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2007 Famille Perrin / Perrin & Fils Gigondas La Gille
8/28/2012 - jvogel wrote:
Blind Southern Rhone Lineup: Dark, but not opaque garnet robe, with a 1mm clear meniscus. Bread crust nuances on the nose, accompanied by cheese rind, custard, cigar box, currant and Bing cherry. A very vigorous, mouth-coating texture, and a lingering finish full of cherry, blackberry, all-spice and anise. The deep, backwoods feel of the nose and palate--woody, tobacco, licorice and cherry--made me think erroneously of Rasteau. At this point it was a process of elimination based on my assessment and classification of the other wines. Reading through the notes again, it's very clear this wine evokes all that makes Gigondas so special, so magnetic. Missing here are the frequent white pepper, cacao and espresso notes I find in ripe Rasteau.
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2007 Domaine de la Mordorée Lirac Cuvée de la Reine des Bois
8/28/2012 - jvogel wrote:
Blind Southern Rhone Lineup: Much darker than the Charbonniere HdB '07--opaque, deep crimson, and nearly indiscernible meniscus. Aromas of reglisse, wet leather and wet horse, blueberry syrup, lavender and Kalimata olives. Vibrant, energetic flavors, acid-rich, zingy alcohol, supple but abundant tannin, black cherry, herbes de Provence, and cranberry concentrate. I made a casual assumption based on the wine's concentration and posture that this was southern sector cuvee speciale CdP. Wrong. Christophe Delorme's 2007 Domaine de la Mordoree Lirac Cuvee de la Reine des Bois. This is in a great place right now--what a wine. And I paid 17 Euro for it on a fire-sale. Awesome.
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2007 Domaine de la Charbonnière Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Spéciale Les Hautes Brusquières
8/25/2012 - jvogel wrote:
Blind Southern Rhone Lineup: Vibrant ruby, translucent, clear 1-2mm meniscus. Crisp bacon aromas, garrigue, pomegranate, dried cherry and cranberry, and cedary top notes. Tart flavor dynamic, sinewy structure, layered within a framework of Red Man, blackberry, Nibs and sweet jerky. Secondary impressions after a few hours on air: horse-y nose, brett and barnyard, brussel sprouts (sauteed). Interesting wine that I certainly didn't peg as a CdP Cuvee Speciale. Very much a northern sector expression of CdP--cool(er) climate characteristics, which prompted an assumption this was higher elevation Gigondas.
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