91/100 – SMART BUY Vibrant, rich and well-balanced, delivering intense red plum, cherry and mineral flavors. There’s plenty of peppery seasoning as well, along with a finish dominated by dark chocolate. This has the stuffing to age. Drink now through 2014.— K.M. – $22
14,5/20 Le millésime a marqué les vins de ses tanins un peu secs. L’ensemble est très cassis, avec un tanin aérien et raffiné. 2008 à 2010 – 14,90€
14,5/20 – 14,90€
91/100 The Hecht & Bannier 2005 Cotes du Roussillon Villages is 70% Grenache, with small components of Carignan, Syrah and Mourvedre, and was sourced from a variety of communes. If you don’t claim to smell crushed stone or the pungent scrub of arid Catalan France in the nose of this wine, then you never will. […]
***(+) Un nez un peu animal, avec des notes de fruits rouges grillés, de cacao. La bouche est bien bâtie, avec des tanins aromatiques, une finale sur les épices.
Tight and spicy, this brings sleek cranberry and red-currant fruit flavors to the table. It’s peppery and sharp, and certainly needs airing out and/or additional bottle age. US$26
15,5/20 Sehr ausdrucksstarke Nase, Tiefe, gut eingebundenes Holz, in der Mitte kleiner Hänger, Abgang mit sehr guter Struktur, würzig und lang.
91/100 Their 2003 Côtes du Roussillon Villages (from Grenache and Carignan with a bit of Syrah and Mourvèdre) represents a selection for the best half dozen districts and soils of Roussillon, matured mostly in larger-than-barrique barrels. Aromas of black cherry, soy, resin and herbs lead to a polished, indeed positively creamy palate loaded with cherry […]
15/20 Intense, rich and very ripe, sweet and alcoholic with pretty tought tannins from presumably rain-starved fruit. Certainly not a comfortable drink at the moment. The dry tannins dominate the palate and all in all the wine sucks the juices out of the palate. It may get there eventually but there are many more winning […]
