Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
88
/100
Reviews
14
professional
Vintages
1
2005
Other
88/100
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90
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Taster #2806
· Aug 3, 2024
90/100
Note: I use a scale on which 85 represents a very good wine. What a delicious wine, better than suggested by my TN in 2016. Full flavored, well-balanced. Decanted, although I am not certain this was necessary. Faded a bit through the bottle, so the 90, which is an unusual score for me, is based more on the first few glasses than the last. Will see what tomorrow brings.
2005 vintage
Taster #1363
· Nov 5, 2019
88/100
Gamy and funky, with strong leafy notes and strong acidity. A wine geek's wine for sure.
2005 vintage
Taster #2806
· Dec 13, 2016
85/100
Note: I use a scale on which 85 represents a very good wine. Nice bottle. I agree with axelrad "It's great with food, light and yet meaty in that Loire red way.". Did not strike me as that sophisticated, but it was satisfying -- which is the point isn't it?
2005 vintage
Taster #1363
· Apr 6, 2016
90/100
Lots of tobacco and leafy aromas, with a dense and savory palate that is bone dry and yet lingering. Very nice wine and doesn't seem to be on the downward slope yet.
2005 vintage
Taster #7723
· Jul 6, 2013
89/100
Dark brooding fruit with dusty tannins. Rustic, simple, straightforward. Nice with food. I really like this wine. Alcohol is 12.5%. No obvious oak.
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Taster #2546
· Dec 21, 2012
87/100
Bricking dark cherry red color; brett, tart cranberry, very tart cherry, oregano nose; mature, tart cranberry, brett, dried herbs, rosehips palate with firm, drying tannins yet; medium-plus finish 87+ points
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Taster #3239
· Aug 9, 2012
89/100
This is the kind of wine I should drink every regular day. It's great with food, light and yet meaty in that Loire red way. I wouldn't guess this to be the same grape as in an Argentine Malbec.
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Taster #5262
· Nov 14, 2011
84/100
Nice little wine, good acidity balanced by subdued but soft, pure dark fruit flavors.
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Taster #5636
· Oct 23, 2010
89/100
My first of three bottles. Deep, dark and almost inpenetrable red color. Almost like a black Cahors. Full bodied with beef blood and plenty of tannic grip on this youthful red. A massive wine for the Loire Valley. Somewhat rustic and four square butvery satisfying on a base level. Country wine at its best and an absolute bargin for the price. A great cooking wine in the best sense that you cook, and imbibe the same wine during preparation and …
2005 vintage
Taster #6405
· Feb 8, 2010
87/100
Nice, simple, not significant improvement with aeration. Poor value. Garagiste over hyped this. Lots of French and Italian wine as good or better for less.
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Taster #3679
· Jan 24, 2010
Served with Salmon on Nicoise Vegetables. Very good-excellent. Well-rounded.
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Taster #1337
· Dec 7, 2009
Rpe in a smoky way, this is light to medium bodied, quite silky and gentle on the extract, but without any sense of hollowness, although the finish is hardly "impressive." While I disagree with Jon Rimmerman's assessment of this as substantially tannic, this nevertheless does show a resemblance to Clos Roche Blanche (which I consider to be high praise), especially in its delicious aftertaste of fresh, pure, ripe yet bright berries.
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Taster #5262
· Oct 29, 2009
84/100
Opened 1st bottle which was heavily corked. Immediately opened another. The 2nd bottle revealed a very light but well balanced red wine with little, if any, negative qualities. Slight nose. From other reviews it sounds like this wine needs time to breath, but I decanted this wine and let it sit for an hour or more so I doubt that I missed much. OK for an everyday drinker.
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Taster #1404
· Jun 24, 2009
Good stuff. Light to medium-bodied with dark fruit, underbrush, iron and minerals, and refreshing acidity. Wish I had more of this.
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Taster #2546
· Jun 8, 2009
88/100
Dark red violet color; focused, peppery, tart black fruit, graphite and herb nose; tart herbal, black fruit, blackberry, graphite, mineral and baby ferns palate; short-medium finish 88+ pts.
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Taster #8474
· Mar 22, 2009
88/100
Rich dark fruits, anise and tar. Light mouthfeel, delicate fruit, good acitity. Short to medium finish. Interesting wine, ripe new world nose, but delicate almost thin palate.
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Taster #0408
· Dec 9, 2008
It's been noted many times, I know, but this Loire Cot and almost any Argentine Malbec are as far apart in style (and, to me, attractiveness) as Touraine and Mendoza. This wine is light, airy, almost, crisp, a tad hollow in the middle, but nothing to worry about. The finish is nice and long and tastes of metal and a sharp, almost lemony brightness. The nose is pretty subdued, though it begins to show some flash after an hour or …
2005 vintage
Taster #0091
· Nov 8, 2008
88/100
First thought - I should drink more wines like this. I really liked the mouthfeel: light yet minerally, low tannin, bright acidity. Nicely red but translucent (BTW - already throwing a good bit of sediment) with a nose that wasn't particularly expressive. In the mouth, I remember mostly the feel, and the note of iron on the finish, rather than specific flavors.
2005 vintage