2012 Vignobles Mayard Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Alex

Community Tasting Notes (4) Median Score: 92 points

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  11/15/2023 - JLaRoche Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Loved this--jammy notes of red-purple fruits balanced with minerality and flint. Wonderful wine

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  8/23/2017 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  Also some big and raisin fruit,

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  8/2/2017 - O'Meara wrote:

  Interesting expression of CdP. Dark garnet color showing no signs of age. The nose starts out dominated by oak and then becomes strongly reminiscent of young port or amarone, like prunes, dried flowers, and crushed stones are leaping from the glass. The attack is full of brambly purple fruit with a mineral streak that rides atop the firm but managed tannins and mouth watering acidity. I don't have any experience with this producer, but the backbone and fruit seem sufficient to make this worthy of five years in the cellar, where the oak may fully integrate.

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  7/7/2014 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 93 Points

  Vibrant, deep purple color. Dense nose of blackberry, roasted plums and cassis, backed up by notes of charcoal and pepper. I also get these great lavender and sweet clove aromas. Solid grip to the tannins, but they’re manageable, and the wine shows some medium acid. I love the way the juicy cassis and blackberry fruit is laced with pepper, cedar, anise, roasted chestnut and ginger snap elements. Impressive graphite, iron and mineral tones. Long and very complex, this is a bold and young wine that shows lots of promise. Mayard made this wine for DC-based importer Bobby Kacher, and named it for Kacher’s son, which I think is quite awesome. From old-vine Grenache and Mourvedre in La Crau and Grand Coulet.

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