2009 Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel

Community Tasting Notes (156) Avg Score: 91.0 points

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  3/17/2024 - no leashes wrote: 91 Points

  I'll echo previous comments that this wine is in a very nice place. Opens to a hint of barnyard and meat, then smooth dark fruit (plum). Drinking very well.

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  2/6/2024 - wjochim Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I rarely write tasting notes anymore, but felt I needed to with this bottle of Tablas Creek. I've had good, bad and in-between experiences with this blend from TC over the years, and to their credit if you have a bad bottle they will send you a new one. So, when I opened this bottle (one of 2 '09s left) I was hopeful but prepared for a wine on the decline. What a pleasant surprise to pour a glass and find the color still bright red and the nose still bright with red and dark fruit! If it wasn't for the tannins being mellowed out I would have guessed this to be no more than 5-7 years old. It's absolutely beautiful. Fingers crossed that my last bottle will be just as good when I open it...sooner than later!

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  1/4/2024 - bobbylion Likes this wine: 92 Points

  TN trajectory here seems to indicate it’s getting better now in 15th year of age. My feeling too. More round, more full, some balsam and super gentle. As good as most C9Ps I drank. Good stuff and probably on its peak plateau now. Were I a dedicated southern Rhone drinker, I would give it a 93, but I am not. Still, respect.

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  12/9/2023 - Martin Redmond Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Dark ruby color with complex dark fruits, spice, licorice, bramble, wet stone and pepper aromas. On the palate, it's medium-bodied and dry and round with a lush texture, dusty tannins and black cherry, plum, red currant flavors with a persistent minerality. Long finish. Blend of 40% Mourvèdre, 28% Syrah, 27% Grenache, 5% Counoise 14.5% alcohol

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  11/4/2023 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Crazy good wine. I think this wine is at its peak as I can't imagine any wine getting too much better.

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