Nose of plums, beignets, and maybe herbs... As for taste, Rand says it tastes like new shoes smell; I said, "Leathery." Still pleasantly rough, and we like it for a nice everyday bottle. Finish is just whatever.... Good value at $11.
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Remains deep; eventually unravelled into an enjoyable wine. Authentic southern Rhône red, garriguey, rounded, showing some classiness. Allow to breathe for a couple of hours.
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My least favorite wine of the night. It was served blind in a flight of three and we were told there were two French wines and an Australian wine. I picked this as the Aussie, mainly because it's slightly out of balance and the alcohol was poking through. It stood out in the lineup like me at a singles bar. I got volatile acidity on the nose along with some Loire hipster diaper poo. Others in the group liked the nose and called it earthy. The palate was mainly dark fruits and some herbs. It had a nice finish. It could improve with age. We may have caught it at a bad time.
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9/5/2012 - P&F wrote: 88 Points
Nose of plums, beignets, and maybe herbs... As for taste, Rand says it tastes like new shoes smell; I said, "Leathery." Still pleasantly rough, and we like it for a nice everyday bottle. Finish is just whatever.... Good value at $11.
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12/23/2011 - chbeaumont Likes this wine: 89 Points
Remains deep; eventually unravelled into an enjoyable wine. Authentic southern Rhône red, garriguey, rounded, showing some classiness. Allow to breathe for a couple of hours.
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12/16/2011 - lukas.kreutzer@gmail.com wrote: 84 Points
Very good Lirac. Well deserved honours for this vintage.
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1/8/2010 - stevetimko wrote:
My least favorite wine of the night. It was served blind in a flight of three and we were told there were two French wines and an Australian wine. I picked this as the Aussie, mainly because it's slightly out of balance and the alcohol was poking through. It stood out in the lineup like me at a singles bar. I got volatile acidity on the nose along with some Loire hipster diaper poo. Others in the group liked the nose and called it earthy. The palate was mainly dark fruits and some herbs. It had a nice finish. It could improve with age. We may have caught it at a bad time.
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11/23/2009 - gtonn wrote: 88 Points
vibrant, all fruit-no barnyard
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