2001 Domaine le Sang des Cailloux Vacqueyras Cuvée Lopy

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 89.7 points

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  2/28/2017 - mhudes Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Popped and poured. Inky purple in color. Fragrant. On the palate, vibrant from the get-go. Quite concentrated for a 16 year old wine. Complex yet nicely balanced. Decent finish. Quite enjoyable

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  7/8/2016 - Matsutake wrote: 91 Points

  Popped and poured from a magnum drinking perfectly in 2016. Tiniest bit of brett blew off immediately. Really surprised how well this showed after 15 years, staying lively for the entire 4 hour dinner and even with pleasant not tired leftover the next day.

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  10/23/2012 - zovizule wrote:

  Wow - really nice - all the garrigue and rhone funk but still decent fruit and just a lot gong on. Gave it 3 hours to open and that was a good choice.

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  6/25/2012 - markjanes wrote: 91 Points

  From mag... my last of the 01 Sang Lopy's... I had quite a few of these and they ranged anywhere from 90/91 (didn't seem to write TNs on those?) to the 74 below (which really represented a flawed bottle technically because of brett)... this last bottle was clearly the best one I have had of the lot and was certainly an "outstanding" bottle... deeply colored with a deeply colored rim that is ruby red. The syrah in this wine seems to be the dominant player with dark fruits, baking spices, hints of leather... definitely pick up some background grenache garrigue type aromas. On the palate high acidity, plenty of flesh in the midpalate, firm, ripe, integrate tannins, moderate alcohol. Balanced wine with very good length, great intensity, good complexity. Wine has good finesse, a very fine texture, very good expression of place. Think this wine is at its peak (esp in 750s) and will hold there for a couple more years... definitely some significant bottle variation out there with brett so beware...

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  5/4/2012 - d'Artagnan wrote: 93 Points

  Superbe dès l'ouverture......Un nez de viande grillée sur le BBQ, avec les épices assorties, un peu de cacao.
  Une bouche dense et ample, d'une belle concentration, dans un équilibre serein, où tanins, acidité et alcool se côtoient dans la joie.....c'est long, viril mais distingué, dans un style traditionnel, avec une belle finale gourmande, qui s'étire langoureusement sur de riches saveurs de kirsch et de garrigue ...wow! c'est voluptueux et il a encore de belles années devant lui. Il n'a que peu à envier aux meilleurs Châteauneuf. 93 pts

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