Domaine Richaud
Cuvée l'Ebrescade Côtes du Rhône Villages Red Rhône Blend
Côtes du Rhône Villages, Southern Rhône, Rhône, France
Purple fruit and Christmas spices, plum pudding. Some VA that works to give this a complex, savage element. Palate is like juice squeezed from fresh, tart, just-ripe blackberries. Actually a little reminiscent of cru Beaujolais - is this carbonic?- but with a unique volume and spicy complexity and a reverberant streak of acid. Very interesting bottle, unexpected for southern Rhone.
Unfortunately this has become very microbial on day 2.
Purple fruit and Christmas spices, plum pudding. Some VA that works to give this a complex, savage element. Palate is like juice squeezed from fresh, tart, just-ripe blackberries. Actually a little reminiscent of cru Beaujolais - is this carbonic?- but with a unique volume and spicy complexity and a reverberant streak of acid. Very interesting bottle, unexpected for southern Rhone.
Unfortunately this has become very microbial on day 2.
I love this wine and will always sell it. Not many people share my passion for this wine. Still, I’ll always sell it. An unreal nose of raspberry spice cake that is so good. Heavenly. Big time herbs de Provence. Clay. Graphite as well. This is 60% Mourvèdre, 25% Syrah and 15% Grenache. Mint. Lurid black and red berry. This is my favorite southern Rhone wine and it is not close. This is my southern Rhone DRC. Impossibly complex and captivating nose. You cannot stop smelling it. Oh my god. Mercury must be in retrograde tonight as all wines showing sick. Holy elegance. Just so elegant. This is 15%! You would not know. Amazing purity. Such clarity. For people interested this is natural wine as Marcel Richaud is as important to natural wine as Lapierre or Chauvet. This is his piece de resistance. Best one I’ve had since 2010. I cannot believe how juicy and elegant this is. It glides. So so so so good.
I love this wine and will always sell it. Not many people share my passion for this wine. Still, I’ll always sell it. An unreal nose of raspberry spice cake that is so good. Heavenly. Big time herbs de Provence. Clay. Graphite as well. This is 60% Mourvèdre, 25% Syrah and 15% Grenache. Mint. Lurid black and red berry. This is my favorite southern Rhone wine and it is not close. This is my southern Rhone DRC. Impossibly complex and captivating nose. You cannot stop smelling it. Oh my god. Mercury must be in retrograde tonight as all wines showing sick. Holy elegance. Just so elegant. This is 15%! You would not know. Amazing purity. Such clarity. For people interested this is natural wine as Marcel Richaud is as important to natural wine as Lapierre or Chauvet. This is his piece de resistance. Best one I’ve had since 2010. I cannot believe how juicy and elegant this is. It glides. So so so so good.
1 person found it helpfulMar 23rd, 2021