I LOVE this wine. It is so old school. So much like the better CDRs and CDRVs I used to drink/sell in the early 80s. Very earthy, funky, aged meaty nose. Peppery, roasted green herbs, iodine-tinged flavors. There’s spicy blackberry skins too, but that takes a back seat to farmy garrigue. Clingy and damn good. Cambie may have have Ginger-ized most of the southern Rhône, but it is really nice to find that Mary Ann is still in the house.
I LOVE this wine. It is so old school. So much like the better CDRs and CDRVs I used to drink/sell in the early 80s. Very earthy, funky, aged meaty nose. Peppery, roasted green herbs, iodine-tinged flavors. There’s spicy blackberry skins too, but that takes a back seat to farmy garrigue. Clingy and damn good. Cambie may have have Ginger-ized most of the southern Rhône, but it is really nice to find that Mary Ann is still in the house.
1 person found it helpfulMay 17th, 2019Now THIS is old-school Cotes du Rhône. Aromas of dried garrigue brush and a quarry-full of cracked rock over the top of spicy blackberry skins. So much stony minerality in the mouth, it’s like the Grenache equivalent of a Saint-Joseph Syrah. Very savory, mouthfilling flavors. Tremendous value.
Now THIS is old-school Cotes du Rhône. Aromas of dried garrigue brush and a quarry-full of cracked rock over the top of spicy blackberry skins. So much stony minerality in the mouth, it’s like the Grenache equivalent of a Saint-Joseph Syrah. Very savory, mouthfilling flavors. Tremendous value.
1 person found it helpfulMar 27th, 2018
Côtes du Rhône Villages, Southern Rhône, Rhône, France
