2005 Tardieu-Laurent Côtes du Rhône Blanc Guy Louis
White Rhone Blend
- France
- Rhône
- Southern Rhône
- Côtes du Rhône
Community Tasting Note
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Tony Molester Likes this wine:
May 12, 2019 - Popped and poured. Good single piece cork. No sign of seepage.
Right off the bat, this was very nice, creamy texture, some stone fruit and flowers on the nose. Unctuous texture and nice balance between oak and acidity.
It would be asking a lot to write that it wasn’t as thrilling as certain white hermitages can be with age, however this is a lot better than white hermitage if you include all the ones that are ridiculously overpriced for what they deliver most of the time, which is subpar. This is very honest and delicious, and in the same style.
The tasting note below lamenting that it wasn’t as powerful as a condrieu is a mute point.
50% marsanne, remainder Roussanne, raised in oak.
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