Community Tasting Note

• Eudemis Likes this wine:

  April 15, 2017 - 12.5% alcohol. Cork of moderate length and quality. This is my first time tasting a wine made from un-grafted vines; in this case, the vines are not pre-phylloxera, but they are grown in sandy soil which protects them from the dreaded aphid.
  The wine is reduced on opening, but this abates during the meal after decanting. Medium colour. Enticing nose of bitter cherries. The mouth has plenty of energy and just a hint of bell pepper, but plenty of acidity. On the sharp side overall. This may round up with age.
  I am glad to have tasted this wine, but I cannot say that the experience was revelatory in any way, so this is probably not a repeat purchase. Maybe I was expecting too much from the original rootstock effect.

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2 Comments

• Tim Heaton commented:

  11/9/18, 8:46 AM - thanks for the thoughtful and complete note. I've been looking at some offered at ~ 35 pounds, all-in, and decided to pass after reading your note.

• Eudemis commented:

  11/12/18, 11:50 AM - Thank you for your kind words TWP; my note is just one data point, and since I had a single bottle, I won't get to retaste.
  Regarding price, I have seen the 2016 at 32€ in France including taxes but before shipping costs, so the price that you quote is in the ballpark, if slightly dearer.

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