Vasanth Balakrishnan

9.0

Graceful single-vineyard #grenache trending almost Pinot-like with soft cherry, cola nut, spice, black tea notes plus some red/purple floral scents. Limber palate featuring lighter plum, cherry and deceivingly firm tannins that linger with each sip. — a month ago

Vasanth Balakrishnan

8.9

Eminently quaffable #costieresdenimes ; brier black/purple berries, cassis, soft spicy aromas, plush on palate with succulent acidity underlayment, dark cocoa and coffee notes mid-palate through finish, tannins that build deceptively with each sip. This could be even better in half a decade but delicious Rhône blend even today - 70% #syrah 30% #grenache . — a year ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.3

80% #syrah 20% #grenache blend. Excellent. — 2 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.3

#rivesaltes #amber #grenache #garnacha — 2 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.3

So good. Soft juicy elegant. Think #priorat blend. 85% #carignan #carignane #mazuela #mazuelo #cariñena #carinena and 15% #garnacha #grenache — 9 months ago

David Kline

9.4

2016 vintage. Red plum, hoisin, shiitake on soft wood, cinnamon and cedar, coffee rye, palm bark, lilac. Expansive sour cherry, cranberry, pipe tobacco, leather, apple skin, allspice, nutmeg and clove. Really a perfect Côtes du Rhône from a great vintage, shining, deific at eight years.

#beaucastel #familleperrin #cotesdurhône #coudouletdebeaucastel #cdr #2016 #appellationdoriginecontrolèe #grenache #mourvedre #syrah #cinsault — a year ago

with Courtney

Vasanth Balakrishnan

9.1

Such a crushable #priorat - bramble fruit, warming spiced plum compote, wet stone nose. 45% #carignan; 45% #grenache; 10% #merlot with 9 months in French Oak. Delicious balanced palate with a beam of dark fruit, bright frame and rounded tannins on the finish. After a week in the wine fridge with a vacuum cork, the last glass only had a whiff of raisiny notes which speaks to a wine with longevity. Exceedingly strong QPR #costcowine. — 2 years ago

David Kline

9.5

2016 vintage! Ripe and baked plum notes coincide with suede and black pepper pestled. Beef cheek, porcini and cola find blueberry and cedar. Exquisite mouthfeel of silken raspberry tinged with black pepper; tannins integrated, but tsunami suggestive. Black cherry, cinnamon, cedar, pepper, and oak. Generous, with clove assertive, and vanilla extract as a rinse. Palpably papal, where red is the staple.

#châteauneufdupape #cdp #rhonerouge #appellationchâteauneufdupapecontrôlée #châteaugigognan #châteaugigonancardinalice #cardinalice #misenbouteilleauchâteau #grenache — a year ago

with Courtney

Vasanth Balakrishnan

9.1

My first #chateaumusar - taciturn black fruit, cassis, sous bois on the nose. Palate with conspicuous acidity up front, sturdy tannins mid-palate on the finish. Delicious wine now but easily could cruise 10 to 15 years longer. Fascinating 50% #cinsault 40% #grenache 10% #cabernetsauvignon — a year ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.0

#rhonewhites #rousillon #grenache — 2 years ago