Community Tasting Note
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Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 93 points
September 16, 2020 - Open in bottle for an hour...rust crancherry, slight orange rim color...gorgeous nose of leather, black pepper, sous bois, cigar ash, dried cherry/orange. Been 6yrs since the last test drive on this, and it looks to be aging at a glacial pace! Still quite rustic and structured..an ala Barolo intense acidity and tannin dryness, yet a delicate transparency of rose florals and dried fruits. Then you get to the Rhone with earth, meat, leather, and that black pepper...although more nuanced than previous bottles...very prevalent cigar ash giving it some dirtiness...yea you can sip this in the Rhone vigneron's garage...yet also some elegance that the Burgundy vig won't kick you out the Domaine's gates. Always thought of this wine as the love child of Cornas and Burgundy...but I think Barolo has now made it a threesome! Oh, by the way, I love this wine!
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winchester-xi commented:
9/16/20, 5:09 PM - Nice to a see a positive note on this. I have to admit when I tried one a little while back, I found the tannins pretty overwhelming.
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ericindc commented:
9/16/20, 10:53 PM - Thanks for the note! I think I have these bottles in a box marked 2030. Glad to see they will make it.