Placed first in our blind tasting with some similar bottles from Oregon and California. Some funk at first with an hour decant but blew off by hour two. Strong red fruit. Should get better with time.
3 hour decant (open 4 hours by end of dinner). Paired with Cedar plank salmon. Medium- body, subtle fruit (blue/red) but nicely balanced with tannins. Very nice now with all that air but will wait a few more years so the air is not required.
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Drank over a few days. Delicious wine that evolves nicely and clearly has a long life ahead of it. As the tannins mellowed this showed more darker fruit and shifted from acidity to more sun-kissed purple fruit. Would suggest waiting a bit or decanting to help the wine show.
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Day 1, much more fruit forward with acidity lifting the earthier notes. Day 2 the fruit receded a fair amount and some baking spices started coming out and mingling with underbrush. Little heavy for a summer wine (or at least drinking in the sun).
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Very red-fruited, with just a hint of brett. Light bodied and easy to drink on a warm day. But the finish was quite short and watery, so down-graded in my view just a bit.
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Ruby color. Floral nose. Medium body. Great balance of soft tannins and vibrant red and blue fruit. There are also some cedar and clove spice undertones. The wine has a mild acidity. Not a long term ager, but has a lovely pinot noir freshness. Drink now and for the next 5-7 years.
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Pop and pour. This is showing well young with brilliant red fruit, intense but not overbearing, wound around a thick core of bramble, saline earth, citrus pulp, allspice, and nutmeg. The balance on the palate is lovely but this will appeal to fruit lovers as well.
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Beautiful dark garnet-red colour with purple tints. The nose is intense and empyreumatic with mild spices notes as cinnamon and nutmeg. Grassy and red fruits notes. On the palate the wine is ample with red fruits notes. Cinnamon and nutmeg notes. Silky tanins.
The Mercurey rouge Premier Cru « Clos du Roi » 2015 will marvelously pair with peppered rib roast, beef filet mignon, lamb shoulder or rack of pork and cheeses as Tomme des Bauges.
It can be served from now at 13-14°C or kept in cellar between 8 and 10 years.
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4 hour decant. Enjoyable but young. Needs a few more years for acidity/tannin's to drop out. Glad I bought a case. Highly recommended. Anticipate this 92+ in a few years. Good QPR.
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3/25/2024 - Bradley Love wrote: 93 Points
Placed first in our blind tasting with some similar bottles from Oregon and California. Some funk at first with an hour decant but blew off by hour two. Strong red fruit. Should get better with time.
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11/12/2022 - Philbeagles Likes this wine: 91 Points
3 hour decant (open 4 hours by end of dinner). Paired with Cedar plank salmon. Medium- body, subtle fruit (blue/red) but nicely balanced with tannins. Very nice now with all that air but will wait a few more years so the air is not required.
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8/14/2022 - Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine:
Drank over a few days. Delicious wine that evolves nicely and clearly has a long life ahead of it. As the tannins mellowed this showed more darker fruit and shifted from acidity to more sun-kissed purple fruit. Would suggest waiting a bit or decanting to help the wine show.
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7/8/2022 - beegnat Likes this wine:
Day 1, much more fruit forward with acidity lifting the earthier notes. Day 2 the fruit receded a fair amount and some baking spices started coming out and mingling with underbrush. Little heavy for a summer wine (or at least drinking in the sun).
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5/29/2022 - Quarked wrote: 89 Points
Very red-fruited, with just a hint of brett. Light bodied and easy to drink on a warm day. But the finish was quite short and watery, so down-graded in my view just a bit.
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8/5/2021 - djarcara Likes this wine: 90 Points
Ruby color. Floral nose. Medium body. Great balance of soft tannins and vibrant red and blue fruit. There are also some cedar and clove spice undertones. The wine has a mild acidity. Not a long term ager, but has a lovely pinot noir freshness. Drink now and for the next 5-7 years.
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5/8/2021 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pop and pour. This is showing well young with brilliant red fruit, intense but not overbearing, wound around a thick core of bramble, saline earth, citrus pulp, allspice, and nutmeg. The balance on the palate is lovely but this will appeal to fruit lovers as well.
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6/9/2020 - warbler4306 wrote:
Beautiful dark garnet-red colour with purple tints.
The nose is intense and empyreumatic with mild spices notes as cinnamon and nutmeg. Grassy and red fruits notes.
On the palate the wine is ample with red fruits notes. Cinnamon and nutmeg notes.
Silky tanins.
The Mercurey rouge Premier Cru « Clos du Roi » 2015 will marvelously pair with peppered rib roast, beef filet mignon, lamb shoulder or rack of pork and cheeses as Tomme des Bauges.
It can be served from now at 13-14°C or kept in cellar between 8 and 10 years.
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2/8/2020 - Philbeagles wrote: 91 Points
4 hour decant. Enjoyable but young. Needs a few more years for acidity/tannin's to drop out. Glad I bought a case. Highly recommended. Anticipate this 92+ in a few years. Good QPR.
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