Tasted double-blind, 4/24/09, in a lineup that was open to all Rhone reds except Chateauneuf-du-Pape. (Also, nobody brought any expensive Hermitages or Cote-Roties, save for one that I never got to taste.)
Gorgeous dark cassis & kirsch fruit w/gentle char notes folded in; lavish, luscious fruit; harmonious & long finish. Out of about 15 wines in a double-blind lineup, this was my WOTN.
93 pts.
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