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2005 Domaine le Sang des Cailloux Vacqueyras Cuvée Doucinello |
| Vintage | 2005 |  Label 1 of 3   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Domaine le Sang des Cailloux (web) | ||
| Variety | Red Rhone Blend | ||
| Designation | Cuvée Doucinello | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Rhône | ||
| SubRegion | Southern Rhône | ||
| Appellation | Vacqueyras | ||
| UPC Code | 761503643506 |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 19 notes) | |
| Tasted by dbarco on 2/3/2010 & rated 92 points: (109 views) | |
| Tasted by french16 on 10/23/2009 & rated 92 points: Off the list at Webster. Great stuff. Pretty wild nose with plenty of garrigue, red fruits, earthy and hint of fur. Med+ body, balanced with a med acidity, palate is pretty much like the nose with a nice smokiness adding to he overall complexity. Iron finish that I often find in their wines (there's also a light mineral touch on the nose). Tannins are still a little firms but give a good structure to the wine. Exactly what I expect and want in a Vacqueyras. (446 views) | |
| Tasted by slanum on 10/7/2009: I have waxed enthusiastic about another vintage of this wine and can't help comparing this one to that (the 2001). While there is certainly a family resemblance, this 2005 seems more subdued. This version strikes me as comparatively well-behaved next to the all-out bad boy that is the 2001. That 2001 was attention-getting from day one, in my recollection, and has only kept it up over time. This 2005 is ripe without being syrupy, alcoholic (14%) without having it show, and notably tannic without being paint-stripping in its intensity. I'm not sure wines get wilder as they age; I guess I'll always miss that 'sauvage' element when drinking my remaining bottles of this while remembering that 2001. (462 views) | |
| Tasted by rrdoucet on 7/12/2009 & rated 90 points: (468 views) | |
| Tasted by nzinkgraf on 2/18/2009: French tasting (Waterford Wines Milwaukee): like being downwind from the cattle farm when the wind unfavorably change to blow in your general direction, this wine is pleasantly evocative of the ole cow pie. Don't worry, i get a little blackberry in there as well. a little sweet weight on the tongue, but that's just an illusion. vibrant acidity, little raspberry fruit. straw, hay, barnyard. big, but not massive body. after 4 hours, shit and salty tomato. that initial sweet fake weight is still there. where would it go, i guess? (799 views) | |
| Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 2/18/2009: Fifty million cuvees and who can keep them seperate? Aromatically impressive and intense. Animal, garrigue, sausage, herbs, meat. It is all in there. Sweetly full palate that suprised the shit out of me. Needs some time to show itself off. (857 views) | |
| Tasted by slulkin on 11/8/2008 & rated 90 points: Beautiful deep garnet color to the rim. Very pleasing bouqet of berries, earth and smoke. Taste was very consistent with the bouquet along with just enough tannin and soft mouth feel. Drank with family for Friday night dinner. One glass was not enough. (894 views) | |
| Tasted by frommen on 10/26/2008 & rated 92 points: Fleshy "honest" wine with great Grenache expression. A real treat with both structure and character. (918 views) | |
| Tasted by beachbum on 8/31/2008 & rated 91 points: again this had real character, enjoyed with a great steak, I am not sure they need a ton of age (1015 views) | |
| Tasted by Finare Vinare on 5/7/2008 & rated 92 points: Tobacco out of the bottle neck. Decanted for about an hour. Really impressive, slightly backward aromas in the glass. Very complex for such a young wine. Graphite, iron and stone. Pine and resin. Dark, serious fruit with great typicity, most resemblant of cherries and plums. Mushrooms and underbrush. Finally some tobacco and coffee from the casks. On the palate it is both rich and refreshing. Impressive finish with moderate cherry liqueur, and a really long, slightly shiver-inducing aftertaste. Good balance between cherry cores, silky tannins and fresh acids. A totally honest expression of the Vacqueyras terroir. (1636 views) | |
| Tasted by le cochon francais on 5/4/2008: Had a bottle with, of all things, hamburgers. While quite obviously young, it was not nearly as tannic as I expected and was a real pleasure to drink. Should age for quite a while. (1328 views) | |
| Tasted by rothdog on 4/27/2008 & rated 90 points: The bottle from which I tasted a few months ago was terribly flawed with Brett, but this one was a beauty. Tight and rich, yet rustic in that on day one its formidable tannic profile left me searching for that soft spot in the armor. Dark purple to the rim. On day one it was a typical, tight, not-so-ready-to -drink Southern Rhone wine. Tar, charcoal and asphalt with hints of black fruits peeking out from above medieval walls of tannin. Improved with a few hours in the decanter. It was a different wine on day two. The charcoal and tar had softened to a scorched earth, and the wall of tannin had become a velvety curtain, which allowed blackberries, plums, black cherries, smoke, wet stone and provencal herbs to peek through. It needs at least three more years in the cellar, but if you can not wait you must give it about 4 hours in the decanter before serving. (1430 views) | |
| Tasted by Happybob on 4/15/2008 & rated 92 points: starts off a 91 then maybe moves to 92 or so after 1 hr open. Big and concentrated, with only decent structure at first but then after 1 hr, it gets quite substantial, fairly complex and great integrated tannins. (1346 views) | |
| Tasted by HenryW on 2/6/2008 & rated 92 points: A good 'un, with interesting bloody meat flavors and excellent minerality. Nice finish. (1539 views) | |
| Tasted by dv002i on 2/2/2008 & rated 80 points: Barnyard fuck dominates on the nose. Very light, and uninteresting on the palate before entering into a sour finish. (813 views) | |
| Tasted by beachbum on 1/5/2008 & rated 92 points: Huge wine. Notes of blood, stones, black fruit and flowers. You can get the alcohol. Massive on the palate, there is enormous intensity and long tannins, but they are soft and silky. Time will help this wine, I loved it with chicken tika toninght. I think this is a special cuvee, and it is certainly worth it. Yum.................. (1732 views) | |
| Tasted by ken-yyz on 12/14/2007 & rated 92 points: Really superb. A surprising amount of concentration, ripe, red fruit but tons of structure and earthiness to keep it interesting. This is the first bottle from a case that we've opened and given how it performed on day two and day three after opening, I'm going to let these rest for a year or two before starting in to the rest of the case. (1724 views) | |
| Tasted by RWilkinson on 11/6/2007: Tasted several weeks back and was wowed, very pleased this go around and great QPR...will seek more (1669 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 5/3/2007: Tasted at the domaine. 75% Grenache 20% syrah, 5% Mourvedre and Cinsault. Meaty / iron. Dark fruit. Fairly big structure. (1569 views) |
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About red wine On CellarTracker, Red Rhone Blend is the term for a wine consisting of two or more of the traditional 13 Southern Rhone grape varieties. Typically it's the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre or Cinsault grapes, but can also contain the Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Picpoul, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Picardan or Vaccarese grapes. Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia) The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône) Southern Rhône La Mairie et du Syndicat des Vins de Vacqueyras
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