Domaine Le Roc Des Anges
Astérolide Red Blend
Côtes du Roussillon, Roussillon, Languedoc Roussillon, France
After few hours of opening, very ripe fruit. Dark cherry, fig, dry prune, dark tea, dry leaves. Mouth is round, rich with subtile dark fruits and a nice acidity. Then it becomes more powerful with structure and nice tannins. On the finish we are back in the sunny south. It feels like the sun on the rocks but the nice acidity balance it. Great wine but needs time to open.
After few hours of opening, very ripe fruit. Dark cherry, fig, dry prune, dark tea, dry leaves. Mouth is round, rich with subtile dark fruits and a nice acidity. Then it becomes more powerful with structure and nice tannins. On the finish we are back in the sunny south. It feels like the sun on the rocks but the nice acidity balance it. Great wine but needs time to open.
Jan 23rd, 2021In the glass, the Astérolide 2017 has a beautiful, glass-coating, plum purple color, nearly opaque at the center, with flashes of crimson at the edge. Insistent, penetrating aromas of sun-warmed blackberries, pomegranate, and kalamata tapenade move in and out of the foreground, sometimes alternating with more evanescent suggestions of freshly roasted coffee beans, crushed black peppercorns, and grated nutmeg as the nose evolves in the glass. On the palate, the wine is cool, racy, and muscular (Marjorie calls it “flamboyant”), with a solid sweet core of seasoned red and black fruit; the flavors ranging from ripe wild strawberries and red licorice, through macerated blueberries and ripe cassis, all lingering through the persistent, cocoa-dusted silky tannic finish. Drink now – 2025.— Moore Brothers Wine Co
In the glass, the Astérolide 2017 has a beautiful, glass-coating, plum purple color, nearly opaque at the center, with flashes of crimson at the edge. Insistent, penetrating aromas of sun-warmed blackberries, pomegranate, and kalamata tapenade move in and out of the foreground, sometimes alternating with more evanescent suggestions of freshly roasted coffee beans, crushed black peppercorns, and grated nutmeg as the nose evolves in the glass. On the palate, the wine is cool, racy, and muscular (Marjorie calls it “flamboyant”), with a solid sweet core of seasoned red and black fruit; the flavors ranging from ripe wild strawberries and red licorice, through macerated blueberries and ripe cassis, all lingering through the persistent, cocoa-dusted silky tannic finish. Drink now – 2025.— Moore Brothers Wine Co
Dec 29th, 2020