Strong nose with a peppery berry taste. Long tannins means this needs food but it was perfect with my steak and the fruit and spicy notes meant we drank it very quickly. Long and rich on the palate
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This was a big wine. Rich berried nose with a deep dark colour. Full bodied and thickly textured with dark fruit lido rice and mellow pepper flavours. Concentrated and strong with a long aftertaste. Very good match to my venison but need food and big flavours to match it.
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Weygandt at Arlequin (Arlequin SF): Dark ruby-purple. Fruity, ripe, and earthy nose. Earthy ripe palate - raisinated blackberry, and tart cherry - millerandage. Elevated alcohol 14.5% and feels it, medium plus body, slight sweetness/raisination on the midpalate, elevated acid, medium tannins (a bit scratchy and bitter). persistent finish with ripe fruit and earth.
Has the character of a slightly overripe Grenache-dominent GSM blend. Pretty good for the style, but a bit hot and bitter for my taste.
$23
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Trop. Trop d'amertume, trop d'alcool, tannins trop durs... ce vin m'a agressé. Même au jour 2, même si ça s'est calmé un peu, c'est pas agréable. Peut être se serra t il assagi l'année prochaine.
À l'ouverture, c'est une brute. Une brute en couleur, en tannin, en amertume même. Et que dire de l'alcool (15%)...Ouf! Après plusieurs heures, ça s'est calmé, le fruit est apparu, le poivre et l'herbacé se sont harmonisés, les tannins se sont fondus. C'est très bon, très concentré, puissant mais avec une trame d'une belle finesse. Ouverte beaucoup trop tôt, je lui donnerais au moins une autre année avant de l'apprécier vraiment, au pire le carafer si vraiment il faut la réveiller hâtivement...
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Medium- full bodied, nice balance of acidity, dark fruit on nose along with a touch of floral notes. Wonderful dark fruit and earthiness on palate with medium length finish. Would recommend about a 30 minute decant. Definitely going to go and get a few more bottles, terrific quality to price ratio as typical of Rhone Villages wines.
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3/18/2018 - Rahsaan_Kirk wrote:
petite baie, moyen corsé, goûteux, bon...
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10/1/2017 - srb_lowe Likes this wine: 90 Points
Strong nose with a peppery berry taste. Long tannins means this needs food but it was perfect with my steak and the fruit and spicy notes meant we drank it very quickly. Long and rich on the palate
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8/12/2017 - srb_lowe wrote: 88 Points
This was a big wine. Rich berried nose with a deep dark colour. Full bodied and thickly textured with dark fruit lido rice and mellow pepper flavours. Concentrated and strong with a long aftertaste. Very good match to my venison but need food and big flavours to match it.
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3/2/2017 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 82 Points
Weygandt at Arlequin (Arlequin SF): Dark ruby-purple.
Fruity, ripe, and earthy nose.
Earthy ripe palate - raisinated blackberry, and tart cherry - millerandage.
Elevated alcohol 14.5% and feels it, medium plus body, slight sweetness/raisination on the midpalate, elevated acid, medium tannins (a bit scratchy and bitter). persistent finish with ripe fruit and earth.
Has the character of a slightly overripe Grenache-dominent GSM blend.
Pretty good for the style, but a bit hot and bitter for my taste.
$23
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2/13/2017 - azagoth Does not like this wine: 83 Points
Trop. Trop d'amertume, trop d'alcool, tannins trop durs... ce vin m'a agressé. Même au jour 2, même si ça s'est calmé un peu, c'est pas agréable. Peut être se serra t il assagi l'année prochaine.
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1/26/2017 - Sachaa Likes this wine: 89 Points
À l'ouverture, c'est une brute. Une brute en couleur, en tannin, en amertume même. Et que dire de l'alcool (15%)...Ouf! Après plusieurs heures, ça s'est calmé, le fruit est apparu, le poivre et l'herbacé se sont harmonisés, les tannins se sont fondus. C'est très bon, très concentré, puissant mais avec une trame d'une belle finesse. Ouverte beaucoup trop tôt, je lui donnerais au moins une autre année avant de l'apprécier vraiment, au pire le carafer si vraiment il faut la réveiller hâtivement...
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1/7/2017 - swirl Likes this wine: 89 Points
Medium- full bodied, nice balance of acidity, dark fruit on nose along with a touch of floral notes. Wonderful dark fruit and earthiness on palate with medium length finish. Would recommend about a 30 minute decant. Definitely going to go and get a few more bottles, terrific quality to price ratio as typical of Rhone Villages wines.
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4/15/2016 - henrygjeffreys wrote:
Big wild Herby nose, touch of funk
Sweet fruit, bit jammy, herbs
A bitter edge too
Full of flavour, quite rustic
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