Mourvedre! Coming alive again after some pretty mute recent bottles. The 40% Mourvedre definitely gives this a mini-Bandol feel. Slightly wild and broad on the palate. Some over-ripeness. A wine with soul; and only just ready to drink. Pretty good for a 16 year old Cotes du Rhone...
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Still a bit grumpy but a little more open than the last bottle in 2011. Core is a distinct Mourvedre wildness. Not much different two nights later. Hard to know where this is going.
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Very dark, deep berry nose, clear, spicy, attractive. Big round berries, good length, building nicely into a red fruit finish, tannins nicely balanced but firm.
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9/20/2017 - king-bing wrote:
Mourvedre! Coming alive again after some pretty mute recent bottles. The 40% Mourvedre definitely gives this a mini-Bandol feel. Slightly wild and broad on the palate. Some over-ripeness. A wine with soul; and only just ready to drink. Pretty good for a 16 year old Cotes du Rhone...
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5/24/2017 - king-bing wrote:
Still a bit grumpy but a little more open than the last bottle in 2011. Core is a distinct Mourvedre wildness. Not much different two nights later. Hard to know where this is going.
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6/21/2012 - Alexroy wrote: 89 Points
Very dark, deep berry nose, clear, spicy, attractive. Big round berries, good length, building nicely into a red fruit finish, tannins nicely balanced but firm.
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6/11/2012 - johneagle wrote:
Last one, and, sadly, the only failure. A bit tired
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5/14/2012 - johneagle wrote: 88 Points
Great value mature rhone from the Wine Society - sadly they have no more left!
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