Les Aphillanthes, Cotes du Rhone, Rasteau

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Red · Red Rhone Blend
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LWIN 1108169
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91 /100
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18
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Taster #3403 · Apr 25, 2025
91/100
Showing nice. Tannins have really softened on this and I’m not sure it will go much longer. All sap on the nose with a light floral note. BlackBerry, cassis, forest floor and wet rocks. Classic Rasteau. Such a good year that this is more than just a little adjacent to CnDP.
2010 vintage
Taster #6182 · Jan 8, 2025
Deliciously tannic and elegant. Peppery with cherry and plum notes.
2010 vintage
Taster #4669 · Nov 15, 2023
92/100
In a great spot— notes of dried blackberries and dried flowers; good acidity; a bit of heat on the finish (so chilled it down a bit more).
2010 vintage
Taster #4929 · Aug 14, 2022
91/100
In a good place. Very smooth.
2010 vintage
Taster #6567 · Jan 16, 2022
91/100
Range of 88-91, with later tastes into 2021 best
2010 vintage
Taster #6567 · May 21, 2021
92/100
Rich, floral red that holds up well.
2010 vintage
Taster #3661 · Jun 18, 2020
89/100
PnP: Very Nice. Caramel and plum, with a Nice animal touch On the nose. Spicy and acid mouth. Polished tannins. After 1 hour, lots of vanilla on the nose, and a less acid mouth. Good, but not exceptionally good, wine. Mouth could be more integrated.
2010 vintage
Taster #0074 · May 6, 2020
89/100
88-89; starting to decline some but still enjoyable
2010 vintage
Taster #1852 · Apr 19, 2020
94/100
Lovely Rasteau! I need more of this. Emblematic of southern Rhône the poise of Rasteau. Inky black but fruit, terroir, garrique and spices are swirled together such that one isn’t quite sure where the palate yields to finish not where the finish ends. $30ish? Wow.
2010 vintage
Taster #1852 · Apr 13, 2020
Nice Rasteau. Drinking well here with nice balance of maturity and youth.
2010 vintage
Taster #0074 · Mar 8, 2020
90/100
This has integrated better than the last taste and come together quite nicely. A great example of a powerful southern Rhone.
2010 vintage
Taster #8796 · Feb 8, 2020
This is big, structured, and powerful and just seeming to hit peak stride although it could continue to improve.
2010 vintage
Taster #7961 · Sep 19, 2019
92/100
Opaque black with an inch pour. An excellent Syrah ringer for a Cabernet Sauvignon. Full bodied. Very firm and drying tannin. Blackberry and black currant fruit. At 9 years, aging well and worth keeping for years more. If it developes smoked meat flavors, could well become great as a Syrah. Outstanding with meat dishes.
2010 vintage
Taster #7266 · Mar 10, 2019
89/100
Slightly over-ripe. Large and interesting.
2010 vintage
Taster #2579 · Nov 18, 2018
Wow! Let this breath for several hours....and then overnight after a wine tasting. This is just entering its drinking window. Very fruity taste, excellent balance with the tannins. Very earthy on the nose, anise and raisins dominate. Only half of that transfers to the mid pallet. For a QPR, this wine rocks. Try not to drink it too soon.
2010 vintage
Taster #0728 · Nov 5, 2018
90/100
Not as good as I remember. Fruit a little more muted and a much drier wine than the previous bottle. Pleasant and solid, not much more.
2010 vintage
Taster #0728 · Oct 24, 2018
91/100
Drank a few days ago, so don't remember the specifics. However, a full-bodied wine with ripe lush purple/dark blue fruit that was relatively complex and interesting. I'd buy more.
2010 vintage
Taster #2579 · Sep 30, 2018
Similar notes as before (below): This is a BIG, BIG wine Heavy, Heavy sediment! Need to decant this and let it breathe for a couple of hours. Simply delicious! Very dark fruits, but well integrated tannins make this an outstanding wine with a meal, or a stronger sipping wine. There were absolutely no flaws in this wine.
2010 vintage
Taster #0074 · Feb 1, 2018
89/100
I found this wine to be young and tannic. More rest time needed.
2010 vintage
Taster #3342 · Sep 24, 2017
92/100
Excellent with a sweet pork. Needs approximately an hour to decant.
2010 vintage
Taster #7961 · Apr 25, 2017
94/100
Opaque black with a tiny clear ring at the edge in the glass. Generous aromas of blackberry and black currant. The sip is very smoothly textured, has fine structuring acidity and tannin, and adds black raspberry. Concentrated without being heavy or hotly alcoholic. Very delicious and great with food, especially lamb. Overall, a top notch Rasteau that was consistently one of the favorites when served for five days beside 7 other wines with lunch and dinner. Aging beautifully, fully enjoyable …
2010 vintage
Taster #3960 · Feb 14, 2017
90/100
Jolie vin, long, pur et intense, mais l'alcool ressort un peu trop en final.
2010 vintage
Taster #1852 · Feb 5, 2017
93/100
Beautiful Rasteau; needs air but offers gorgeous dark fruit balanced with unctuous tar and tree sap. Somehow this wine integrates and glides over the palate!
2010 vintage
Taster #2579 · Dec 18, 2016
Heavy, Heavy sediment! Need to decant this and let it breathe for a couple of hours. Simply delicious! Very dark fruits, but well integrated tannins make this an outstanding wine with a meal, or a stronger sipping wine. There were absolutely no flaws in this wine.
2010 vintage
Taster #9786 · Feb 8, 2016
Flawed
2010 vintage