2019 Clos du Mont-Olivet Côtes du Rhône Vieilles Vignes
Red Rhone Blend
- France
- Rhône
- Southern Rhône
- Côtes du Rhône
Community Tasting Note
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Eudemis Likes this wine:
January 7, 2023 - 15.5% alcohol, uh ho.... The cork is short with a pretty high density of defects. Medium colour with limited thinning at the rim.
Good dark fruited nose with liquorice. Similarly balanced in the mouth, though slightly more red fruited; the alcohol does not impinge unduly.
From memory, I would put this wine a notch below the corresponding offerings of Charvin and Balthazar. Accordingly maybe not a repeat purchase, although taken on its own terms this is pretty good and reasonable value at 12€ or thereabout.
My first encounter with this property, and I cannot say that I am overly impressed, between the uncontrolled alcohol and the middling intensity of flavour.
Let us hope that the gap between this wine and their CndP is outsized.685 views