Still young and firm with a good concentrated fruit; the Carignan is well disciplined here and just after opening this has a wee bit of a polished touch. On day 2, the more rustic side shows, more personality appears. Powerful wine, still young. #AD54
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Dark purple color with a nose of dark berry fruit. The palate is dense with flavors of dark cherry, licorice, and graphite with the warmth of cardamom and slight heat of peppers. Meaty texture with enough structure to last the next 10 years. This is a good wine with a balanced feel. Finishes long with sweet tannin and a twist of clove. Drink now with 30-minutes decanting until 2018.
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Still overly young, we prefer the '08 for a better (early) expression of personality. However, this wine may reach 94 p on my scale and has made me an even more devoted fan of Carignan than ever before. Purplish red, full nose incl violets, dark red fruits and young grapes. In the mouth it is (still) unbalanced and unintegrated with M-- tannin and M++ acids. Very fine concentration and heralds a strong potential not yet realized. Its structure is aiming towards a little bold Burgundy. Our 2nd n last btl for ~2020. Will buy all these orange labels on sight! At * L'Effervesence in Aoyama, Tokyo.
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10/14/2023 - TXRhoneRanger wrote: 91 Points
Still closely following the tasting note from @ Life At Your Leisure. Very solid still. Easy drinking.
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8/3/2019 - TXRhoneRanger wrote: 92 Points
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8/1/2018 - beatles wrote: 90 Points
Still young and firm with a good concentrated fruit; the Carignan is well disciplined here and just after opening this has a wee bit of a polished touch. On day 2, the more rustic side shows, more personality appears. Powerful wine, still young.
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8/21/2013 - Life At Your Leisure 🍷 wrote: 91 Points
Dark purple color with a nose of dark berry fruit. The palate is dense with flavors of dark cherry, licorice, and graphite with the warmth of cardamom and slight heat of peppers. Meaty texture with enough structure to last the next 10 years. This is a good wine with a balanced feel. Finishes long with sweet tannin and a twist of clove. Drink now with 30-minutes decanting until 2018.
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7/5/2013 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 90 Points
Still overly young, we prefer the '08 for a better (early) expression of personality. However, this wine may reach 94 p on my scale and has made me an even more devoted fan of Carignan than ever before.
Purplish red, full nose incl violets, dark red fruits and young grapes. In the mouth it is (still) unbalanced and unintegrated with M-- tannin and M++ acids. Very fine concentration and heralds a strong potential not yet realized. Its structure is aiming towards a little bold Burgundy. Our 2nd n last btl for ~2020. Will buy all these orange labels on sight!
At * L'Effervesence in Aoyama, Tokyo.
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