2016 Domaine Anne Gros & Jean-Paul Tollot Minervois Les Fontanilles

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  4/10/2022 - Neil.L Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Dark purplish red but translucent at the edge. No obvious signs of age. Legs in the glass, 13.5% alcohol.
  
  Dark fruit nose, cherry, hit of sourness. A little farmyard, pine and greenness.
  
  Lovely soft mouthfeel, juicy fruit to the fore, nice acidity and well integrated tannins giving structure. Persistent finish, a little sour with the greenness showing through.
  
  Well made and shows well with many foods. Very good.

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  3/13/2021 - Blacksmith450 wrote: 91 Points

  Une bombe de fruit avec une structure bien ferme. L'équilibre est là et aucune chauffe en finale. Un vin gourmand !

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  12/22/2020 - tob100 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Wonderful Christmas wine!
  No decanting on this one.
  
  The nose:
  Dark berries like plum and blackcurrant, Black cherry. There is a very strong but pleasant green touch at the end, kind of a pinetree. At the end a smoky touch but its All covered in tobacco and coffee grunds.
  
  The palate.
  Dark berries again, Black cherry, plum. Very juicy. Fruit forward. A little prune also. The green expression follows in the palate.
  
  Actually very good, well made, well balanced. A great pick for Christmas, i think. I do get that dark cloudy feeling that you're supposed to, from the syrah and the grenache is giving the wine a sweeter and brighter touch.
  
  Its not ment for aging, but it could last 8-10 years from the vintage. A piece of art by Anne Gros & Jean-Paul!
  
  Body medium+
  Tannin medium
  Acidity medium.
  
  93P

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  9/15/2020 - Bluth Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Medium body. Fruity red with good acidity. A little lighter than La Ciaude, equally fine and balanced.

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  3/29/2019 - therodre wrote: 87 Points

  Nose a bit muted, not that peasant, a bit of barnyard, very little fruit. But on the palate it's very fresh and lively, with a bit of greenness, but some fruit and spice. Decent, but not great.

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