Asking for food with classic Rhone notes of Grenache and Syrah playing major parts. There’s a sense of the land of this wine’s birth coming through as well. No notes of oak. Mostly there’s a solid balance between fruit and acidity with mild tannins on the finish.
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Not decanted, one glass consumed over ~45 minutes at room temp. Dark-fruited (cherry more than berry) and ripe but dry, with a little bit of underbrush or wood and a whiff of something just slightly herbal/balsamic/metallic that came and went with air time. Good density, good acidity, not especially exuberant, but I could see this as developing a bit over the next handful of years.
Based on initial impressions, pricing doesn't seem out of whack in the mid teens - solid but unexciting. Will check in on the rest of the bottle in a day or two, and may look for the CdR to try.
Update from day two: not much movement overnight. Still a solid, understated bottle, not especially exciting right now but perhaps with some potential.
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4/9/2023 - SacAxeman wrote: 83 Points
On its tail end…
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9/24/2021 - GaryF Likes this wine: 89 Points
Asking for food with classic Rhone notes of Grenache and Syrah playing major parts. There’s a sense of the land of this wine’s birth coming through as well. No notes of oak. Mostly there’s a solid balance between fruit and acidity with mild tannins on the finish.
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10/23/2019 - bretrooks wrote:
Not decanted, one glass consumed over ~45 minutes at room temp. Dark-fruited (cherry more than berry) and ripe but dry, with a little bit of underbrush or wood and a whiff of something just slightly herbal/balsamic/metallic that came and went with air time. Good density, good acidity, not especially exuberant, but I could see this as developing a bit over the next handful of years.
Based on initial impressions, pricing doesn't seem out of whack in the mid teens - solid but unexciting. Will check in on the rest of the bottle in a day or two, and may look for the CdR to try.
Update from day two: not much movement overnight. Still a solid, understated bottle, not especially exciting right now but perhaps with some potential.
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