plenty alive upon opening, nice fruit and herbal notes, acid bright. decanted for an hour - probably too long - wine was still very enjoyable but lost some zeal.
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Browning on the rim indicating a fully mature wine that was astringent and bitter from start to finish. Yes there was some sweet kirsch cherry fruit but it never progressed beyond that and all I was left with was a bitter taint in my mouth. I was hoping this might improve but it remains a wretched disappointment, and up there with some of my worst buys! Still four more to go. CHP 81 pts
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Echoing the comments of others, this is a fully mature, rather one-dimensional red. I’d be delighted if this was a Cote-du-Rhône Villages at $20, but it was a $52 Gigondas that really doesn’t deliver for the price. Intense raspberry ganache up front and that’s it. No residual tannins, low acidity and somewhat warming on this finish. No emerging terroir notes that suggest anything other than a Southern Rhône red blend that is mostly Grencache (and it is that). Have not and would not buy this wine again.
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As previous notes - now six bottles tried. This wine is a failure. Far too much woody, creosote, tar extract mars any pleasure from the fruit. Bitter and hard, not purely from tannins. Alcohol level too high and obviously hot. Pretty difficult to drink much of. This wont improve: there is nothing here to ameliorate. Will make a nice punchy gravy though.
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Initially vibrant and lively, peppery and warming, but still tannic. Regrettably a brackish bitter note develops from the mid-palate onwards rendering the wine unpleasant. This was allegedly from a superb vintage and the wine by now should be at its peak. To say I am disappointed is an understatement and had expected a great deal better from this producer. CHP 80pts
First bottle in several years (2015). A brief tasting note. Aromatically correct with garrigue and loamy soil. On the palate a bit jammy with tart black fruits, anise, smoke, and annoying levels of heat that detracted from the tasting experience. Given the persistent heat, there is no value to holding this any longer. One bottle remains for me in the ‘drink soon’ category.
No formal notes. 2hr decant. Much smoother than last bottle. Good acidity with a little residual tannin. In a good place now, but will probably age further.
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Tried four bottles over the last few months, some with hours of air. Ripe and sweetish, but also very tannic with a heft of walnut-shell, oak and creosotey tar to the extent of being slightly too tough and unpleasant. Not complex. Aggressive. High alcohol. All a bit overmuch for me, though it's savoury, not jammy in its overdoneness. Difficult to enjoy. If it mellows that nasty bitter quality score may go up, but this is over 10 years already and I'm not hopeful. 83(86+?)
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Half bottle. Deep ruby most of the way. Garrigue and lavender. Medium weight, ripe and sappy. Black and red fruit, anise, and spice. Tannic finish, a bit of citric acidity. Really excellent and could go on for a good, long while.
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14.5% alcohol on the label, possibly an understatement. G 80%, Syrah-Cinsault 15%, Clairette 5%, which is a pretty interesting mix. The cork is very dense but average in length; no wine penetration. Deep colour with no sign of ageing. Very good nose of ripe dark berries and a touch of liquorice upon swirling (some unwelcome alcohol at that stage too). The mouth has a massive aspect redeemed by bright fruit and substantial acidity in the finish, although the alcohol shows its face a bit too much again. I enjoyed this wine a good deal more than the last time, but it remains a bit of a rough diamond. Plenty of potential here, but not quite together at this stage.
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14.5% alcohol. G 80%, Syrah-Cinsault 15%, Clairette 5%, a rather unusual set of auxiliary grapes. Very good long cork, extremely dense with no wine penetration whatsoever. Dark colour with limited thinning at the edge of the rim. The nose is potent, with a mixture of red and dark berries. The alcohol still protrudes a bit too much on the palate for my taste (although nowhere near as much as the last time, which was a full three years ago), but there are some redeeming features like good grip and reasonable acidity in the finish. May still evolve into something more civilised in another few years. Still not my favourite Gigondas by any means, and probably not a repeat purchase.
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A pretty light wine for a Gigondas, although not really light on an absolute scale. Plenty of Grenache at the fore, followed by a fairly soft middle. Was ranked 5th of 8 in the Southern France wine tasting.
