2000 Eric Texier Côtes du Rhône Villages St. Gervais Vieilles Vignes Les Cadinères

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 87 points

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  2/11/2009 - Chomsky wrote:

  Delicious. Mostly agree with marcd's note, only I found the wine easier and more accessible. There's a really swell plushness on the finish.

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  2/3/2009 - marc d wrote:

  I was hoping for a nice, easy, mature Cotes du Rhone to go with some chicken sausages and garlic mashed potatoes tonight. Well this was neither easy nor simple. Difficult at first pour, with a lot of nail varnish VA. After this airs out the wine gets a lot more interesting. Old wine leather, smoke on top, with some spiced plum, black cherry, and some dried fruits like prune. There is a little barnyard in the mix too. Definitely several layers just in the nose. The high toned VA sticks around but doesn't dominate. The mouth is medium tart and acidic, with dusty tannins at the finish. Just when I'm about to give up, some black fruit punches through in the mouth also. Very interesting, slightly difficult, good wine probably at peak or slightly past it. Fake plastic cork in this bottle. This really really makes me wonder what the 2005 version will age into, as the '05 is such a beauty right now.

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  3/11/2006 - Veloman wrote:

  After a run of erratic Texier village CDRs (corked, scorching acidity, etc) this was a relief--showing very well. Still a very young-looking purple red, it had a very rich black fruit nose with hints of some floral elements, then med-bodied and very ripe on the palate. Lots of bright fruit, good structure with some mineral notes, and something almost like black licorice. Finish was shorp and clipped, however, edgy acidity at the back of the palate. Overall a good, interesting bottle.

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  2/1/2006 - Brad L wrote:

  Brute of a wine.
  
  Tight, dense, bittersweet chocolate nose, with some secondary high tones and meatiness.
  
  In mouth, old vine intensity, syrahish, aged beef, dark fruits, brooding, bass notes. Seems like it has more to give. Hold.

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  1/20/2004 - petersen wrote: 87 Points

  Initially a little tight. With some air one gets nice and precise blackberry aromas with some underlying spicyness. Medium body. Good Grenache glycerin flavors and enticing minerality. Not as good as two years ago.

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