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Clos du Caillou
A top CNDP estate, making excellent
wines, with depth and finesse.
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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 |
£25.00 |
RP/JC91
2017-27Great Value
- Highly Recommended |
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DOMAINE
DU TUNNEL
This is a Top Domaine making
CORNAS wines - Highly Recommended. |
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18 |
75cl |
CORNAS
Domaine Du Tunnel
RP/Joe Czerwinski-
I tasted from several barrels destined for the
2018 Cornas. While they showed a spectrum of fruit flavours ranging from
red currant to cassis, they all revealed ample concentration and
depth framed by ripe, silky tannins. |
2018 |
£36.00 |
RP/JC93
2021-30 |
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DOMAINE DU GRAND MONTMIRAIL
An excellent Domaine making
lovely Gigondas wines - Highly Recommended. |
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12 |
75cl |
GIGONDAS
'Le Couteau de Mon Reve'
Domaine Du Grand Montmirail
RP/Joe Czerwinski-
With the 2017 Gigondas le Coteau de Mon Reve,
Yves Cheron has taken his flagship property to another level. A
blend of 75% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 5% Mourvèdre, it's full-bodied
and rich yet remains exceptionally fine and elegant. Mouth-watering
raspberries and blood orange notes are joined by star anise on the long,
silky finish. Drink it anytime over the next decade. |
2017 |
£35.00 |
RP/JC96
2020-30 |
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DOMAINE
MONTIRIUS
This is a Top Domaine making
organic
GIGONDAS wines - Highly Recommended. |
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21 |
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
A
Bio-Dynamically farmed estate, making really wonderful wines; which
represent Top Value for the price! |
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75cl |
PIC SAINT-LOUP
'Clos du Pic'
Coteaux du Languedoc
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 |
£46.00 |
RP/JC94
2020-28 |
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75cl |
COTEAUX du LANGUEDOC
'Bosc Negre'
Chateau Puech-Haut
Jeb Dunnuck/Jeb Dunnuck.com -
The 2016 Bosc Negre is the Mourvèdre dominated
cuvée of the estate (there’s 10% tank-aged Grenache), destemmed and
brought up in new barrels. It’s another rich, powerful wine from this
estate that stays beautifully balanced. Classic notes of kirsch,
blackberries, ground pepper, bouquet garni, and smoked earth all flow to
full-bodied 2016 that has terrific purity, building tannins, and a
layered, multi-dimensional texture that ranks with the best wines out
there. |
2016 |
£49.00 |
JD98
2019-34 |
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75cl |
COTEAUX du LANGUEDOC
'Cante Lebre'
Chateau Puech-Haut
Jeb Dunnuck/Jeb Dunnuck.com -
Another heavenly barrel sample is the 2016 Cante
Lebre, which is a huge, incredibly rich wine based on 40% Grenache, 40%
Syrah and 20% Mourvèdre. The Grenache is brought up all in concrete
tanks and the Syrah and Mourvèdre are aged in new French oak. Black
raspberries, currants, smoked herbs, melted licorice, and violets notes
all flow to a rich, opulent, incredibly sexy wine that’s going to flirt
with perfection on release. |
2016 |
£49.00 |
JD99
2019-34 |
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75cl |
COTEAUX du LANGUEDOC
'Quercus'
Chateau Puech-Haut
Jeb Dunnuck/Jeb Dunnuck.com -
Possibly the gem of the lineup, from a lineup
packed with incredible wines, the 2016 Quercus is a blend of 100%
Grenache that spent 16 months in concrete tanks. Full-bodied, insanely
pure, rich, yet incredibly elegant and ethereal, it offers layers of
ripe red and black fruits, violets, white chocolate, and graphite. I
suspect it may be the finest Grenache – ever – from the Languedoc. |
2016 |
£49.00 |
JD99
2019-34 |
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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 |
PIC SAINT-LOUP
'Les Glorieuses'
Coteaux du Languedoc
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 |
£60.00 |
RP/DS97
2020-38 |
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