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Clos du Caillou
A top CNDP estate, making excellent
wines, with depth and finesse.
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26 |
75cl |
Cotes du Rhone
'La Reserve'
Clos du Caillou
RP/Joe Czerwinski -
The pick of the Côte du Rhône lineup is the 2015
Cotes du Rhone La Reserve. A blend of 65% Grenache and 35% Mourvèdre
aged in demi-muids, it shows hints of vanilla and baking spices to go
along with red plums and black cherries. It's supple on the
mid-palate and velvety on the finish, showing ample richness and length. |
2015 |
£29.00 |
RP/JC91
2017-27Great Value
- Highly Recommended |
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DOMAINE
MONTIRIUS
This is a Top Domaine making
organic
Gigondas wines - Highly Recommended. |
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20 |
75cl |
Gigondas
'Confidentiel'
Domaine Montirius
RP/Jeb Dunnuck -
The 2015 Gigondas Confidentiel is the smallest
production cuvee and is 80% Grenache and 20% Mourvedre brought up all in
concrete. It has beautiful purity in its ripe plum and blackberry
fruits, violets and mint aromatics. These give way to a medium to
full-bodied, rounded and beautifully textured Gigondas that will
benefit from a year or two in bottle and keep for a decade. |
2015 |
£38.00 |
RP/JD92
2018-30 |
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CHATEAU PUECH-HAUT
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Bio-Dynamically farmed estate, making really wonderful wines; which
represent Top Value for the price! |
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24
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75cl |
Pic Saint Loup
Clos du Pic
Chateau Puech-Haut
RP/Joe Czerwinski -
My favourite of the various parcel selections from
this outstanding estate was the 2016 Pic Saint Loup Clos du Pic, a
Syrah-Mourvèdre blend. It reveals classy aromas of baking spices,
crushed stone and violets, backing those up with flavours of
raspberries, strawberries and plums. It's full-bodied but complex, with
a long finish framed by fine-grained tannins. |
2016 |
£48.00 |
RP/JC94
2020-28 |
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CLOS MARIE
A
TOP estate, making elegant yet long-lived wines - the
Les Glorieuses is one of their top cuvees, and is certainly worth
trying. |
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10
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75cl |
Les Glorieuses
Coteaux du Languedoc
Pic Saint-Loup
Clos Marie
RP/David Schildknecht -
Representing co-fermented, 100% vendange entier
Syrah-Grenache, and tasted from the 1,300-liter Stockinger round and
1,500 litre oval foudres in which its totality matures, the Clos Marie
2010 Coteaux du Languedoc Pic Saint-Loup Les Glorieuses delivers a
floral profusion (rose, wisteria, iris); saliva gland-liberating
salinity; deeply rich red meatiness; and detonative, reverberative
interaction of concentrated dark berries with peat and stone that left
me practically dizzy. Nut oils, herbal essences, iodine, and iron
filings add to the dazzling complexity on exhibit in this
finely-textured example of the dynamic equilibrium of richness and
vivacity, density and refinement that is singularly possible in 2010.
Look for the better part of two decade’s attentive enjoyment and wonder. |
2010 |
£66.00 |
RP/DS97
2020-38 |
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