Community Tasting Notes 17

• jlhkiss Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 6, 2020 - Consistent with last tasting a year ago. In a good place, fully mature with bright red fruit and licorice mixed with some rustic edges of herbs, garrigue, and gravel. Drink over the next few years. Technical score: 91. Enjoyment score: 90.

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• jlhkiss Likes this wine: 91 points

  December 4, 2019 - Much improved over previous tastings over two years ago. Opened and decanted for an hour ahead of roasted chicken, mash potatoes, and carrots. Dark, murky crimson color. The nose brings loads of red licorice, candied strawberries, cherry blossoms, sage, and herbs. The palate is medium-full, dense, textured, and silky, bringing a round entry of ripe red cherries, blackberries, red currant, licorice, and cobbler pie. Good weight, balance, and texture, the hard edges have rounded out into a smooth wine. Drink 2020-2024. Technical score: 91. Enjoyment score: 92

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• jlhkiss Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 19, 2018 - Consistent with previous notes but still monolithic. Needed about 4+ hours of air to open up and reveal its flavor profile. Great balance of acid and oak as well as fruit and savory notes. Not a lot of depth and complexity but it does bring good weight and texture. Drink after 2020. Technical score: 91. Enjoyment score: 89.

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• NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 91 points

  June 8, 2016 - Glass: Schott Burgundy
  Popped and poured.
  Unfiltered, deep ruby-garnet color with fine sediment. Clean, medium- intense, developing nose, with amarena cherry, barn, oak, some smoke and a bit of bacon.
  Dry with some sweetness coming from the alcohol (14% abv) and extract. Medium, well integrated acidity, high, fine-grained, velvet tannin. Everything well balanced. Still lots of fruit (dark cherries), herbs, spices. Full bodied, medium+ finish, maybe a bit biting alcohol. I don’t have much experience with these kind of wines but would say it is at its peak and will stay at this level for 3-5 more years.

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• mike l. Likes this wine: 92 points

  May 8, 2016 - has become what it should be and decanting at least an hour helps significantly. this is rugged but reasonably balanced now, nice acidity, good with food and without. certainly palate coating.
  
  if i could just go back in time and skip on so many paso big reds priced 3-4x as much as this i'd be rich and probably happier...

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• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine La Bouïssiere
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Vacqueyras

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