Vieilles Vignes Cairanne Red Blend

Beautifully expressive right from the pop and pour, with classic Southern Rhône aromatics of garrigue, lavender, wild herbs, florals, menthol, wild mint and just a faint touch of barnyard, all wrapped around intense old-vine Grenache fruit. Cassis and sappy cherry dominate as the wine opens, with terrific aromatic depth and purity. The palate is gorgeous, juicy, concentrated and remarkably elegant, with silky texture, tremendous sap and beautifully articulated sweet, velvety tannins. It builds steadily through the mid-palate and finishes with real length and freshness. Almost baby Châteauneuf in aromatic breadth, but less alcoholic, less overwhelming and far more graceful. At this price level, I would take great Cairanne over almost any sub-$50 Châteauneuf. Fantastic wine.

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.

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

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.