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2005 Vacqueyras, Cuvee de Lopy, Domaine le Sang des Cailloux (750ml)
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Vintage: 2005
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Vacqueyras
Vineyard:
Designation: Cuvee de Lopy
Appellation: Vacqueyras
Producer: Domaine le Sang des Cailloux
Varietal: Red Rhone Blend
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Rhone
Sub-Region: Southern Rhone
Tasting note: One of the great Vacqueyras of the vintage is the 2005 Vacqueyras Cuvee
du Lopy. A blend of 75% Grenache and 25% Syrah, all from 40- to
50+-year-old vines, this wine has a wonderfully smoky, earthy nose of
truffle juice, blackberries, cherries, meats, and Provencal herbs. Some
forest floor and flowers are also there. Deep, sumptuous, rich, dense,
with moderately high but sweet tannin, this is a sensational Vacqueyras
to drink over the next 10-15 years. (93pts. Robert Parker)
Tasted: Feb. 2008
Score: 93
Drink: 2008-23
Tasting note: Glass-staining purple. Seductively
perfumed nose features a sexy array of dark berry preserves, mocha,
flowers and Asian spices. Sweet, impressively concentrated blackberry
and cassis flavors are lifted by fresh acidity and sweetened by suave
vanillin oak spice. Finishes with youthful firmness and an echo of dark
berries. Very sexy stuff, and quite young. (91pts. JR, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar)
Tasted: Jan./Feb. 2008
Score: 91
Drink: N/A
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