Community Tasting Notes 16

• lake.vino Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 2, 2023 - It is by many standards flawed. This has spent some quality time with brettanomyces. This means the nose has prominent notes of horse barn. But nestled in that aroma are beguiling cranberry and cherry. Herbal and floral. Anise. Palate has ample acid supporting freshness of fruit. Long mineral finish. Tannins there.

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• Antoniusyh wrote: 86 points

  November 5, 2022 - Distinct aromas, almost like oxidative. A bit strange. A lot of sediments, unfiltered, I believe. Good, but special taste. Not entirely convinced that this one was perfect. Excited to taste the next bottle.

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• Pinotfanbg Likes this wine: 90 points

  September 27, 2021 - Bright purple color with a garnet rim. Super funky, geranium scented Gamay wine unlike any other I have tasted. Not as funky in the mouth, but still geranium flavors and some hard, but mostly ripe tannins on the finish. Could be ok with the right food, but why bother. Very little pleasure here. Rated 79 at best on opening.
  
  So I left the stoppered bottle on the counter for two days. And the wine has transformed dramatically for the better. The funk is gone as is most of the geranium scent. Sweet but taut fruit has been revealed. Fully ripe tannins on the medium length finish. Very nice now. I now rate this a 90 after the long air time. Decant for at least several hours before drinking. I’ve never seen a wine improve so dramatically with extended air time.

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• zinfandel601 Likes this wine: 88 points

  September 15, 2021 - Funky, barnyard aromas on opening. Bright, juicy fruit flavors. Enjoyable.

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• Brain Capers Likes this wine:

  January 17, 2021 - If you like gamay, in a natural setting, then here you go. Enjoyed with a Deborah Madison dinner of lentils and spinach on toasted homemade sourdough bread. Nice.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Romaneaux-Destezet (Hervé Souhaut)
• Varietal Gamay
• Designation La Souteronne
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Ardèche
• UPC Codes 3410572268673, 727760516410

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• In Cellars 137 (52%)
• Consumed 124 (48%)

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