Winery - Domaine Terlato & Chapoutier
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Seems more elegant than the brawny 2005, with pretty aromas of violets and cracked pepper that glide easily into flavors of mixed berries and vanilla. It’s lighter in weight than many Australian Shiraz, fresher and higher in acidity, which gives it a bit of Old World sensibility. Drink now–2016.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Has the peripatetic Michel Chapoutier found his new Côte Rôtie? The aromas of this wine are simply intoxicating, combining peppery spice, raspberries and olives, while the flavors fold in bloody-meaty notes and blueberry fruit. Its remarkable complexity is packed onto a relatively light frame, with delicate, silky tannins suggesting early drinkability. Drink now–2012.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Although this wine is clearly darker and more intensely concentrated than its little sibling, with more capacity for aging, it’s also more stern and less pretty. Blueberry and plum fruit is set off by savory spice and meat notes, with firm tannins and the potential to evolve through 2015 or beyond.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This joint-venture has been turning out consistently charming, balanced Shiraz over the past few vintages. The 2007 is simultaneously peppery-spicy, floral-perfumed and meaty-savory. It’s medium-bodied, with a lovely plump softness to its mouthfeel, yet not without spine. Drink it over the next 5-8 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
For the second consecutive vintage, this wine comes close to mimicking those elusive floral and spice elements of the northern Rhône. The flavors combine apricot and blueberry fruit with licorice, black olive, coffee and cracked pepper. A medium-bodied Shiraz for near-term consumption, but loaded with complexity. Drink now–2012.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This wine has been a perennial favorite, but it does offer a very Rhône-inspired set of characteristics, being meaty and somewhat feral in aroma. There are green peppercorn scents as well, and the flavors are intensely savory, spicy and herbal, with a foundation of plum and blackberry fruit. Drink now–2016.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The wine looks a touch amber-like at the rim, with aromas of butterscotch and cracked pepper. The flavors carry a bruised-fruit character, and the wine seems a bit flabby on the palate. Not up to this project’s usual high standards.
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