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• Montesquieu Likes this wine: 94 points

  May 1, 2024 - Drinking in preparation for my tenth bicycle assault on Mont Ventoux next week. Will this be the year I crack 1h20m? Age, weight and wine aren't working in my favor. But back to this fine bottle, which delivers exceptional value. Big, rich, and very complex. Dunnuck nails his descriptors, which I'll simply echo: "black cherry liqueur, black raspberries, Provençal garrigue, ground pepper, and truffly earth." My prior bottle three years ago was perhaps pre-optimal, but we're now in the early phase of a long drinking window that should last another 10+ years.

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• Amerique wrote: 92 points

  July 4, 2022 - wine not as rich and forward as past bottles, may have been corked

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• Shane B Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 22, 2022 - Consistent notes with other reviewers to date. PnP at cellar temp. Nose grew steadily over the 90 minutes we consumed. Floral dark cherry licorice cinnamon white pepper kirsch with complexity and minerality, almost ethereal. Lighter in body but huge in elegance and depth. The long licorice pepper mineral finish almost numbed my mouth like pop rocks after aerating through lips on a few sips. Grazing on appetizers it was very dynamic from spicy to savory. Long and big aging potential is my guess.

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• gsomers wrote: 94 points

  December 28, 2021 - This was an awesome unexpected surprise. From PnP through dinner, the flavor was rich, intense, and satisfying. QPR was excellent. We hit the jackpot picking up six of these. 80% syrah, 20% grenache, and it was an outstanding example of good rhone blend, with a succulent flavor full of freshness. Rhone fans should not miss it, despite the lack of CdP badging. In a wonderful drinking window right now.

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• Amerique wrote: 94 points

  July 12, 2021 - rich, delicious black raspberry fruit with earth and herb flavors, excellent structure, long finish, fantastic wine!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Saint Jean du Barroux
• Varietal Grenache Blend
• Designation La Pierre Noire
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Ventoux
• UPC Code 5700000701017

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• In Cellars 144 (68%)
• Consumed 68 (32%)

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