2017 Domaine Olivier Hillaire Côtes du Rhône Vieilles Vignes

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  5/20/2019 - Zoltán Németi Likes this wine: 89 Points

  A modern, but pure style, focusing on the fruit-power. Ripe and crunchy fruits on the nose like blackcurrants, freshness is well preserved, it’s far from beeing sweet or cloying. Smooth on the palate, with a creamy texture and perfectly proportioned tannic grip – it neither dominates or is lacking, so the wine is just ideal for early consumption. So polished and lush and clean, a lot more fruity than regular Rhone villages or cru reds from unknown producers around this price, yet it has structure and typictiy too. Probably a bit of residual sugar rounding out the palate? Very well made, clever wine, obviously from a top producer. Easy to drink but far from being simple. Best to drink now I guess, no reason to hold.
  
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