Escura Des Pins
Château de Montfaucon
Baron Louis Côtes du Rhône Red Rhône Blend 2007
Alma Negra
Misterio Red Blend
Cor bem escura e densa, assim como seu corpo, com lagrimas bem lentas. Seu aroma é bem amadeirado e equilibrado, com agradável fragrância e homogeneidade, sem destaque de nenhuma característica em especial, exceto uma sensação de terra. Na boca é um vinho excepcional e harmonioso, encorpado e equilibrado, taninos macios e álcool numa boa medida. Não tem um grande rastro mas a sensação residual é boa. — 3 years ago
Aston Estate
Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2014
30 min decant(little cloudy sediment). A formidable medium garnet color with some bricking. On the nose: perfumed notes of raspberry, vanilla, forest floor, and cedar. Taste: A creamy, juicy, balanced wine with red plum, smoke, touch of blueberry, minerals, earth, spicy vanilla oak, and a medium finish. Sticking pins in my Packers doll and crossing my fingers, let's see what happens. — 4 years ago
Domaine Bernard Gripa
Les Pins St. Péray Blanc Marsanne Roussanne 2022
Wow. Beautiful “perfumed” bose - literally. — 5 months ago
Château La Fleur des Pins
Graves Sémillon Sauvignon Blanc 2022
2022 vintage. La Fleur des Pins, Graves, from the owners of Haut-Bergeron in Sauternes. 50% Sémillon with equal parts of Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris. Sémillon dominates the nose. Exotic fruit and citrus. Bright, fresh and juicy. Round mouthfeel and good length. Very good value. — 9 months ago
Château de Montfaucon
Baron Louis Cru Des Côtes du Rhône Lirac Red Rhone Blend 2010
Really lovely Lirac, Grenache and Syrah show mostly, the proprietor (Rodolphe des Pins) (in my opinion!!) dragged his feet too long in joining the Lirac appellation, but his wines have LONG been undervalued and are fantastic at their pricepoint, I personally have more bottles of this, which I expect to age well!! — 6 months ago
Matayac
Cahors Malbec 2018
Cor bem escura e bordas de um vermelho intenso. Bastante corpo com lágrimas lentas. Aroma amadeirado já envelhecido, adocicado com notas de fruta passa, aroma alcoólico bem pouco perceptível. Na boca é possível perceber bem levemente aspecto ácido e tânico, mas de mandeira geral é bem equilibrado e saboroso. Possui notas de frutas pretas e ervas. — 3 years ago
Alambrado
Gran Selección Mendoza Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
Cor intensa e rubi, escura, com bastante corpo. Aroma bastante amadeirado, com presença marcante de álcool e frutas pretas. Na boca é um vinho de bastante presença, com destaque para o amadeirado, mas com taninos ainda duros e acidez destacada. Talvez com uns dois anos de amadurecimento na garrafa o deixasse excelente. — 3 years ago
Doug Powers
OK, I’ve posted on these “older” Baron Louis CdR from Montfaucon before, not certain the exact year that Rodolphe (Rudi) des Pins sought DOC for this cuvée as Lirac (2014??), but my understanding is that the earlier vintages were also (mostly? all?) Lirac grapes (dating back to 1998, at least, since you KNOW I likely still have a bottle of that 1998)!! Anyway, label says 40% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 15% Cinsault, 10% Carignan, 10% Mourvedre, 10% Counoise.
At age 18, this would give a heck of a lot of older Gigondas/CdP a run for their money, lovely color, still quite youthful and structured, quite a long finish, my congrats to Rudi (who is my brother’s close friend, but I consider Rudi a friend as well, plus I’ve been in the historic, 1,000-year-old Chateau de Montfaucon on the Lirac side of the Rhone River across from the vineyards of CdP).
A poor man’s CdP, it’s that complex and age-worthy!! — 2 months ago