Community Tasting Notes 14

• gcarl wrote: 92 points

  June 15, 2023 - I bought a case in 10/13 and consumed 8 without ever reviewing them, so they must have not made an impression. They have been in my cellar for 10 years and I came upon them today and decided to try one. Poured thru a Vinturi, nice deep purple, dark fruits & faint baking spices on the nose. Absolutely velvet on the palate. Glad I appear to have 3 more! $12.75 delivered from wine access.com in 2013.

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• scg Likes this wine: 91 points

  August 22, 2020 - Still holding on to 4 more bottles that were lost in my cellar for years. Opened two bottles recently and found them in really great shape: no bricking, smooth and silky, well balanced and with spice and depth and tannins That help the wine linger for 30 seconds. Clearly Better than years ago (but it was an exc QPR even then) and shows that time in in a bottle can reall make a wine cone to life. There are still a few years left on this one! The alcohol burn seems to have dissipated and leaves the wine quote enjoyable. Had with seared marinated lamb chops.

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• gbanks wrote:

  December 5, 2018 - Et voila. My fellow humans who have been holding bottles of this modest wine for so long can rejoyce: it did finally resolve into a happy ending. With an hour or so open a full spectrum of southern flavor erupted, or maybe that's too strong of a word for this wine... let's say, came forward, respectfully gave their regards (oh hey mr. cassis, ms. elderberry, mx. juniper), and moved on. A quite respectable showing, really, and as an aside, plenty enjoyable and well balanced. I personally don't get much of the heat reported below; rather a slight and pleasant warmth along with the still ample tannin.

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• jrick wrote: 83 points

  April 6, 2018 - Cedar wood, dark chocolate, licorice, cherries, violet and blackberries. Unfortunately marred by the alcohol sticking out in a warm finish.

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• gbanks wrote:

  January 12, 2017 - Tannins pretty fully resolved at this point. Has not stopped being a little disjointed and probably never will, but good nevertheless.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type Red
• Producer Le Roc des Anges
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation Effet Papillon
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Languedoc Roussillon
• SubRegion Roussillon
• Appellation Côtes Catalanes

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• In Cellars 86 (20%)
• Consumed 354 (80%)

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