Château Coupe Roses
Orience Minervois Red Rhone Blend
Minervois, Languedoc, Languedoc Roussillon, France
The 2011 “Cuvee Orience” currently pours a deep garnet with a translucent core and watery rim; medium+ viscosity. On the nose, medium+ intensity and I’m here to report that this wine is faking the funk on a nasty dunk. Horse blanket, desiccated blue and black fruits, grilled meat, scorched earth, grilled mushrooms, and dirty wet rocks. On a palate, this wine is dry with medium tannins…much of most of which have integrated; medium maybe medium+ acid. Confirming the dark desiccated fruit, brandied cherries, black pepper, lavender, earth, salmiakki, and wet stone. Very long finish. Alcohol is medium+. My very last bottle of the 2011 “Orience” and it was a cracker. So long, friend.
The 2011 “Cuvee Orience” currently pours a deep garnet with a translucent core and watery rim; medium+ viscosity. On the nose, medium+ intensity and I’m here to report that this wine is faking the funk on a nasty dunk. Horse blanket, desiccated blue and black fruits, grilled meat, scorched earth, grilled mushrooms, and dirty wet rocks. On a palate, this wine is dry with medium tannins…much of most of which have integrated; medium maybe medium+ acid. Confirming the dark desiccated fruit, brandied cherries, black pepper, lavender, earth, salmiakki, and wet stone. Very long finish. Alcohol is medium+. My very last bottle of the 2011 “Orience” and it was a cracker. So long, friend.
Nov 13th, 2021BYOB. We got invited to see Kethro perform some of his latest work at LOW END. Popped and poured into Stainless Steel YETI tumblers while me got drenched in fresh beats. The 2011 “Cuvée Orience”, while certainly showing secondary and tertiary characteristics, is showing beautifully right now! Blue fruits and dark fruits, tart cherry, pastureland, black pepper, and cool damp coniferous forest floor. On the palate, blueberries, dark cherry, spiced and cured deli meat, and Herbs de Provence. The acid, which was quite zippy, has done a wonderful job keeping this alive. The tannins, which seemed well integrated in the first glass, started to gain strength by the second glass. The finish was remarkably looooong and satisfying. While they aren’t dying anytime in the immediate future, there is no reason not to drink and enjoy this now.
BYOB. We got invited to see Kethro perform some of his latest work at LOW END. Popped and poured into Stainless Steel YETI tumblers while me got drenched in fresh beats. The 2011 “Cuvée Orience”, while certainly showing secondary and tertiary characteristics, is showing beautifully right now! Blue fruits and dark fruits, tart cherry, pastureland, black pepper, and cool damp coniferous forest floor. On the palate, blueberries, dark cherry, spiced and cured deli meat, and Herbs de Provence. The acid, which was quite zippy, has done a wonderful job keeping this alive. The tannins, which seemed well integrated in the first glass, started to gain strength by the second glass. The finish was remarkably looooong and satisfying. While they aren’t dying anytime in the immediate future, there is no reason not to drink and enjoy this now.
Apr 14th, 2021
Licorice, stewed red fruit, mushrooms.
Licorice, stewed red fruit, mushrooms.
Oct 27th, 2016Your fat uncle's wine; young and vibrant
Your fat uncle's wine; young and vibrant
Jan 15th, 2016
