L'Oustal Blanc (Isabel et Claude Fonquerle) Minervois Giocoso
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
90
/100
Reviews
16
professional
Vintages
1
2009
Other
90/100
Red Rhone Blend
NV
Community Reviews
2121
Reviews
90.3
Avg Score
92
Highest
Taster #1139
· Apr 14, 2020
89/100
Solid Minervois. More one-dimensional than many other Languedocs. Dark, brooding wine with dark berry flavors. Worked well with chicken puttanesca dinner.
2009 vintage
Taster #1139
· Dec 11, 2019
88/100
Fading a little from last bottle. Dark berries predominate and overall dark palate. Getting a little out of balance, to my taste. I like the intensity and the fullness of the flavor profile, but there is a lingering after-taste that creeps in unappealingly. Still, a good, somewhat rustic, bottle.
2009 vintage
Taster #5317
· Nov 22, 2019
90/100
This is exceptionally delicious. Dark and brooding on the nose with a juicy, fresh palate loaded with blackberry and black pepper. There is a spirit/kirsch note on the finish that detracts, but this still manages to be very pleasurable in a more hedonistic mold.
2009 vintage
Taster #9446
· Feb 3, 2018
92/100
As I like em!����
2009 vintage
Taster #1139
· Apr 20, 2017
88/100
Enjoyed over a couple of nights. D liked it more than I. Good fruit, acid, but seemed to lack something to me. Not integrated? We like Minervois, so I expected more.
2009 vintage
Taster #7960
· Jan 14, 2017
90/100
Dn2h. Dark red, 6. Heavy spicy beefy bouquet, organic like sweetness behind, later garrigue like C9P stuff emerges. Intense harmonious palate, some tannin, dark over mature fruits. Drink now-2020. Impressive effort but lacks elegance.
2009 vintage
Taster #7560
· May 2, 2016
92/100
I just love this wine and it is in such anice place now with softened tannins and real plushness to the mouthfeel. Sad to see my last bottle. For those who still have suggest you not delay. Much satisfaction to be had right now! I will find this producer this summer and experss my pleasure in person while stocking up from the source
2009 vintage
Taster #0987
· Mar 10, 2016
92/100
Nice rich balanced wine. Tannins have integrated and dark fruit is still evident. Nice balance.
2009 vintage
Taster #1139
· Feb 15, 2016
89/100
More ready-to-drink than the Maris Minervois that we also had. Great with the venison dinner.
2009 vintage
Taster #3716
· Jan 11, 2016
91/100
Consistent with previous note from last summer. Not complex, but well balanced and firm in its identity. Outstanding weeknight QPR.
2009 vintage
Taster #9922
· Jan 3, 2016
Midweight drinking quite well still, although wood is starting to win out over some of the fruit. Finish these off within the next 6 to 12 months.
2009 vintage
Taster #8279
· Dec 17, 2015
90/100
Earthy nose with red fruits and an whiff of petrol. Complex palate of red fruit, raisiny notes, black pepper, and meaty flavors. Acidity leads into oak, minerals, and bark.
2009 vintage
Taster #8279
· Jul 15, 2015
Corked
2009 vintage
Taster #3716
· Jun 15, 2015
91/100
Outstanding QPR with great overall texture and balance. Complex nose of flowers and garrigue with a supple, juicy round palate and plenty of candied red fruit and black licorice into the finish. A little heat and some thick tannins on the tail, but otherwise great off the P&P. Serve cool at cellar temp. Drink now -2018.
2009 vintage
Taster #2202
· Oct 4, 2014
Boy what a nice bottle of wine. A bottle that falls into that wonderful place of open and pour, have with anything spicy - blackened seared tuna. Always impressive and tastes much better than $20.00. A trifecta. I am most impressed by the terroir - more on a metaphysical plane than the physical, although that is there too. But I what I loved was how true this wine was to my impression of Languedoc. And after is that not what …
2009 vintage
Taster #0240
· Sep 19, 2014
90/100
Grenat intense avec disque rubis pourpré. Au nez, fruits des champs(fraises sauvages, framboises, mures sauvages), un peu de cuire, poivre. En bouche, beau fruits mures, tanins fondus, belle équilibre, assez long, légèrement asséchant en fin de bouche. Très bien. Pourrait probablement gagner avec 1 ou 2 ans de cave.
2009 vintage
Taster #8391
· Jul 12, 2014
91/100
Great Rhone blend, made quite unique by the addition of Cinsault to the Syrah, Grenache and Carignan
2009 vintage
Taster #5501
· Feb 7, 2014
91/100
Silky tannins, medium to full body. Blackberries and blue fruits, floral, raisin, decent length.
2009 vintage
Taster #5720
· Nov 20, 2013
Leaner and less fun than other wines I've had from this producer. I don't see this improving.
2009 vintage
Taster #8279
· May 11, 2013
91/100
Complex nose with smoke, earth, oak and meaty hints. Dry dry black fruit, coffee, cacao nibs, minerals. Old oak, strong peppery tannins, dirt, and mint notes
2009 vintage
Taster #9733
· Mar 25, 2013
Taste black currant, blackberry, dust, leather, currant, blueberry, strawberry, cherry, raspberry, licorice, anise, vanilla, and musk Nose vanilla, toast, smoke, tobacco, dark fruit, red fruit, spice box, cedar, violet, rose petal, oak, mushroom, game, tar, and dust
2009 vintage