Community Tasting Note
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Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 95 points
August 17, 2019 - Hey, so it turns out that early window to see what's brewing on these 2015 Northern Rhones hasn't closed yet! But first the important stuff. Way back when (when dusty Gallet bottles were stacked at Garnet and didn't move because it was so cheap it made you suspicious) Gallet used to have a super-charming hand-drawn label, then they replaced it at some point with a totally generic one. The 2015 now replaces the generic one with a happy little painting so all is right with the world again. And it is still stupid cheap considering the quality level and consumer price index. This probably ran me a McD's extra value meal more than the 1999. No-doubter aromatics right from the pop of the cork, with a burst of fresh, sticky blueberry fruit as if it is just starting to simmer down to jam, along with textbook scents of olive tapenade. The fruit is rich and glossy enough to mask the tannin at first but it eventually turns more muscular and granular, the fruit tones turn redder, and a mouthful of crushed rock emerges on the finish. Labeled at 13.5% abv and despite its intensity it isn't a bruiser - this is very, very drinkable.
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