Starting to show development. Fruit is a bit dry, with lingonberries and sour cherry. Very elegant and light on the palate. Not sure if this will keep for very long - the fruit has lost quite some body and tertiary notes are only just starting.
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Ok structure, but strangely "fat" mid-palate. Lacking fruit. Somewhat developed but not enough to show any particilarly interesting tertiary notes. Nose does have some compelling cedar wood and typical Bordeaux characteristics with dark plums more than blackcurrant.
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Opulent, lovely and pure Grenache fruit with a spicy complexity added from the other grapes in the mix. 15% alcohol is not showing through - the l'Argile is an elegant effort with excellent quaffability. I would have appreciated a bit more pronounced acidity to make it an even better partner with food. Still - excellent.
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2005 Domaine Léon Barral Faugères Jadis
9/22/2014 - peblin wrote: 88 Points
Starting to show development. Fruit is a bit dry, with lingonberries and sour cherry. Very elegant and light on the palate. Not sure if this will keep for very long - the fruit has lost quite some body and tertiary notes are only just starting.
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2004 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou Croix de Beaucaillou
9/20/2014 - peblin Does not like this wine: 86 Points
Ok structure, but strangely "fat" mid-palate. Lacking fruit. Somewhat developed but not enough to show any particilarly interesting tertiary notes. Nose does have some compelling cedar wood and typical Bordeaux characteristics with dark plums more than blackcurrant.
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2010 Saint Jean du Barroux Ventoux l'Argile
11/9/2013 - peblin Likes this wine: 92 Points
Opulent, lovely and pure Grenache fruit with a spicy complexity added from the other grapes in the mix. 15% alcohol is not showing through - the l'Argile is an elegant effort with excellent quaffability. I would have appreciated a bit more pronounced acidity to make it an even better partner with food. Still - excellent.
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