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Half bottle. Last tasted 5 years ago and infinitely better now. Then it was overly alcoholic, but it showed no heat tonight. Rather, an explosive nose of ripe raspberry and lavender. Medium weight, succulent fruit, fine acidity, and a swirl of herbal complexity with potpourri on the finish. I was stunned by how good and completely fresh this was.
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Beautiful wine. So masculine, generous, and delicious. Gravelly black fruit, crème de cassis, and cedar bouquet over notes of black olives, bright spices, and herbs de Provence. The palate displays lovely bottle age, complexity, and structure, and closes with crushed rock intensity on the long, broad, and authoritative finish. So expressive of place and as delicious as it is now it can easily age and develop for another decade.
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This has a deep colour and rich, slightly sweet, spicy fruit, which is well rounded and quite long. A very good Gigondas which is attractive now, but should keep.
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Tuesday Night Double Blind $40+: Deep semi-translucent maroon; high toned nose, dark berries, pepper, raspberry, nice texture and tanginess, fresh and drinkable, some brick dust, violets, red fruit, plums; tasty.
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Deep and rich, full-throtled. Spicy with notes of lavender and dark plums, smooth and well balanced, though the elevated alcohol is slightly unpleasant from my standpoint.
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No formal notes taken. Heavy double decant - needed lots of air. Still very young. Tannins calmed down with 3hr decant. Full and rich, very polished for a Gigondas. Needs time, and will improve - glad I have another 5 bottles.
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Young and generous, exuberant even, but unfortunately unbalanced : the alcohol is too much in evidence at this stage. It may calm down over time, but at the moment it is neither refined nor really enjoyable. Nothing like Vieux Télégraphe in spite of the common ownership.
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Tra il rubino ed il granato, compatto. Ricco al naso, ancora leggermente segnato dal legno, con le note fruttate e di garrigue che prevalgono sulla vena salmastra, in sottofondo. Richiamo di cacao e canfora. Bocca sontuosa, calda, avvolgente. Sensazione di dolcezza nel finale
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Vinturied into a decanter and let sit for 90 minutes; poured using the vinturi. Light-medium garnet-ruby in colour; nose of very dark red fruits and some cassis with some black cherries and anise; can kinda smell the heat. The palate's getting loads of black fruits, black licorice, and some dark herbs; tannic up front and hot at the end; medium bodied with a short-medium finish. Lay this one down for a few more years before trying again.
Gave this almost an hour of air before serving. Deep violet color with a lighter rim. Expressive nose showing raspberry & blackberry aromatics with some floral elements. Full bodied & rich. Great intensity. The berry flavors coat the palate with some savory elements taking a secondary role. Firm, grippy tannins accent the finish.
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PopnPour, tasted over 2 hrs, from 375 mL -brilliant dark red -nicely aromatic, stony minerality, kirsch -med acidity gives a nice structure and vitality, highly concentrated sappy mid-palate with only med weight, licorice, iodine, somewhat medicinal cherry cough syrup, very good complexity, some bitterness and med tannins on finish -a nice example of a 2010 S. Rhone, still young even from 375
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Barrel Select Portfolio Tasting (Toronto, ON): This was one of my favorite reds in this line-up. Pours very light in colour; a good start. Nose is of spiced cherries, cherries in syrup, dusty soil, anise, blueberry, black currant, herbs and a slightly raisinated note. Palate has dusty tannin and moderate acid. Fruit is just slightly candied, repeating a slightly raisinated finish. Should integrate with age. A good Gigondas.
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I stopped buying Pallieres many vintages ago because I found the wine to be too jammy and alcoholic, precisely everything that Kermit denounces in his writings, yet existed in his Pallieres. But here was the 2010 on a wine list at a good price, and I thought the others at the table might enjoy it. To my pleasant surprise, this was not jammy nor alcoholic, and showed good freshness (duh, it's young) and decent structure. I wouldn't buy this for my cellar, but it was quaffable and good. At Tangled Vine, NYC with Jason R. and then Jamie K.
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Deep ruby. Some alcohol on the nose. Full but not overbearing. This is not showing a lot of fruit right now, rather, much more tobacco and crushed herb. Again, a bit of heat on the finish. I dunno about this.
