2020 Domaine Alary Cairanne L'Estévenas

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 91 points

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  1/26/2024 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Olive tapanade, bacon grease, black licorice, ripe black currants, ripe dark plums, garrigue on the nose. Almost a hint of brett/funk too. It definitely smells fruit backward, with a medium + intensity of aromas. The palate is more primary. It starts with a bubble gum flavor that almost suggests carbonic maceration but then transitions to some ripe fruits dark fruits (consistent with the aromas but adding blackberries), as well as dust. Medium + intensity of flavors. The finish is impressively long for a 4 year old wine. It lingers for a whole minute.
  
  Medium + body with medium acid and medium - tannin. LOVE the long finish on this. In a good place now, and will continue to drink well for 5-7 more years.

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  10/14/2023 - Dinamarca wrote: 91 Points

  Nøj, det er godt! Fantastisk næse - åben, let sødlig med henkogte brombær, syltede blommer og hindbær samt velhængt kød, sorte oliven, en hel vanillestang, sød finsk lakrids og friske smørblomster. I munden er vinen herlig rustik, kraftig samt tør og let raspende, men alligevel med en vis sødme. Mørke bær med sorte kirsebær, brombær, modne blommer, hårdt ristet kaffe og en mellemlang eftersmag. +10 år.

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  10/8/2023 - juleswinnfield2517 wrote: 90 Points

  Big, full, and impressive. Blackberry, meat, leather, green olive and licorice. Although a Rhone lover, this was my first Cairanne. It won't be my last.

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