Côtes du Rhône Red Rhône Blend

Not our favourite CdR. Long smooth finish, light in body, little fruity, tobacco flavours. Not sure would agree with bottle description of rich, fruity and spicy.

Nice value here. Fresh, savory and spiced. Aged in concrete. Quite nice. I'm buying more...

Nice medium+ bodied, intense bramble berry nose on the approach.

2003 vintage CDR - one of my longtime favourites - minimal aged character - big & delicious

Little rustic note. Nice value.

I've had a few 2011 Rhones now and they are certainly lighter but really enjoying the liveliness that brings...

Lovely red fruit and spice. Plump flavors and a great bargain!

Sticking with the Cotes du Rhone.

Medium-deep ruby color.
Aromas of red fruit, earth, herbal, some barnyard.
Dry. Flavors of black cherry, clove, cinnamon, raspberry. Medium, velvety tannins.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 3/5
Balance: 3/5
Finish: 4/5

Really nice color still, from a vintage lacking accolades, yet Rudi made a really fine little CdR this vintage, medium-long finish, very good! Cepage here is 50% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 15% Carignan, 10% Cinsault, 5% Counoise; in these earlier days, before Rudi segregated his Lirac fruit from his other CdR fruit (both in this CdR and in the “Baron Louis” CdR), this CdR was a screaming value with great quality; however, I now much prefer the basic Lirac and “Baron Louis” Lirac to the regular CdR still being produced at this domaine!!