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Tasted blind in a lineup of 8 non CdP-Southern Rhônes (received my first place vote). Nose screams Grenache. Cool blue and red fruits with a lovely mulling spice note. Shoots palate-coating laser-pure flavors for brambly red cherry and an almost apple-like note. Definitely tannic, this could lay down, but it's great now.
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WB Tasting (WB office): Organic, northwest orientation. 80 years old vines. Quite austere and tight. Tannic. A touch of leather with typical Grenache fruit. Needs time.
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Medium ruby. Mostly anise is what one smells. Lighter with more red fruit and much more open than the Chante Cigale which preceded it. Finishes with strong acidity and a touch of heat. Not perfectly balanced but still good.
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Southern Rhone (Value wines from 2010, but not CdP) (Jeff K's): This is always one that improves with 3 to 5 years in the cellar and I suspect this will as well. Ruby in color. The nose has raspberries, and slight black raspberries. On the palate, there is plenty of raspberry fruit. Also an ash quality. A smooth finish turns a bit cough syrupy.
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80% grenache, 8% syrah, 7% cinsault, 5% clairette. Preferred this to the Terrasse du Diable when tasted side-by-side. Sweet ripe fruit. Spice, menthol. Very dry.
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2010 Southern Rhones (K&L Wines, San Francisco): Same color as the Terrasse du Diable. More faded red fruit on the nose. Slightly larger scaled than that wine with firmer acidity today. Black licorice right at the center of it. Supple and quite drinkable. In this line up, I preferred it to its stablemate.
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Great southen rhone. Delicious fruit and herb nose, medium-to-full body with dark fruits. There's plenty of earth, tannin, and acid here; this is no fruit bomb. Shows the best of the vintage. Has the stuffing to last for a while, but delicious now.
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3/21/2024 - dlowrey99 Likes this wine: 92 Points
plenty alive upon opening, nice fruit and herbal notes, acid bright. decanted for an hour - probably too long - wine was still very enjoyable but lost some zeal.
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9/19/2023 - platpeeps Does not like this wine: 81 Points
Browning on the rim indicating a fully mature wine that was astringent and bitter from start to finish. Yes there was some sweet kirsch cherry fruit but it never progressed beyond that and all I was left with was a bitter taint in my mouth. I was hoping this might improve but it remains a wretched disappointment, and up there with some of my worst buys! Still four more to go. CHP 81 pts
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6/26/2023 - VinCA wrote:
This was a good second wine after the 2014 Ridge Syrah. More restrained, but fruit still showed well.
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1/23/2023 - dkfinancial wrote: 87 Points
Echoing the comments of others, this is a fully mature, rather one-dimensional red. I’d be delighted if this was a Cote-du-Rhône Villages at $20, but it was a $52 Gigondas that really doesn’t deliver for the price. Intense raspberry ganache up front and that’s it. No residual tannins, low acidity and somewhat warming on this finish. No emerging terroir notes that suggest anything other than a Southern Rhône red blend that is mostly Grencache (and it is that). Have not and would not buy this wine again.
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10/31/2022 - Rob-Rah Does not like this wine: 74 Points
As previous notes - now six bottles tried. This wine is a failure. Far too much woody, creosote, tar extract mars any pleasure from the fruit. Bitter and hard, not purely from tannins. Alcohol level too high and obviously hot. Pretty difficult to drink much of. This wont improve: there is nothing here to ameliorate. Will make a nice punchy gravy though.
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10/30/2022 - platpeeps Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Initially vibrant and lively, peppery and warming, but still tannic. Regrettably a brackish bitter note develops from the mid-palate onwards rendering the wine unpleasant. This was allegedly from a superb vintage and the wine by now should be at its peak. To say I am disappointed is an understatement and had expected a great deal better from this producer. CHP 80pts
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9/14/2022 - COWineLover wrote: 87 Points
As noted in my July note about “Drink Soon” I followed that advice. This remains a hot mess. Last bottle and I can’t say I am disappointed.
Similar attributes to that tasting note.
