How excited was I to open this wine? Um, well, I raced home from the wine store and had the bottle opener in my hand before I even said hello to my children, if that tells you anything. And it was a 90+ degree day in NYC and I still just wanted a bright red Rhone. I guess that's why I think of it as a Chateauneuf-du-Pape craze I have been on.
The 2005 Vieilles Vignes is a dusky ruby red in color with jammy red fruits on the nose. The top note is a bit alcoholic, but as the nose adjusts to it there is some very berry nice "primary" fruit flavors. On the palate the wine is warm and thin, without too much pepper or spice, and a decided lack of concentration. Perhaps this needs to cellar to put on weight?
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oh my~~~
ReplyDeleteThis wine is amazing!
In retrospect I am thinking I underrated this wine due to the time of year I bought it and my impatience to get it home and open. Temperature, temperature, temperature ... if I had only shown a little patience to chill this slightly before I popped and poured, the results could have been mind blowing.
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