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Bright purple. Complex, highly aromatic scents of red berries, smoky minerals, fresh flowers and Asian spices. Perfumed and alluringly sweet in the mouth, with a velvety texture and sweet raspberry and floral pastille flavors that become spicier with air. There's something pinot-like here that's very appealing. Juicy acidity gives energy and bite to the tangy, gently tannic, focused finish. The excellent 2010 bottling of this wine is evolving at a snail's pace, by the way. - Delas Syrah is a seriously endowed, opaque purple-colored effort revealing notes of ink, lead pencil shavings, blackberries, toast, licorice, pepper and a liqueur of minerality. This full-bodied, somewhat reserved St.-Joseph is built for long-term aging.
- This has good energy, with a racy, vivid core of black cherry, blackberry and raspberry fruit, laced with bramble, sweet tapenade and anise notes. A buried iron edge carries the finish.
- Red Rather tightly packed, with loganberry, bitter plum and raspberry coulis notes forming the core, while bay, black tea and anise accents add range and extend the finish. A lovely lavender hint echoes at the very end.
- Ripe but tender, with soft-edged plum, blackberry and fig notes framed by whiffs of coffee and charcoal.
- The softness of Grenache is balanced by the mineral backbone extracted from the schistous soils. The Syrah and Carignan add pronounced spicy and peppery components. Intense yet subtle…
- The cepage is 80% Malbec and 20% Merlot. Petit Clos is aged partially in oak. There is severe selection and a green harvest in the vineyard. You will taste red fruits and some licorice.
- Floral elements on nose nicely complemented intense earthy aromas. Palate showed a slightly sweet character, with ripe remaining fruit and great a sous bois evolution. Very good length and great finesse.
- Medium ruby color. Potent nose of juniper berry, violets, blackberry, red raspberry, stone, and dense earth. Lithe, sinewy layers of black raspberry, pulpy red raspberry, iron filings, cinnamon, and a bit of meatiness coursing on the palate with seamlessness and exuberance. Lovely acidity and serious but integrated tannins leading to a long finish of lively red and black fruit cut with rock and grip. Wow, a first class wine caught in early adolescence brimming with freshness and strength.
- The nose starts with faint mushrooms against a tightly-held core of fruit. The nose continuously evolves; first there are strawberry notes then a multitude of red currant and other red-berry fruits take turns coming to the fore. This is superb, very complex and becomes quite haunting. The palate has both intensity and balance but gives little else away, it is a very primary performance. There is more than ample length, but it's the nose that dominates this wine, and what a nose!
- Balanced, elegant, focused, and very clearly representative of our estate’s terroir. The color is a beautiful mix of garnet and ruby. Aromatically dynamic, floral notes with bright red fruit and spice fill the bouquet and palate. It is a mix of roses and violets with red hills earth, white pepper, red currant, cassis, light vanilla, pomegranate and warm cherry pie. On the palate, the texture is layered and complex, and the finish is quite long with well integrated tannins that will round in time.
- Laurène is an essay in balance. Its color is both brilliant red and deep ruby. The nose has the spice character of 2011 - anise, clove & tea – with further notes of baked fig, rhubarb and pomegranate. On the palate, the texture is both light & viscous, with mouth coating tannins, and flavors of spice & ripe raspberries with a touch of tartness. The exceptionally long finish leaves you with sweet, lush fruit & wonderfully bright layers. While intensely woven now, a couple years of cellaring, or decanting, will reveal silk, elegance and an expressive depth of texture. Enjoy now, and over the next 8-10 years.
- This wine is beautifully built around a given texture with somptieux tannins. Ample body with rich in aromas of cherry. A superb presence wine.
- Brightly bold and scarlet colored this wine is defined by its black fruit and cherry aromas with truffle and leather undertones.
- A beautiful cherry stain red it is delightfully light and fruity with soft tannins.
- Maturing in oak barrels gives this wine the fine complexity of an oak-aged red. It can accompany a wide range of dishes.
- An elegant blend of Grenache and merlot, a lovely red with juicy red fruit flavors and soft tannins, one can also taste hints of clay and limestone that are present in the land it is grown.
- This wine carries a lovely structure of red fruits and has long flowing soft tannins, along with hints of vanilla bean . It pairs beautifully with meat and can benefit from slight aging.
- Intense aromas of tar, leather, smoke, dried cherry and spice with touches of minerality. The palate is powerful yet approachable, with savory notes interlaced with ripe fruit, leather, smoke and spice.
- Domaine Martin Cairanne Cotes du Rhône Villages is a full bodied, rounded red, with red fruit flavors, integrated tannins and a slight oaked character. Pairs well with red meats and aged cheese.
- An indicative blend of Grenache and Syrah. Filled with aromas of stewed plums, black cherries blue berries, black olives, and a hint of spiced dark chocolate.
