Glad the wax capsule has been dropped for a capsule free cork - big sustainability tick from me and perfectly acceptable for a wine made for relatively early drinking. Nice inky purple in colour. Nose slightly vegetal but otherwise muted. Tremendous palate - juicy fresh black fruit with nice soft tannins. Long finish. Very impressive wine and a big big improvement on the previous vintage. Bravo.
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Quite a bit of seepage on the cork. Colour still more ruby than garnet with no clear rim visible - quite impressive given the relative age of an entry level wine. Very little on the nose. Palate is super juicy sustained blackberry with plenty of soft tannin coming through in the long finish. Really impressed with this wine - this is the penultimate bottle from a case of 12 which I still have due to a stock rotation cock-up - only coming to light on a recent stock check. For once a fortunate mistake!
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Clean closure. Garnet with a pronounced clear rim. Muted nose but a very full expressive palate - more subtle than some vintages perhaps reflecting the reduced Grenache. Long finish and well resolved tannins. Good drinking window.
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2021 Will Arnold Côtes du Rhône Terre Bleue
3/29/2024 - J'agnes Likes this wine: 90 Points
Glad the wax capsule has been dropped for a capsule free cork - big sustainability tick from me and perfectly acceptable for a wine made for relatively early drinking. Nice inky purple in colour. Nose slightly vegetal but otherwise muted. Tremendous palate - juicy fresh black fruit with nice soft tannins. Long finish. Very impressive wine and a big big improvement on the previous vintage. Bravo.
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2017 Franck Balthazar Côtes du Rhône
3/24/2024 - J'agnes Likes this wine: 90 Points
Quite a bit of seepage on the cork. Colour still more ruby than garnet with no clear rim visible - quite impressive given the relative age of an entry level wine. Very little on the nose. Palate is super juicy sustained blackberry with plenty of soft tannin coming through in the long finish. Really impressed with this wine - this is the penultimate bottle from a case of 12 which I still have due to a stock rotation cock-up - only coming to light on a recent stock check. For once a fortunate mistake!
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2013 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape
3/22/2024 - J'agnes Likes this wine:
Clean closure. Garnet with a pronounced clear rim. Muted nose but a very full expressive palate - more subtle than some vintages perhaps reflecting the reduced Grenache. Long finish and well resolved tannins. Good drinking window.
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