2017 granbeau Vin de Pays d'Oc Grande Réserve

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 88 points

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  12/28/2019 - rmarkey Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Very good. 14.5% alc. Hot alcohol character evident on bouquet and palate. Otherwise my comments align very much with the great description by penguinoid from whom I quote substantially below.
  Colour: dense black berry
  Bouquet: 'plum, blackberry, blackcurrant. Blueberry. Sour cherry. Cranberry. Lots of a sweet, rich, ripe, fleshy red and black berry fruit', plus spice.
  Palate: 'plum, blackberry, blueberry, blackcurrant. Cranberry. Rich, ripe, fleshy black fruit. Sweet spice... Rich, full bodied, fruity'. Little oak character but there is a grainy fruit tannin element. Shortish finish. Grenache characters dominate the crossing with the perfumed fruitiness, but the cabernet gives it a bit of depth and grip/spine.
  December 2019

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  4/12/2019 - penguinoid Likes this wine:

  Colour: dark cherry red
  Nose: plum, blackberry, blackcurrant. Blueberry. Sour cherry. Cranberry. Lots of a sweet, rich, ripe, fleshy red and black berry fruit. Sweet spice.
  Palate: plum, blackberry, blueberry, blackcurrant. Cranberry. Rich, ripe, fleshy black fruit. Sweet spice. Don’t think there was much, if any oak. Fresh, lively, berry-like acidity. Slightly drying, fine grained, structural tannins. Rich, full bodied, fruity. 14% alcohol.
  Not really like either Cabernet sauvignon or Grenache -- but if this is typical of Marselan, it suggests the variety has great potential.

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