menos de 15€. Compota de ciruelas en nariz y excesiva densidad en boca con una decente longitud y un retrogusto vegetal, pelín astringente. Reminiscencias de algunos vinos de Jumilla. Necesita comida.

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  6/25/2021 - Paul852 Does not like this wine: 79 Points

  Maybe it's too young, but for me this vintage is very far inferior to earlier years (I've tried the 2012, 2015, 2016 over the last couple of years).
  
  Splash decanted and drank over the next hour. For me this is just a hot, confected, jammy and simple wine. It is utterly unbalanced - just heat and fruit, no acidity or tannins. Blind I would label it as $6-8 Californian plonk.
  
  Perhaps it will get better with a few more years of age, but as it stands I'm really not impressed. At ~US$17.5 this is not a repeat buy.
  
  EDIT: I left a glass in the decanter overnight. 21 hours from opening it's a little better, but still really nothing special - still jammy, no tannins. Maybe an 84 now.

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