2017 Vacqueyras Les Christins
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The 2017 Vacqueyras les Christins is a 75-25 blend of Grenache and Syrah, matured in foudres and tanks. Scents of baked cherries are underscored by hints of darker fruit and licorice on the nose, while the medium to full-bodied palate is supple and easygoing, then ends with softly dusty tannins.
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Josh Raynolds
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Limpid magenta. Ripe, spice-tinged raspberry, boysenberry and pungent flowers on the highly fragrant nose. In a supple, fleshy style, offering juicy, well-concentrated red and blue fruit and spicecake flavors that turn livelier on the back half. Smooth and seamless on the impressively long and gently tannic finish, which leaves behind a sweet red berry liqueur note.
Cask sample. Fairly closed nose. Obvious oak spice on the palate. Hasn’t knitted together as well as their Vinsobres or Rasteau, for example. Dark, savoury finish with liquorice and iodine make for quite a severe impression. Frown-inducing, and needs age to come together. (RH)