This wine has improved substantially since my last tasting. I did decant it for three and a half hours and that likely helped. It had a very highly perfumed quality with gorgeous floral and spicy elements. On the palate dark berries, pomegranate, more spice, and quite a lot of tobacco, a very pleasant level of funk with some barnyard elements, wet grass, smoke, dried beef, utterly charming, really plush, and a very voluptuous mouthfeel. Grippy with good volume. The finish was dry, and delightful. This wine had a real sense of substance, purity and quality.
It is starting to show well, and I would love to see what it's going to be like five or six years from now. Outstanding wine for a vintage which was not excellent.
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This was a very good wine, and the fruit has held up well. Osborne crafts an intriguing style of Grenache. Quite unlike most of what you will find out there. Good balance, nice texture, pretty fruit and a delightful finish.
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This was my third Charvin over the past year from a few different vintages. I would have to say that though all were good, none of them were able to deliver a high level of enjoyment. They seem like they were textbook studies with a lot of structure and pretty good acid, but the fruits were not that plush, there was a sternness to the wine and though
I've really liked Charvin wines in the past, I don't think I'll be seeking anymore. There's just too much good CDP out there, that deliver great deals of pleasure.
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2017 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée
4/28/2024 - spidermark Likes this wine: 93 Points
This wine has improved substantially since my last tasting. I did decant it for three and a half hours and that likely helped. It had a very highly perfumed quality with gorgeous floral and spicy elements. On the palate dark berries, pomegranate, more spice, and quite a lot of tobacco, a very pleasant level of funk with some barnyard elements, wet grass, smoke, dried beef, utterly charming, really plush, and a very voluptuous mouthfeel. Grippy with good volume. The finish was dry, and delightful. This wine had a real sense of substance, purity and quality.
It is starting to show well, and I would love to see what it's going to be like five or six years from now. Outstanding wine for a vintage which was not excellent.
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2014 A Tribute to Grace Wine Company Grenache Morro View Vineyard
4/13/2024 - spidermark Likes this wine: 91 Points
This was a very good wine, and the fruit has held up well. Osborne crafts an intriguing style of Grenache. Quite unlike most of what you will find out there. Good balance, nice texture, pretty fruit and a delightful finish.
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2005 Domaine Charvin Châteauneuf-du-Pape
4/13/2024 - spidermark Likes this wine: 90 Points
This was my third Charvin over the past year from a few different vintages. I would have to say that though all were good, none of them were able to deliver a high level of enjoyment. They seem like they were textbook studies with a lot of structure and pretty good acid, but the fruits were not that plush, there was a sternness to the wine and though
I've really liked Charvin wines in the past, I don't think I'll be seeking anymore. There's just too much good CDP out there, that deliver great deals of pleasure.
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