Les Vins de Vienne, Cotes du Rhone, Cranilles

Very good. 13.5%alc. bought Glengarry NZ, opened out beautifully with an hour's breathing. colour: very dark berry Bouquet: morello cherry, ripe berry, uplifted spicey and savoury, blueberry, sour notes PaLate: as bouquet, but more secondary characteristics, very dry, dusty, pencil shavings, full bodied, long clean finish, puckering tannins. August 2014

Drinking very well now. It has smopothed out since the last tasting note and works well with or without food. I enjoy Cotes du Rhone and consider this an excellent example.

(13.5% vol) Tasted without decanting and consumed along side duck breasts with apples and prunes and boiled baby potatoes. A beautiful deep ruby colour, vanilla and thyme on the nose, and on the palate the herbal notes were very dominant and completely complimentary to the dish. This is a "substantial" Cote du Rhone (CdR) as compared with the CdR Les Peyrouses from Alain Voge that I've recently been introduced to (also 2005); I would have not chosen the Voge for …