Community Tasting Note

• thelinebreak wrote: 89 points

  May 19, 2011 - First off, The Wine Spectator gave it 92 points and rated it number 78 on its Top 100 Wines of 2010. Ya know, if that means anything to you.
  
  Plus, 70% of the wine matured in casks and 30% in one-year old barrels.
  
  This Rhône blend, or cuvee, is 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah. All that adds up to Yum.
  
  I saw the season’s first rose today. It was two feet tall. It’s color of bright red is nothing like the color of this wine. No, this is a dark maroon.
  
  It’s brighter on its tall meniscus. Actually, as I look at this meniscus, I sense disappointment. This wine seems sad. If it could cry, it would. Dark maroon, 14.5% alcohol tears.
  
  I wish I had stop to smell that rose I saw. I bet it smelled lovely, but not as lovely as this Perrin & Fils Gigondas La Gille 2007. More yum. I’m picking up all the flavors I like, such as cherries, strawberries, spice, plums, and flowers, but not roses. It smells jammy. Yes!
  
  A weird thing just happened. I walked over to my girlfriend, who is cooking meatloaf, and then I walked back. In that time, the wine picked up a musky-skunky-earthiness on the nose. It’s kinda like something you’d smell in a Cab Franc.
  
  Hmmm.
  
  What a fine finish. Up front, though, there are dark berries and figs. I can even picture that fig.
  
  I want one, now. I want that juicy inside. Mmm. Mmm.
  
  The finish is spicy with dark berries. It will go well with the meatloaf, I think, and probably better with the vegetables – shallots and green beans.
  
  I’ll give this wine an A. A low A. I think it will better in a few more years. I say get a bottle and try it out.//
  
  For a full review: http://thelinebreak.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/in-pursuit-of-the-juiciest-wine-day-ninety-two/

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