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8/20/2022 - hargy Likes this wine: 91 Points
this was such a surprise, quite delicious with a lovely peppery edge to it - certainly mature and does need drinking
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7/30/2022 - COWineLover wrote: 87 Points
First bottle in several years (2015). A brief tasting note. Aromatically correct with garrigue and loamy soil. On the palate a bit jammy with tart black fruits, anise, smoke, and annoying levels of heat that detracted from the tasting experience. Given the persistent heat, there is no value to holding this any longer. One bottle remains for me in the ‘drink soon’ category.
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4/13/2022 - cbuhlman wrote:
cellar clean out
hot and extracted beyond belief
throw away all bottles
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12/31/2021 - trepak Likes this wine:
No formal notes. 2hr decant. Much smoother than last bottle. Good acidity with a little residual tannin. In a good place now, but will probably age further.
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2/10/2021 - Rob-Rah Does not like this wine: 83 Points
Tried four bottles over the last few months, some with hours of air. Ripe and sweetish, but also very tannic with a heft of walnut-shell, oak and creosotey tar to the extent of being slightly too tough and unpleasant. Not complex. Aggressive. High alcohol. All a bit overmuch for me, though it's savoury, not jammy in its overdoneness. Difficult to enjoy. If it mellows that nasty bitter quality score may go up, but this is over 10 years already and I'm not hopeful. 83(86+?)
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1/24/2021 - rjsmall Likes this wine:
Dark red, clear colour. Liquorice, cherry on nose. Slight savory flavour along with cherry. Very enjoyable and drinking well.
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1/14/2021 - JonBarnes1 Likes this wine:
Heady and rich. More fruit-driven than other vintages. Looooong tannic finish.
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10/10/2020 - drwine2001 wrote:
Half bottle. Deep ruby most of the way. Garrigue and lavender. Medium weight, ripe and sappy. Black and red fruit, anise, and spice. Tannic finish, a bit of citric acidity. Really excellent and could go on for a good, long while.
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6/13/2020 - Eudemis Likes this wine:
14.5% alcohol on the label, possibly an understatement. G 80%, Syrah-Cinsault 15%, Clairette 5%, which is a pretty interesting mix. The cork is very dense but average in length; no wine penetration. Deep colour with no sign of ageing.
Very good nose of ripe dark berries and a touch of liquorice upon swirling (some unwelcome alcohol at that stage too). The mouth has a massive aspect redeemed by bright fruit and substantial acidity in the finish, although the alcohol shows its face a bit too much again.
I enjoyed this wine a good deal more than the last time, but it remains a bit of a rough diamond. Plenty of potential here, but not quite together at this stage.
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6/3/2020 - TaraR wrote:
On the jammy side, might have turned or been stored improperly (it's moved a few times)
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4/28/2020 - maxmanx wrote:
Next time, decant! Still plenty of life but very closed.
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12/14/2019 - Eudemis Likes this wine:
14.5% alcohol. G 80%, Syrah-Cinsault 15%, Clairette 5%, a rather unusual set of auxiliary grapes. Very good long cork, extremely dense with no wine penetration whatsoever. Dark colour with limited thinning at the edge of the rim.
The nose is potent, with a mixture of red and dark berries.
The alcohol still protrudes a bit too much on the palate for my taste (although nowhere near as much as the last time, which was a full three years ago), but there are some redeeming features like good grip and reasonable acidity in the finish.
May still evolve into something more civilised in another few years.
Still not my favourite Gigondas by any means, and probably not a repeat purchase.
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10/17/2019 - bjlcrucrazy Likes this wine: 88 Points
Still quite big and I can taste the alcohol. Having said that it's big and beautiful if you like that, just not my palate anymore
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10/4/2019 - drwine2001 wrote:
Half bottle. Good combination of herb and red fruit on the nose. Medium weight, sweet, ripe fruit and excellent acidity. Ready now.
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9/12/2019 - up4wine wrote: 89 Points
A pretty light wine for a Gigondas, although not really light on an absolute scale. Plenty of Grenache at the fore, followed by a fairly soft middle. Was ranked 5th of 8 in the Southern France wine tasting.
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5/26/2019 - Svijendran Likes this wine: 90 Points
Tasty, soft tannins, rounded and easy to drink even without food. Partnered ok with mild Indian curry.
