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available, tasting scores and notes are by Robert Parker (RP) and taken
from his website www.erobertparker.com
or Stephen Tanzer (ST) from www.wineaccess.com
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Domaine de la Charbonniere
A top CNDP
grower, with 10 acres in Vacqueyras - the latter are great value wines! |
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26 |
75cl |
Vacqueyras
Domaine de la Charbonniere
RP - The 2010 Vacqueyras
offers lots of cedary, loamy soil notes interwoven with black cherry jam
and black currants. Medium to full-bodied with supple tannins and
admirable purity as well as intensity, it should drink well for a
decade. |
2010 |
£15.00 |
RP91
2011-22 |
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Domaine de Bila Haut de Roussillon
Michel Chapoutier
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75cl |
Haut
Cotes de Roussillon Villages
Latour de France
OCCULTUM LAPIDEM
M. Chapoutier
RP -
One of the more polished, sexy examples of the cuvee, the 2015 Côtes du
Roussillon Villages Latour de France Occultum Lapidem checks in as a
blend of 50% Syrah, 40% Grenache and the balance Carignan and Mourvèdre,
aged all in concrete tanks. It boasts killer notes of black raspberries,
cassis, pepper and liquorice, with just a hint of chocolate appearing
with time in the glass.
This medium to full-bodied, layered and beautifully textured red is an
incredible value and will be impossible to resist over the coming 4-5
years, and I’m sure it will keep even longer. |
2015 |
£14.00 |
RP94
2017-25BIODYNAMIC Wines!
Great Value and
Quality! |
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Domaine Perrin
A top Southern
Rhone domaine; better know for the top CNDP Chateau de Beaucastel
label - great value for money, as it is a CNDP except for the name. |
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53 |
75cl |
Coudoulet Rouge de Beaucastel
Domaine Perrin
RP/Joe Czerwinski -
Potentially the best Coudoulet I've ever tasted,
the 2016 Cotes du Rhone Coudoulet de Beaucastel tasted from foudre was
singing. Sourced from 80-year-old vines just outside the
Châteauneuf boundary, it's incredibly long and rich for a Côtes
du Rhône. Black olives, blackberries and spices fill out the palate of
this wine, which must surely be considered a bargain when released. |
2016 |
£19.00 |
RP93
2018-26 |
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Domaine Xavier Vins
Xavier Vignon,
is one of the region’s most talented winemakers with a gift for finding
and vinifying choice plots of vines that result in simply superb wines. |
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75cl |
Arcane XIX Le Soleil
Cotes du Rhone Village
Domaine Xavier Vins
RP/Joe Czerwinski -
The 2015 Cotes du Rhone
Villages Arcane XVIII Le Soleil is youthfully dark in colour and
fruit-forward, but it also shows softening, silky tannins. It's full
bodied but not overblown, with a sensationally seductive mouthfeel.
Black cherries define the fruit, joined by hints of dark chocolate and
enough garrigue to give it a seriously savoury character despite the
fruit. This is an old-vine blend of 80% Grenache with 10% each Syrah and
Mourvèdre, aged 15 months in one-third new oak, the rest in concrete or
foudre. Maybe the best Côte du Rhône Villages I've ever tasted. |
2015 |
£20.00 |
RP/JC94
2018-27 |
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