Community Tasting Note
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SLOFred Likes this wine: 92 points
March 5, 2019 - To me, tasted grenache dominate. Very good wine. I did not realize it was $120 bottle. Not sure it is a great QPR.
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5 Comments
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oldwines commented:
3/10/19, 9:15 AM - I don’t think it has any Grenache in it at all. Probably needed a long decant...and yes I don’t think there are any Guigal wines that are a good QPR anymore. Cheers!
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SLOFred commented:
3/10/19, 9:21 AM - Thanks! I agree that the Guigal's have gotten very expensive. Yes, shockingly, $119. It may not have had grenache, but it had a more refined texture than you would see with Syrah or Mourvedre.
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RPatching commented:
4/5/19, 6:01 PM - It’s a premium Guigal! Probably underpriced relative to its La La siblings. ANd definitely no Grenache or Mourvèdre!!!!!
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DerSchonWieder commented:
9/21/19, 6:52 AM - Côte Rôtie = Syrah + Viognier. No Grenache. Cheers!
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SLOFred commented:
9/27/19, 5:00 PM - Thanks for teaching me something about Cote-Rotie! But what is interesting is I said "it tasted grenache dominate" which is different than it "is Grenache dominant!"