Community Tasting Notes 30

• JohnMcIlwain Likes this wine:

  September 23, 2023 - A little stank but Lordy! what a wine. Garrigue, plum skin, a bit o’ roasted game, and all sorts of earth notes to the nose. Rich, ripe, and a bit of rôtie on the palate with plum, black fruit, black currant, blackberry, black cherry, and Blackula (seeing if you’ve made it this far) on the palate. Still showing some tannins, but that fruit! If you want an outlier Vacqueyras, it here. Terrific, though I can’t say the fruit will outlast the structure. Might just, but I’d drink up if you have fewer than a couple, if you dig. Killed it with duck breast. Re-buy? Heck, I’d sock away a couple. Think it will delight in the near term…

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• AngelaHeartsWine Likes this wine: 85 points

  March 21, 2022 - Tobacco, thin but elegant

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• David J Cooper wrote: 90 points

  May 4, 2018 - Dark red with clear edges, also a fair amount of sediment. Medium intense funky Rhone nose. Still some nice red fruit and pepper. Delicious earthy berry flavours and a nice balanced finish.
  
  This surprised me. Younger bottles showed very little. I obviously needed to give these more time. This was from my friend Bill's cellar. On this night much better then the 05 Lopy.

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• Neecies wrote:

  December 9, 2017 - The brett others complain of wasn't out of control here, but it's definitely a factor and brett-averse drinkers should beware. Otherwise, bright red fruits that leans pleasantly closer to grenache than syrah and a taut finish; time to drink up.

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• TSRFan wrote:

  January 7, 2016 - Barnyard

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine le Sang des Cailloux
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation Cuvée Azalais
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Vacqueyras
• UPC Code 761503643506

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• Pending Delivery 20 (6%)
• In Cellars 109 (34%)
• Consumed 188 (59%)

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