Community Tasting Notes 8

• redtooth113 Likes this wine: 92 points

  June 10, 2023 - Deep ruby. Off the bat this was impressive. Complex, inviting, perfumed nose—floral (hyacinth, lavender), fruity (dark berry), and a hint of flinty mineral and tannic depth. On the palate, bright and lively acidity, elegant, berry driven fruit with a firm but noble tannic grip. This is my kind of wine, but I do think it needs more time, the kind of wine that needs at least 10 years. Not easy to find.

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• R Z Likes this wine: 91 points

  December 31, 2022 - Intriguing Loire red from 120+ year old malbec (cot) vines in Touraine. Not remotely like a South American malbec in style, tannin or weight. Freshly ground black pepper on the nose, dark color but much lighter and engaging on the palate with indiscernible berry fruit, more black pepper, low tannins, balanced, no noticeable oak, sapid, 13.5% alc., it was a good match with roast chicken with mushrooms, garlic and rosemary. Definitely has the potential to develop and morph with more bottle age.

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• Ericsson wrote:

  January 23, 2022 - Je ne sais toujours pas quoi penser de ce vin.
  Ouvert puis carafé mais finalement on n'était pas plus avancé...
  Tannique, astringent, heureusement qu'on a mangé...
  A priori, je n'en rachèterai pas.

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• Ericsson wrote:

  August 25, 2021 - Ouvert, goûté puis passé en carafe.
  Robe violette. Nez réfractaire durant 1 heure, ensuite quelques notes de mûres, de framboises.
  Au palais, puissant mais plutôt fin, chargé en extraits qui tapissent la langue, un peu monolithique.
  Trop jeune, attendre 2-4 ans, selon moi.

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• Gunakadeit Likes this wine: 92 points

  June 12, 2021 - Recent notes on point. Really concentrated and powerful right now.
  
  **I had a second bottle of this on August 14, 2021, with an extended decant. Much more pleasurable, but still unresolved. I would give it 5 years.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type Red
• Producer La Grange Tiphaine
• Varietal Côt
• Designation Vieilles Vignes
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Loire Valley
• SubRegion Touraine
• Appellation Touraine-Amboise

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