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2004 Domaine Léon Barral Faugères
Carignan Blend
- France
- Languedoc Roussillon
- Languedoc
- Faugères
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Community Tasting Notes 22
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SexyEpicurean Likes this wine: 91 points
February 26, 2014 - Pitch perfect and singing. If I had tasted blind, I would have guessed Burgundy. Color was very light when poured, nose had a definite rusticity yet perfumed like French Pinot. Really. I have decanted and 45 minutes later the nose is intoxicating a lovely: bright cherry, violet, barnyard, soil. The first sip like a bolt of lightning with beautiful acidity, fruit, tannin perfectly sunk in and incredibly balanced. This is peak drinking, folks. I opened to have with a steak but decided to have first with some french cheeses (Chaumes, Port Salut) as so light and rustic. The tannins are totally dissolved in the mix, which is not a bad thing; will still try with steak, but save some for chocolate as well. This is really a thing of beauty. I am always opening a Faugeres and having an "experience". May be the last Grenache based wine I can really get behind--yes, that excludes CDP and Priorat.
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urga wrote:
September 29, 2011 - G & W reißen was auf! (bei G.): 13% alc., leicht transparentes Granatrot;
Am Anfang etwas verhalten nach roten Beeren, etwas Plastik, macht mit Zeit immer mehr auf, Kräuter kommen dazu;
Am Gaumen überrascht sofort eine sehr saftige Säure, sehr gut integriert und frisch, rote Ribisel, mit langer Struktur;
Langer, saftiger und harmonischer Abgang.
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JSHinson wrote: 90 points
July 10, 2011 - Tasted a while ago, remember overall impression of liking it. Not much else...sorry guys.
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pbjosh wrote:
June 27, 2011 - Three bottles all with the same issue - massively overly sulfured. Quick and dirty sulfur test stopped titrating at 400ppm. Presumably an unmixed tank or fouled bottle rinse or some other process issue. Gack.
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christyler wrote: 90 points
June 8, 2011 - Great stuff. Very natural, wild, and delicious. Sulfur free and holding up nicely. Probably in its prime - I'm not sure this has the stuffing to go a lot longer.
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By Lyle Fass
9/25/2008 (link)(Leon Barral Faugeres) Seemed muted. Still have half a bottle for tonight. Lots of earth and raspberry on the nose. Palate needed half an hour to come together but it eventually did and the final result was more like a rich wine lacking the proper amount of balancing fruit. Hoping for better things tonight. The 2002 - an off-vintage - ran laps around this wine.
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By Gary Vaynerchuk
Laid back Friday with a Faugeres, Episode #404, 2/8/2008 (link) 91 points(Leon Barral Faugeres) #1; COLOR-dark; NOSE-black licorice; sardine juice; cranberries & wild black raspberries; black pepper; beautiful layered nose; TASTE-this is loaded w/ gorgeous black firm tannins; a black parade in my mouth (blackberries; blackberry jam; black pepper); rose pedals for days on the attack--then again on the finish; this is a great bottle of wine (a Kermit Lynch wine); some sardine action; GV-91
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2004
- Type Red
- Producer Domaine Léon Barral
- Varietal Carignan Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Languedoc Roussillon
- SubRegion Languedoc
- Appellation Faugères
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 59 (40%)
- Consumed 90 (60%)
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- VarietyCarignan Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionLanguedoc Roussillon
- SubRegionLanguedoc
- AppellationFaugères
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