Community Tasting Notes 8

• winemaker Does not like this wine:

  April 6, 2015 - This wine sucks. If this is what a 'natural' wine is supposed to tast like, then count me out. Last bottle thank, God! Stored at 58 degrees since purchase. Has a bit of fizz to accompany the very grapey, primary fermentation smells as well as a vegetal component and alcohol. Really quite purple, extracted and glass coating. Still clumsy and disjointed. Tastes like it smells. Poured down the sink!

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• urbanfarmer9@gmail.com wrote:

  January 8, 2014 - This is finally drinking well. Interesting fruity and good finish; food friendly; what took it so long? Probably 88.

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• winemaker Does not like this wine:

  November 5, 2013 - Really opaque. Smells very primary with a whiff of alcohol. Quite tart. This strikes me on first pour as rather clumsy. A lot of extraction here and for what? Definitely not worth the $22 from Garagiste. To me it is more like a $7-10 wine.

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• Gargantua wrote:

  October 22, 2013 - A much inkier, heavier wine than I imagined gawking at the bottle all these months. Like a clinically obese Crozes--hot finish. The peppery finish makes it drinkable though; wondering if that is a stemmy/whole cluster effect, as it's a biting olivey green. A good wine, I suppose, but, all in all, not a wine for me. The heat makes it tough--a biting alcohol slowly becomes inseparable from the stemmy finish.

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• spidersva Likes this wine: 87 points

  June 25, 2013 - Good, but I could get the same pop for $13/bottle

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Zélige-Caravent
• Varietal Alicante Bouschet
• Designation Manouche
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Languedoc Roussillon
• SubRegion Languedoc
• Appellation Pic St. Loup

Community Holdings

• Pending Delivery 3 (3%)
• In Cellars 21 (21%)
• Consumed 74 (76%)

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