Vieilles Vignes Cairanne Red Blend

Wow this blossoms with air and is aromatically stunning and sweet but vibrant. Very unique.

What an amazing wine and value. Nose is so deep. Huge cassis and liquer like aromas and loads of wild herbs de Provence. Lurid and sultry aromas. So Cairanne. Palate is immaculate and so pure with incredible refinement and class. Great freshness and finesse. Juicy and only a skoche of heat at 14.7% but will integrate air as is typical for this cuvee.

Nose is cassis and red berries with herbs, tree bark, minerals and crushed rocks. Lovely and expressive. Palate is ripe and rich and so mouthwatering with great energy and cut. Juicy and so fresh. Loads of cassis and red berry fruit and outstanding length. Terrific value.

Nose is terrific and airy with kirsch and cassis. Airy and stoney, feral and gamey with superb herbs de provence and very clean, so precise and juicy. Long and ripe tannins. Sappy and pure and very sapid. Long and toothsome.

Beautiful wine. Unreal nose of west earth, mineral, cassis, intense ripe fruit but huge mineral background. Just terrific. What a value this is. White pepper and herbs as well. Palate is elegant, juicy and has gorgeous ripe fruit and minerals galore. Still some structure to burn and finish is short as it needs air. But wow. It’s all there. I’ll be back as it breathes. Juicy and already fleshing out after 5 minutes. Terrific length. This gets so complete after an hour or so. Really energetic and sappy fruit. Great freshness.

This is terrific. Very detailed nose. Dark, pure blackberry, crystallized ginger, crushed stones, roasted green herbs. Ripe and expansive in the mouth, very long and persistent. Lots of mineral cling. Very old school. Superb value.

Nice wine, good value. Was a bit skeptical given the 15% but it wasn’t really noticeable. Did open 8 hours before drinking and gave it a slight chill. Pepper and wild herbs. Nice balance. Good pairing with a mustardy chicken dish.

Excited to taste and drink some value wines as all I had was baller stuff until the recent shipment. If I have 10 cases of wine in my apartment I’ll drink all the value stuff first. When I have no value stuff I drink the baller stuff with no rhyme or reason. Maybe TMI here but hey, 4 people are reading this.

This is a smoking great value. Nose is cassis, herbs de Provence, licorice, and stones. Very deep nose. Smells like a gigondas or CDP. Palate is silky and ripe and holds its 15% admirably. Big tannins but ripe and sweet and just tremendous structure and admirable purity .

This has really come together after 6 hours. Elegant, crunch, balanced, pure and long. 9.2 to 9.3.

Smokin’. So good. Grippy and wonderful.

What a smokeshow. Gorgeous nose of cherry liquer, cassis and lavender. Amazing purity and so not gloppy Grenache. Smell those Galets. Spice and licorice as well. Palate is so fresh and elegant with unreal purity. So juicy and Stoney with a trickle of heat but as it airs it will integrate. Lovely texture and freshness. Long finish.