Provence (Mexicantown): Beyond hale. This pour comes directly after a glass of Pradeaux 2022 Rosé. Intriguing aromas begin with a veil of walnut and lemon ash before ushering pearls of citron, lime, fennel frond, orange blossom, watercress, cocain/clove numb flavor, and gravel in rain. Somehow a drink tastes leagues fresher than the last few bottles I drank back in 2019-2022. It strikes with aspirated tonality, breezed and levitated, translucent, and faceted. Scented botany breathes across this attenuated matrix of stone, yielding impressions of strawberries, piñon, nopales, cocoa, rhubarb, hyacinth, and wild mushroom patch. Wow. Did I catch this on the right day, or is it a matter of the right year? ________ only a few hours later, is blooming ________ 24 hours later much of the appeal has collapsed.
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Cinsault (50%) and Mourvèdre (50%). Rich, ambient, bitter, calm, and appetizing. As it reclines it opens. It's as bulky as it is tense. with mineral and seasoned fruit. Bitter almond, weeping green fig, bedrock. It’s boozy (14%) yet agile. There’s a meticulous seasoned stem core that bears scented bay leaf and lime. The structural grain is airy. Chewing on a drink near the end of the bottle is the keyhole. I'll wait until 2024-2026 to drink my last bottle.
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4/15/2024 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 92 Points
Provence (Mexicantown): Beyond hale. This pour comes directly after a glass of Pradeaux 2022 Rosé. Intriguing aromas begin with a veil of walnut and lemon ash before ushering pearls of citron, lime, fennel frond, orange blossom, watercress, cocain/clove numb flavor, and gravel in rain. Somehow a drink tastes leagues fresher than the last few bottles I drank back in 2019-2022. It strikes with aspirated tonality, breezed and levitated, translucent, and faceted. Scented botany breathes across this attenuated matrix of stone, yielding impressions of strawberries, piñon, nopales, cocoa, rhubarb, hyacinth, and wild mushroom patch. Wow. Did I catch this on the right day, or is it a matter of the right year?
________
only a few hours later, is blooming
________
24 hours later much of the appeal has collapsed.
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6/10/2023 - Brain Capers Likes this wine:
Aged rose? When it’s this good, why not? Lovely, went well with a salad Nicoise. Looking forward to one more. Yum
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4/27/2023 - Eugenedinapoli wrote:
Held this one too long. A ghost of the previous note in 2020.
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8/19/2022 - David J Cooper wrote: 87 Points
Clear light coral pink. Light aromas, mint, strawberry and red cherry. Nice dry strawberry flavours and a dry clean finish.
A bit disappointing.
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4/20/2022 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 90 Points
Cinsault (50%) and Mourvèdre (50%). Rich, ambient, bitter, calm, and appetizing. As it reclines it opens. It's as bulky as it is tense. with mineral and seasoned fruit. Bitter almond, weeping green fig, bedrock. It’s boozy (14%) yet agile. There’s a meticulous seasoned stem core that bears scented bay leaf and lime. The structural grain is airy. Chewing on a drink near the end of the bottle is the keyhole. I'll wait until 2024-2026 to drink my last bottle.
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