2007 Domaine Richaud Côtes du Rhône Terres de Galets

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 90 points

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  4/5/2010 - Roughl wrote:

  Herberto is right, this simply is a stunning wine for under ten Eur at the domaine. I rated it 87 a year ago, when compared to the richer Richaud Cairanne 2007 tasted next to it, but it merits better really. I was completely surprised by the complexity, structure, fruit and texture of this wine. This wine really benefits from an hour decant (once did a tasting of identical richaud wines with and without decant: it simply is a different wine you get in the glass). Cherry raspberry, fine herbs, quite some length. I suppose this is peeking right now, but at this pricepoint it may be worth seeing what this will give over the next couple of years.

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  11/3/2009 - herberto wrote: 93 Points

  Geez. I'm a little embarrassed to give this a 93. It is a lowly Cotes du Rhone, after all. But OMG. This wine was absolutely delicious. Perspective for this tasting note - I'm a wine nerd who hates overripe, overoaked critic favorites. This wine is not that, but it is not just a wine nerd's wine either. It is actually very ripe - 14.5% alcohol, with vibrant ripe fruit. A little VA that blew off fairly quickly, serious tongue-drying tannins and great acidic balance. Fun, easy to like wine that shows serious structure at the same time. If I paid $100 for this wine, I'd thinks it was pretty solid. At under $20 it is fantastic. Louis Dressner finds the best, again.

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  6/7/2009 - Roughl wrote: 87 Points

  Very good fruit. Open up a couple of hours in advance to get the carbonic acid out. Perfect now with simple grilled meats.

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