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4/22/2019 - drwine2001 wrote:
Half bottle. Last tasted 5 years ago and infinitely better now. Then it was overly alcoholic, but it showed no heat tonight. Rather, an explosive nose of ripe raspberry and lavender. Medium weight, succulent fruit, fine acidity, and a swirl of herbal complexity with potpourri on the finish. I was stunned by how good and completely fresh this was.
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11/2/2018 - Baron Slick wrote: 92 Points
Beautiful wine. So masculine, generous, and delicious. Gravelly black fruit, crème de cassis, and cedar bouquet over notes of black olives, bright spices, and herbs de Provence. The palate displays lovely bottle age, complexity, and structure, and closes with crushed rock intensity on the long, broad, and authoritative finish. So expressive of place and as delicious as it is now it can easily age and develop for another decade.
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5/27/2018 - La Grappe wrote: 89 Points
This has a deep colour and rich, slightly sweet, spicy fruit, which is well rounded and quite long. A very good Gigondas which is attractive now, but should keep.
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1/9/2018 - Rezy13 wrote:
Tuesday Night Double Blind $40+: Deep semi-translucent maroon; high toned nose, dark berries, pepper, raspberry, nice texture and tanginess, fresh and drinkable, some brick dust, violets, red fruit, plums; tasty.
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11/28/2017 - Deux Chevaux wrote:
Dark Garnet. Deep dark fruit, with and a touch of slightly astringent violet. Rather monolithic and a bit hot over three nights.
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3/24/2017 - thwacker Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deep and rich, full-throtled. Spicy with notes of lavender and dark plums, smooth and well balanced, though the elevated alcohol is slightly unpleasant from my standpoint.
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1/1/2017 - trepak wrote: 90 Points
No formal notes taken. Heavy double decant - needed lots of air. Still very young. Tannins calmed down with 3hr decant. Full and rich, very polished for a Gigondas. Needs time, and will improve - glad I have another 5 bottles.
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11/20/2016 - Eudemis wrote:
Young and generous, exuberant even, but unfortunately unbalanced : the alcohol is too much in evidence at this stage. It may calm down over time, but at the moment it is neither refined nor really enjoyable. Nothing like Vieux Télégraphe in spite of the common ownership.
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6/6/2016 - Ludi wrote: 87 Points
Tra il rubino ed il granato, compatto. Ricco al naso, ancora leggermente segnato dal legno, con le note fruttate e di garrigue che prevalgono sulla vena salmastra, in sottofondo. Richiamo di cacao e canfora. Bocca sontuosa, calda, avvolgente. Sensazione di dolcezza nel finale
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5/9/2015 - AMC Eagle wrote: 90 Points
Vinturied into a decanter and let sit for 90 minutes; poured using the vinturi. Light-medium garnet-ruby in colour; nose of very dark red fruits and some cassis with some black cherries and anise; can kinda smell the heat. The palate's getting loads of black fruits, black licorice, and some dark herbs; tannic up front and hot at the end; medium bodied with a short-medium finish. Lay this one down for a few more years before trying again.
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2/12/2015 - Anthony Lombardi Likes this wine: 89 Points
Gave this almost an hour of air before serving. Deep violet color with a lighter rim. Expressive nose showing raspberry & blackberry aromatics with some floral elements. Full bodied & rich. Great intensity. The berry flavors coat the palate with some savory elements taking a secondary role. Firm, grippy tannins accent the finish.
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12/29/2014 - Cote d'Or wrote:
PopnPour, tasted over 2 hrs, from 375 mL
-brilliant dark red
-nicely aromatic, stony minerality, kirsch
-med acidity gives a nice structure and vitality, highly concentrated sappy mid-palate with only med weight, licorice, iodine, somewhat medicinal cherry cough syrup, very good complexity, some bitterness and med tannins on finish
-a nice example of a 2010 S. Rhone, still young even from 375
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11/17/2014 - Wine Canuck wrote: 90 Points
Barrel Select Portfolio Tasting (Toronto, ON): This was one of my favorite reds in this line-up. Pours very light in colour; a good start. Nose is of spiced cherries, cherries in syrup, dusty soil, anise, blueberry, black currant, herbs and a slightly raisinated note. Palate has dusty tannin and moderate acid. Fruit is just slightly candied, repeating a slightly raisinated finish. Should integrate with age. A good Gigondas.
