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Manage Subscriptions2015 Domaine Léon Barral Faugères
Carignan Blend
- France
- Languedoc Roussillon
- Languedoc
- Faugères
Community Tasting Notes 7
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bravo.solares Likes this wine: 92 points
February 18, 2024 - Decanted for 90 mins. This was drinking so well. A bit wild and feral, but immensely enjoyable. Descriptors overheard at the table were: savory; umami; tamari; black licorice; herbal notes; ferrous notes. Excellent acidity. Should drink well for at least a few more yrs (say, 4 or 5, maybe more).
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rosuoter Likes this wine:
September 18, 2021 - Very demanding wine. Earthy and meaty with a VA whiff followed by underripe black fruit and rusty iron on the nose. Dry tannins, elevated acidity, very long finish. Rustic and genuine, perfectly showing Faugeres terroir.
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beatles wrote: 90 points
November 5, 2020 - Lots of fruit here, sweet, approachable, smoother and less local than usually; the rich vintage speaks. Very charming now, but if you are looking the the sense of the South, you must wait for it.
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Tranquility Base wrote: 86 points
April 10, 2020 - Kind of tannin bomb, if there is such a thing. It envelops the mouth with dry, austere fruit. This could be a wine to put in the cellar and forget about for 10 years, after which it might mellow a bit. I found myself liking it intellectually, admiring it, but not really wanting to drink it. It could be I was coming off a streak of wines that were super-easy drinkers. Whits' comment offers a great description. And it would be better with heavier food - a cassoulet might be perfect. We had it with burgers.
Anyway, if I pick this one up again, I will try to forget I bought it for some years. Certainly, it could open up more with several hours of air. I'd even decant it next time.3 people found this helpful Comment -
whits Likes this wine: 90 points
February 26, 2020 - rustic, earthy wine, scents of dried cherry, herb and anise on the nose, wild and juicy, there are flavors of iron shavings, graphite, blackberry and coal on the palate, a savory red with a saline quality, had with bison chili, this is versatile with comfort foods, quite similar to Bandol in character
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2015
- Type Red
- Producer Domaine Léon Barral
- Varietal Carignan Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Languedoc Roussillon
- SubRegion Languedoc
- Appellation Faugères
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- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 75 (45%)
- Consumed 91 (55%)
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