Community Tasting Note

• COWineLover wrote: 88 points

  August 11, 2019 - Third bottle of four (all consumed in 2019). The 2012 Southern Rhone's have been an enigma for me, and this wine reflects that prior experience. On the nose there is alcohol, leather, smoke, black currant, and pepper notes. On the palate, the acidity rushes in quickly and fades into a mineral and pepper accented mid-palate turning toward the finish with sour plum, incense, and currant. Reasonable concentration of the savory notes, but there is an aftertaste of the sour plum that leaves me wanting to rinse my palate with water. Somewhat disjointed. I don't see this improving from here, and my experience with all bottles are reflected in this note (87-88).

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• ChaineMatt commented:

  6/20/20, 4:24 PM - Spot on review, the wine underneath it all has an astringent core which just permeates everything. A shame, since it has so many interesting elements otherwise.

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