1998 Andrew Murray Espérance

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  7/16/2013 - Javachip wrote: 89 Points

  Allowed to breathe in glass 30 minutes before tasting. Clear blood-ruby color with heavy sediment remaining in bottle. Initial bouquet of beef blood and camphor blew off after a half hour to reveal pleasant notes of tart red fruit, tomatoes, grilled herbs, creosote. Similar on the palate, juicy acidity with resolved tannins, medium body, medium finish. Syrah, carignane, mourvedre.

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  4/5/2012 - lockestep Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Still showing extremely well. The wine is ever so slightly moving beyond peak, but appears to have 2-3 years of life before a drop in pleasure. Ruby/brick, nose and flavors a dead ringer for a top Cotes du Rhone Villages. Long finish with just a brush of tannin. Drank well from the start, peaked at the three hour mark. Regret not buying more
  Bottle was purchased soon after release and kept in my cool cellar.

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  4/1/2000 - OneLastSyrah wrote:

  ($16) Remarkable Rhone-like nose. Dead ringer for Saint Joseph. Has a similar acidic quality in the finish, not to mention the nose. Parker suggests drinking for 4-5 years and likens it to Crozes-Hermitage. Dried cherry and herbs. Seems more expansive day two b

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