FRENCH BAKERY Northern Rhone BYO Dinner; 1/6/2010-1/7/2010 (The French Bakery Cafe, 1023 Kane Concourse, Bay Harbor Islands, FL): Jerry's xtra wine. 4 1sts, avg. 90.1 Carlos,92 (split w Tardieu Laurent) - Reddish w purple center; Nose - alcohol; spicy cranberry taste to me. Bob M, 92. Charlie, 90(3 way tie) - Pleasant, balanced. Young tannic, fresh berries and cherries with a touch of pepper. Ellen, 89(others 80 or worse). Craig, first - Pepper. Jason, 90(third). Bob H, 90(third). Jerry, 90(third). Roberta, third. David, third. Mark(me), 88(third) - Coarse, ordinary.
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I have to echo the WS review: This is wonderful stuff. This is my third bottle in as many weeks and they have been consistently excellent.
My nose is a bit compromised by allergies, but I get blue/black fruits. On the palate there is sweet blueberry/wild blackberry fruit (two tasters also got dried orange peel) and a peppery finish (black pepper) with mocha notes. Great, round, mouth feel and just the right level of sweetness. Plenty of fruit (the blueberry returns with some beautiful strawberry-raspberry top notes) rides on a blanket of mostly resolved tannins on a med-long finish.
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11/13/2010 - Gravity wrote: 92 Points
Really opened up after about 60 min.
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1/7/2010 - markellen.foodies@gmail.com wrote: 90 Points
FRENCH BAKERY Northern Rhone BYO Dinner; 1/6/2010-1/7/2010 (The French Bakery Cafe, 1023 Kane Concourse, Bay Harbor Islands, FL): Jerry's xtra wine. 4 1sts, avg. 90.1 Carlos,92 (split w Tardieu Laurent) - Reddish w purple center; Nose - alcohol; spicy cranberry taste to me. Bob M, 92. Charlie, 90(3 way tie) - Pleasant, balanced. Young tannic, fresh berries and cherries with a touch of pepper. Ellen, 89(others 80 or worse). Craig, first - Pepper.
Jason, 90(third). Bob H, 90(third). Jerry, 90(third). Roberta, third. David, third. Mark(me), 88(third) - Coarse, ordinary.
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8/22/2007 - vendange wrote: 92 Points
I have to echo the WS review: This is wonderful stuff. This is my third bottle in as many weeks and they have been consistently excellent.
My nose is a bit compromised by allergies, but I get blue/black fruits. On the palate there is sweet blueberry/wild blackberry fruit (two tasters also got dried orange peel) and a peppery finish (black pepper) with mocha notes. Great, round, mouth feel and just the right level of sweetness. Plenty of fruit (the blueberry returns with some beautiful strawberry-raspberry top notes) rides on a blanket of mostly resolved tannins on a med-long finish.
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