October 10, 2023 - Tasted over 3 hrs
-dark red mild clearing
-grenache-y sweet kirsch wet stone
-med acidity provides nice balancing lift, med/med+ weight ripe cherry kirsch, med- tannins
-on its mature plateau
June 29, 2023 - Good dark cherry fruit, quite heavy as you would expect of a CndP. Rosemary, hedgerow. Long, fairly straightforward. Drinking now but will improve over the next decade.
April 11, 2023 - A very nice wine, especially on day 2. Elegant nose, showing slight heat, grenache sweetness, a hint of smoke and leather, tertiary notes. Is probably at its peak, however no sign of fatiguee, probably 3-4 more years to go. Lots of sediment. Glad I have 2 more in my cellar. Bought for 30 € 9 years ago.
October 15, 2022 - mix of red and blue fruit, herbal, violets; palate is quite smooth, tannins still present but softer, medium + length, very lovely
September 17, 2022 - Grenache-dominated blend with 20% syrah. Drinking beautifully right now. The 2010 CdP vintage is ready to go. Don't hold them too long.
September 10, 2022 - (From magnum). Just beginning to turn into a tertiary led drink. On the cusp and improved over time and with air in the glass. Drink the next magnum in 2024….
September 9, 2022 - Tasted vis-avis the Trois Sources from Julienne, this wins by a mile. Tasted over two days, this show both sweet Grenache and the cool minerality (and drinkability, least we forget)
May 30, 2022 - Corked,
May 10, 2022 - 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 5% Cinsault, 5% Mourvedre. Decanted. Med+ garnet. Med+ dried red fruit, dried black plum, grilled medicinal herbs, lavender, carob and sweet baking spice from 12 mos. aging in various sizes of oak containers. The nose is developed. Dry but fruit-forward, w/ med acid, med, resolved tannins and high alcohol (14.5%). Full-bodied, with med+ to pronounced flavor intensity and length. Drink now, not likely to improve with further aging.
February 18, 2022 - Solid mature CDP. Black fruits on the nose, with some sweet raspberry and earthy notes coming through. Good dark color in the glass. Opened up after an hour, with the slightly stewed fruit notes integrating to produce a quite pleasant package of raspberry, bing cherry and smoked meats. Decent finish, still quite fresh with savory notes. There’s a bit of heat but overall this is holding up ok. After about 6 hrs, it started to markedly decline so I’m taking that as a sign to drink up my remaining bottles.