2020 Clos du Joncuas Vacqueyras La Font de Papier

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 90 points

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  2/23/2024 - Alcofribas Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Leathery fruit when first opened but nicely balanced on day two. 15.5 abv but doesn’t seem hot.

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  10/21/2023 - JohnMcIlwain Likes this wine:

  It’s Fall and it’s okay to be in love with country wines from the southern Rhône. And Vacqueyras is the Swiss Army Knife of the Midi. Plummy, gamy, and Garrigue inflected. Maybe open a bottle now. Clos du Joncuas always bio, always honest. Add duck from Riverside Butcher if you find yourself in Maine and now we’re talking. Happy Autumn, friends.

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  9/9/2023 - JohnMcIlwain Likes this wine:

  2020 Clos du Joncuas Font de Papier Vacqueyras. First bottle of a few. Served just above cellar temperature. Midnight/Royal purple robe. Plum skin, violet dust, game, and bruised boysenberry on the nose with a smattering or garrigue and licorice to keep things honest. The just north of mid-weight palate offers an array of deep-pitched black and blue fruits, roasted plum, black tea, and Arawak peppercorn flavors. This is warm vintage Midi wine, yet there’s a sense of energy and lift. The blackberries are in liqueur shape, but the earthy core of the mid-palate frames the ripeness, and there is acceptable drive and lift. This calls for earthy foods—duck legs with lentils?—or pungent sheep’s milk cheeses. As an example this shone with conch peas with Carolina Gold rice from Marsh Hen Mill, and braised greens. Though Caldo Verde or BBQ would certainly benefit from this pairing. One caveat is this bottle was served at cellar temp. A steal at the price, although I’d counsel serving on the cool side.

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