2007 Domaine les Grands Bois Rasteau Cuvée Marc

Community Tasting Notes (68) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  3/18/2021 - SCM Fan Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Popped n poured from 58 degree cellar. This after a DISAPPOITING '07 Le Vieux Donjon. What a nose on this wine. Pure Grenache. Excellent. why I drink Rhone wines. Red and dark fruits with some florals. Juicy attack with acidity. Tannins coating the mouth. After wine opened and warmed up more dark plum in flavor. A true Rhone treat. BPwine is where I purchased this. I just hope to have another bottle left. Excellent wine. Best Rhone drank since Domaine Duriel '07 CdP 2 years ago.

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  12/19/2019 - dlowrey99 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drinking well after 12 years; for $13 this was an excellent wine, easy to open on a weeknight. Very much enjoyed!
  
  Nose and palate on first pour out of the bottle were fruit-dominant, but wine was still very much alive. Cork strong; no seepage. Decanted for about 30-45 minutes, wine opened up and balanced out nicely.
  Nose: macerated black cherry and plum; some funk, wet hay, and dusty gravel notes. Soft clove oak.
  Med+ body; Med acidity; 14.5% alcohol.
  Palate: deep and rich, balanced, good layers with the age. Kirsch/black cherry, dark plum, lavender; savory herb, black olive, brush; a little heat from the alcohol; cocoa nibs from the oak; dried grapefruit rind finish with well-integrated slightly drying tannins; med-long finish to match.

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  8/3/2019 - Badfish Likes this wine:

  Somehow this wine pulls off the vintage, despite how poor I have found the other offerings from this estate recently. The best terroir in the portfolio which makes this an interesting data point for the extreme 2007 vintage. Ripe red and purple fruits with fresh acidity, firm tannins, and admirable balance. Pushing the envelop on extraction which you can feel on the finish.

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  6/5/2019 - tewino Likes this wine:

  This hits the spot for a good southern rhone in 2007. Red fruits with great nose. Very burgundian- almost Volnay-ish. Cleaner style. The ripe fruit is well balanced with the acids and tannins. Not overripe at all. Very nice.

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  9/3/2017 - rustyRudy Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Youthful and dark red. Grilled herbs, cedar, and smoke on the nose . Balanced fruit, acidity and meaty flavors. Finishes with pretty cherry preserves. Doubt it will get any better, but okay at age 10 . Drank with grilled lamb chops, blue cheese potato salad and fresh tomato.

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