Vanessa

9.0

Here’s a biodynamically-produced Syrah blend from Minervois La Livinière AOC, a subregion within Minervois, which is located on the slopes of the Massif Central (highlands) in the Languedoc region of France (Southern).  🇫🇷 It has 95% Syrah and 5% Grenache. 🍇

This wine comes from grapes grown on the terraced vineyards of Les Planels, where grapes have been grown for 35 years.  

👁 The color is beautifully deep and rich purple.  I see noteworthy staining and tearing on the glass.

👃 The nose is youthful with an immediate bouquet of ripe and jammy black fruit such as black plum, black cherry, cassis, and blackberry preserves. There are also dried herb notes, such as lavender, sage, thyme, also black peppercorn, anise, pencil lead, cedar, cinnamon, clove, earth, and cured meat.

This wine was fermented in an open concrete vat and aged for 12 months in French Oak barrels, 1/3 of which were new oak, lending some of the baking-spice notes to the nose. 🪵

👄 On the palate this wine is dry. It has medium acidity, a full body, high alcohol, grippy tannins, flavors largely consistent with the nose, but less juicy and more earthy on the palate, and a lingering finish.

This wine is juicy and bold and has potential for further aging. 👌👌👌

We’re pairing it tonight with leftovers from last night’s bbq 🍖 🥩 and it is a lovely pairing!

Château Maris, Les Planels, Cru La Livinières. Syrah and Grenache. Vintage 2017. ABV 14.5%. — 3 years ago

with Deked1

Fredybeans

9.0

Jaune soutenue
Nez cire fruit jaune pointe d alcool
Bouche attaque sèche et corps massif gras finale retrouvant de la fraîcheur
Un calligramme bien sec — 5 years ago

Michael Goldstein

9.0

I was told that only young people like beaujolais as it is tasteless to those wit developed palates. Well bravo to me and my unrefined tastebuds because this delicious lolly-water is a show stopper. Soft leather like a luxury shoe lined with velvet, subtle pepper and fermented sour strap flavors. Massif! I has this with a multi-meat rabbit pie — 6 years ago

TheElder Pinot

9.5

Absolutely delicious, it sits well above it’s humble CDR village’s classification. Refined garrigue character, silky dusty tannins, concentrated dark fruit and balanced acidity. Looking forward to the 2010 waiting in the cellar! — 4 years ago

Vay John Blazina

8.9

Nice nose, a moderately full body with moderate complexity & along aftertaste. 3.5 score. — 5 years ago

Fredybeans

9.2

Robe noire
Nez fruit noir frais pierre chaude
Bouche fraîche de mûre note de goudron de fruit noir et fleurs rouges lourdes
Très belle sans bois massif
👍👍 — 5 years ago

J Levenson

9.0

Wow! $16!!! Decant for 30 minutes. Serve at 60°. — 6 years ago

Dominic O'Mahony

8.9

Plenty of red cherry, stewed plum, maybe some violet aromas; but also buscuit and a hint of cumin(?) — 4 years ago

Fredybeans

9.4

Robe jaune claire
Nez réduit puis s ouvre lentement sur des note d agrumes confits d iode
Bouche à l attaque dense et pleine de sève et de fraîcheur
Vin très massif et carré qui en est qu à ses débuts — 5 years ago

with Pico and El

olivier goncalves

8.9

Chouette ça. De l'évolution qui fait que ce n'est pas un bon trop massif en bouche. Côté velouté. — 6 years ago

with Olivier