Somewhat streamlined since release but still obviously the same stuff, which is to say that it's oddly reminiscent more of a Southern Rhone than a Northern Rhone in flavor and thickness despite coming from near Cornas. Maybe there is a little aging-syrah olive to give it away. A hearty country wine except that the tannins are still very muscular and this will probably need another 5 or 10 years to get into a friendly zone.
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Torn between singing to the mountaintops about the QPR here and keeping it to myself. Ready to go, gains weight during the evening, and makes the Vin de France designation seem like a badge of honor.
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My last Peyrouses. These were so good, and so cheap! Sadly, for me not for him, the word is out on Guillaume Gilles and the prices have adjusted accordingly. Still worth getting if you can find it.
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Agree with others, best sub-$25 (at the time, well above $25 now) Rhône wine in recent memory. Big, but nuanced and restrained rather than overripe and spoofy. As other tasters have noted, floral and baking spice notes are very prominent. Drinking fine but with plenty of time to continue to improve.
A big wine, lots of concentration and sappiness, which at the $45 price point may make up for the lack of much Cornas-y game or spice. It's nice to see it remain old-school despite its robustness, its sheer volume, and it is definitely delicious in that end.
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This is the best of what Rhone VdP offers. Beautiful nose of crushed rock, roses, pork fat and black plum. Palate: raspberry, burnt orange, lavender. Cutting minerality and a lot of white pepper. Very structured wine, this could use a several hour decant. The tannins are dense and chewy, but don't overpower the flavors. Still, I think this is best sequestered to the cellar for another 1-2 years when the palate will smooth out and the score could creep up a point or two. Stunning value.
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Finally gave this wine sufficient airtime, and it sang beautifully. Effusive nose, less on the bacony/savory side and much more in the floral register with spicy and mineral tones swirling about. Plush fruit balanced nicely by lip-smacking acids on this finish. Best sub-$25 Rhone I've had in recent memory.
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Forgot to record this one back in May, but I recall enjoying its floral flamboyance on the nose and rich-yet-fresh fruit. Nothing screamed "baby Cornas" to me here, but it was a pleasure nonetheless. Need to go back to the well on this one.
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Old vine syrah from the wrong side of the tracks in the Cornas neighborhood, so it's appellation Cotes du Rhone, but the hope is that it's kind of Cornas-y even if it comes from the flats. At first it's super-structured and backwards but also very hearty and dense with that rich old-vine concentration. The flavors at that point might have passed for something grenache. With a bit of air it gets more civilized though, retaining that hearty richness but the structure turning almost silky even though it builds and toughens up on the back end. How Cornas-y is it? Well, it doesn't have any of the wild meatiness or much non-fruit stuff, and the particular berry flavors still coulda fooled me on the syrah vs. grenache thing, but that dense inner core and muscled structure seems about right. I think this will need some cellar time to mellow before it gets in my zone, though. The leftovers the next day start to show some graphite-like minerality poking through but the fruit tastes even more like grenache. There is no way I would have guessed this for anything other than a Chateauneuf at this point.
5/7/2023 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 85 Points
Somewhat streamlined since release but still obviously the same stuff, which is to say that it's oddly reminiscent more of a Southern Rhone than a Northern Rhone in flavor and thickness despite coming from near Cornas. Maybe there is a little aging-syrah olive to give it away. A hearty country wine except that the tannins are still very muscular and this will probably need another 5 or 10 years to get into a friendly zone.
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5/7/2023 - Keith Levenberg wrote: flawed
Corked.
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11/20/2022 - ledocq Likes this wine:
Torn between singing to the mountaintops about the QPR here and keeping it to myself. Ready to go, gains weight during the evening, and makes the Vin de France designation seem like a badge of honor.
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4/27/2021 - Enfant sauvage Likes this wine:
My last Peyrouses. These were so good, and so cheap! Sadly, for me not for him, the word is out on Guillaume Gilles and the prices have adjusted accordingly. Still worth getting if you can find it.
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1/6/2019 - Enfant sauvage Likes this wine:
Agree with others, best sub-$25 (at the time, well above $25 now) Rhône wine in recent memory. Big, but nuanced and restrained rather than overripe and spoofy. As other tasters have noted, floral and baking spice notes are very prominent. Drinking fine but with plenty of time to continue to improve.
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2/28/2016 - yofog wrote:
A big wine, lots of concentration and sappiness, which at the $45 price point may make up for the lack of much Cornas-y game or spice. It's nice to see it remain old-school despite its robustness, its sheer volume, and it is definitely delicious in that end.
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12/15/2015 - goodvitis.com Likes this wine: 91 Points
This is the best of what Rhone VdP offers. Beautiful nose of crushed rock, roses, pork fat and black plum. Palate: raspberry, burnt orange, lavender. Cutting minerality and a lot of white pepper. Very structured wine, this could use a several hour decant. The tannins are dense and chewy, but don't overpower the flavors. Still, I think this is best sequestered to the cellar for another 1-2 years when the palate will smooth out and the score could creep up a point or two. Stunning value.
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8/26/2015 - Billigan Likes this wine: 93 Points
Finally gave this wine sufficient airtime, and it sang beautifully. Effusive nose, less on the bacony/savory side and much more in the floral register with spicy and mineral tones swirling about. Plush fruit balanced nicely by lip-smacking acids on this finish. Best sub-$25 Rhone I've had in recent memory.
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5/20/2015 - Billigan Likes this wine:
Forgot to record this one back in May, but I recall enjoying its floral flamboyance on the nose and rich-yet-fresh fruit. Nothing screamed "baby Cornas" to me here, but it was a pleasure nonetheless. Need to go back to the well on this one.
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5/1/2015 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 89 Points
Old vine syrah from the wrong side of the tracks in the Cornas neighborhood, so it's appellation Cotes du Rhone, but the hope is that it's kind of Cornas-y even if it comes from the flats. At first it's super-structured and backwards but also very hearty and dense with that rich old-vine concentration. The flavors at that point might have passed for something grenache. With a bit of air it gets more civilized though, retaining that hearty richness but the structure turning almost silky even though it builds and toughens up on the back end. How Cornas-y is it? Well, it doesn't have any of the wild meatiness or much non-fruit stuff, and the particular berry flavors still coulda fooled me on the syrah vs. grenache thing, but that dense inner core and muscled structure seems about right. I think this will need some cellar time to mellow before it gets in my zone, though. The leftovers the next day start to show some graphite-like minerality poking through but the fruit tastes even more like grenache. There is no way I would have guessed this for anything other than a Chateauneuf at this point.
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