2015 Domaine La Garrigue Vacqueyras
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(all concrete) Brilliant ruby-red. Fresh, spice-accented cherry and red berries on the perfumed nose. Silky, sweet and open-knit, with a spicy note adding back-end lift and cut to juicy raspberry and cherry flavors. Shows impressive clarity and floral lift on the finish, which is given shape by silky, even tannins.
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The 2015 Vacqueyras is 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah and 5% each Cinsault and Mourvèdre. Aged entirely in concrete, it offers up pure, unadorned raspberry fruit. Medium to full-bodied, it shows the vintage's firm, muscular style, while hints of caramelized fruit and chocolate creep in on the finish.
I also loved the 2015 Vacqueyras Cuvée Tradition. A blend of 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, and the rest a mix of Mourvèdre and Cinsault, it has tons of ripe blackberry, plum, licorice, crushed rock and peppery goodness, full-bodied richness, terrific concentration and moderate tannin. It’s already impossible to resist but will keep through 2025.