Michel & Stéphane Ogier (d'Ampuis)

Le Temps est Venu Côtes du Rhône Grenache 2022

8.9

A very happy find, this grenache/syrah blend. It's heavy on the cassis, licorice, and stone. Some blood orange on the bitter-ish finish. But, not unpleasant in any way. I agree with Scott's note: This wine does go down softer than most CDR's. @Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego
Listening to Vince Guaraldi (Peanuts Christmas) — 5 days ago

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Doug Powers

@Dave , so this posting finally showed up on my feed today, 4 DAYS AFTER YOUR POSTING — hmmm, I guess you’ve been deemed an EVEN BADDER POSTER than me, since mine are ONLY delayed 24-48 hours, on average!?!? I GUESS I should feel honored?!?!?! 🤔🤷💩💩💩

Dave

Good things take time! @Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Dave, I forgot to mention on this wine that I’ve tasted in Stephane Ogier’s cellar 3-4 times (before he became Cote Rotie “Royalty”), SUPER nice guy who makes incredible wines!! Splurge on his “regular” Cote Rotie if you ever find it at retail, choose a good or better vintage, and you’ll be blown away!!
A couple of my long-time (30+ years) wine group buddies and me attended the annual Marche aux Vin event in Ampuis (the town that sits below the Cote Rotie vineyards) 4 times (2005/7/9/11), which is held over a long weekend in late January in the TINY Ampuis high school gym, lots of wine industry movers and shakers attend (it’s where I first met Eric Texier and Joey Tensley), and then the schlubs like me, Friday night, Saturday, Sunday and then Monday morning for barrel samples of the most recent vintage, it used to be 10€ per day!! AWESOME event, hoping to go one last time, maybe in 2028!!

Andrea Calek

Chatons de garde Vin de Pays de l'Ardèche Syrah

8.9

Fig? Plum? Sea salt. Has the density and richness of a dessert wine, but it isn’t. Strange and good. — 4 years ago

with PFM

Jean Mâcle

Château-Chalon Vin de Garde Savagnin 1995

Andrew Cullimore

9.3

Medium deep lemon , old gold colour , slightly hazy appearance. Intense on the nose with iodine , sea breeze , green apple and Indian spices . On the palate this also shows a lot of intensity and grip , really quite young apparently . Green apple , toasted almonds , orange rind , curry and a strong seaside component . Long and complex on the finish with , really fresh saline tinged acidity . This is seems pretty young and I would imagine can still go another decade or longer. — 3 months ago

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