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5/2/2014 - yofog wrote: 89 Points
A bit wine, not without freshness, but there's a heat that I can't get around.
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2/19/2014 - Pknut wrote:
I stopped buying Pallieres many vintages ago because I found the wine to be too jammy and alcoholic, precisely everything that Kermit denounces in his writings, yet existed in his Pallieres. But here was the 2010 on a wine list at a good price, and I thought the others at the table might enjoy it. To my pleasant surprise, this was not jammy nor alcoholic, and showed good freshness (duh, it's young) and decent structure. I wouldn't buy this for my cellar, but it was quaffable and good. At Tangled Vine, NYC with Jason R. and then Jamie K.
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1/19/2014 - Amerique wrote: 93 Points
Delicious full-bodied dark strawberry.raspberry fruit, excellent structure, floral and spice flavors, long finish, drank at Buvette restaurant in NYC
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1/12/2014 - Tchelistcheff Likes this wine: 92 Points
Delightful wine now but will improve with several more years in bottle. Enjoyed with pork tenderloin and mashed potatoes, a perfect combination.
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1/3/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Deep ruby. Some alcohol on the nose. Full but not overbearing. This is not showing a lot of fruit right now, rather, much more tobacco and crushed herb. Again, a bit of heat on the finish. I dunno about this.
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11/21/2013 - BRR Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tasted blind in a lineup of 8 non CdP-Southern Rhônes (received my first place vote). Nose screams Grenache. Cool blue and red fruits with a lovely mulling spice note. Shoots palate-coating laser-pure flavors for brambly red cherry and an almost apple-like note. Definitely tannic, this could lay down, but it's great now.
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11/16/2013 - french16 wrote:
WB Tasting (WB office): Organic, northwest orientation. 80 years old vines.
Quite austere and tight. Tannic. A touch of leather with typical Grenache fruit.
Needs time.
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6/2/2013 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium ruby. Mostly anise is what one smells. Lighter with more red fruit and much more open than the Chante Cigale which preceded it. Finishes with strong acidity and a touch of heat. Not perfectly balanced but still good.
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4/24/2013 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 88 Points
Southern Rhone (Value wines from 2010, but not CdP) (Jeff K's): This is always one that improves with 3 to 5 years in the cellar and I suspect this will as well. Ruby in color. The nose has raspberries, and slight black raspberries. On the palate, there is plenty of raspberry fruit. Also an ash quality. A smooth finish turns a bit cough syrupy.
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2/11/2013 - Nuromri Likes this wine: 92 Points
Gorgeous transparent ruby. Sweet , multidimensional nose. Black cherries full delicious. Elways Vail
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2/4/2013 - anonymoose12345 Likes this wine: 91 Points
80% grenache, 8% syrah, 7% cinsault, 5% clairette. Preferred this to the Terrasse du Diable when tasted side-by-side. Sweet ripe fruit. Spice, menthol. Very dry.
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2/2/2013 - drwine2001 wrote:
2010 Southern Rhones (K&L Wines, San Francisco): Same color as the Terrasse du Diable. More faded red fruit on the nose. Slightly larger scaled than that wine with firmer acidity today. Black licorice right at the center of it. Supple and quite drinkable. In this line up, I preferred it to its stablemate.
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12/6/2012 - Michael Davidson wrote:
Great southen rhone. Delicious fruit and herb nose, medium-to-full body with dark fruits. There's plenty of earth, tannin, and acid here; this is no fruit bomb. Shows the best of the vintage. Has the stuffing to last for a while, but delicious now.
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11/17/2012 - drwine2001 wrote:
Vignobles Brunier Releases-Pigeoulet, Pallieres, and Vieux Telegraphe (SF Wine Trading Company): Medium red. Darker profile nose, lots of tobacco. Very mixed up palate-at the same time pruny yet thin, tobacco leaf more than fruit, and high acidity gives a tingly finish. Off bottle? In any case, quite a mess at the moment.
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