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Manage Subscriptions2013 Tablas Creek Côtes de Tablas
Red Rhone Blend
- USA
- California
- Central Coast
- Paso Robles
Community Tasting Notes 39
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seg424 Likes this wine: 91 points
December 10, 2023 - Drinking peak right now. Lots of berries, light minerality. Tannins have resolved nicely.
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klnelson Likes this wine: 91 points
January 15, 2023 - Excellent with a pan seared, oven roasted pork loin with mustard, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce. wine had notes of pomegranate and cranberry. delicious with the pork.
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BigBoy_Sonoma Likes this wine: 92 points
January 14, 2023 - This wine has developed into something special. Black fruit, pepper, blueberries, cedar, hints of vanilla, balanced tannins. A-
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tward Likes this wine: 94 points
May 22, 2021 - Thanks to TAUTLINEHITCH's note, I decanted for a couple of hours before consuming over a few hours.
I've said it before, I wish I'd have bought and laid down more Cotes rouge over the years. Most of Tablas's wines outside of the lighter whites (e.g. Vermentino, Picpoul) benefit from some bottle time and I've found the Cote reds often benefit from 3+ years in bottle. Kicking myself this was my only one.
I'm a stingy scorer by pro taster-conditioned standards (hey, 86-89 is the "Very Good" range, so an '89' is very nice!), but I had to bump above "Excellent" into "Outstanding" territory.
Everything you could want in an aged southern Rhone, Grenache-led wine. Dark, warm fruit joined by spice (cinnamon and clove) and baked earth, cassis with remainders of crunchy red fruit, mineral framing, plum, kirsch, hints of mint and black olive, cured meats. What a complete wine. No probably containing its 14.5% abv. No heat, just the perfect texture and warmth element.
I've probably underscored it for how it drank.
(Since my cellar conditions run mid-upper 50s winter to mid-60s summer, someone with a perfect 55 cellar can probably wait a couple more years to get roughly the same aged equivalent.)1 person found this helpful Comment -
tb_baltimore Likes this wine: 90 points
March 14, 2021 - Drinking very well (purchased 2015)
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2013
- Type Red
- Producer Tablas Creek
- Varietal Red Rhone Blend
- Designation Côtes de Tablas
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Central Coast
- Appellation Paso Robles
- UPC Code 089419249002
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- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 229 (31%)
- Consumed 509 (69%)
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- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionCentral Coast
- AppellationPaso Robles
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