Community Tasting Note

bevetroppo wrote:

Sunday, March 1, 2009 - Day later from memory. Got the whole backstory on this one. This wine is actually produced by a negociant operation originally formed by Chave and Kermit Lynch, though Lynch is no longer involved. Apparently they are able to source some high- class Crozes fruit from producers whose output isn't big enough to go it alone. This wine isn't a powerhouse or particularly deep, but it is very fruit-forward, with big waves of ripe, lush blackberry fruit and meaty, peppery and mineral overtones. In fact, as I mentioned a few weeks ago, I've been looking for a mental image to restore my lost ability to identify Northern Rhone wines blind, and as I was slurping this I suddenly had an image of the Who album "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy." So I'll try that for a while and see if I don't get fooled again.

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