2020 Domaine Yves Cuilleron St. Joseph Les Pierres Seches

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  1/17/2024 - Alcofribas Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This is a great cuvée year after year. Nicely balanced and drinking well now. Needs to breathe a bit. It was better on days two and three. This wine has a touch of new oak, which I generally don’t like, but in this case it was fine.

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  11/18/2023 - Vinnut Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Deep, dark reddish-purple in color; essentially opaque. Full, forward & attractive nose of ripe fruit aromas of dark cherries, blackberries & cassis with overtones of floral notes of violets & earthy/dusty notes, spices, pepper, minerals, a hint of oak/vanilla in the background. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of cherries, blackberries & plums with spices, herbs, minerals & a touch of oak/vanilla. Lingering finish. Drinks well with decanting & extended airing but should develop further with additional aging.

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  9/20/2023 - chatters wrote:

  2020 Rhone's (Bottega Coco): Slight volatility, bacon fat, touch of sulphur prickle. Juicy carbonic maceration, wild blackberry a little peppery spice from the alcohol, Medium pulls intensity acidity, tightly textured chewy tannins are drying, wild blackberry fruit, slightly blocky almost. Hmm

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  5/6/2023 - ziavino wrote: 91 Points

  Initially unyielding, starts to pull back the curtain after a few hours. Notes of tart blackberry, black pepper, iron, and olive coalesce, with a tar note weaving in late and lingering on the finish. Needs time, but it's easy to tell it will punch above its weight when ready.

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