French red wine values tasted in 2003The selected French bottlings have given me much pleasure for the price. I have purchased them again for personal consumption. Featured values include 5 bottlings from the Midi and 4 Rhônes, and Domaine de Pierredon.
The below wines were tasted in France, in 2003 (between April and December).
2001 - USD 5.9 - well made but simple, perfect for a barbecue - a plain nose - a big impression in the mouth, healthy fruit holds out against the power of winemaking (impact, vanilla), balanced, no plant note, a little hard on the finale Ed, filiale de Carrefour
Non vintage - USD 6.6 - pleasant yet commonplace/ordinary, incomplete ripeness - a nose typical of Médoc: green pepper and the smell of an ivy patch when you tear it off the wall - a palate with tar, under-ivy, green pepper, not much dense but balanced - a short persistance En supermarché
2002 - USD 8.9 - serve it cool - easy-going, not much onctuosity, cherry, dense, out of focus, pleasant but with a stiff hint
1994 - USD 9.2 - a nose of cherry, red pepper and mushroom - red pepper on the palate, firm but light
2002 - USD 9.6 - cherry dominates the nose - dense, cherry, dries the palate, more tannic than the Bordeaux S.F.V. A F 69220
2001 - USD 10 - the easy-going mouth shows much fruit and a mineral or dry note, lacks focus
2000 - USD 11 - coffee and roasting dominate the nose - the palate is fruity (blackcurrant), roasted, and balanced: the wine is less open than Estézargues but more tannic and fresher, tightens the taste buds (healthy effect) - to be also compared to the 1999 vintage tasted at the same age)
1999 - USD 11 - conforms to the Rhône standard - smells of garrigue - fruit, balance Barrière, ham Colombiers, 485 chemin du Pigeonnier, 30200 Sabran, tél: +33 (0) 4 66 89 98 94
2001 - USD 11 - character - the nose is dominated by chicken shit, or at least farmyard (Brettanomyces?): not disagreeable to me and the other guests - nice if a bit hollow and thin
2001 - USD 12 - on the nose: lead pencil, liquorice, garrigue - on the palate: lead pencil, liquorice, little black fruit
2001 - USD 13 - on the nose: spice, orange, and liquorice - onctuous, the fruit typical of a low-temperature winemaking (coulis of red fruit, sorbet, smokiness), fresh, pure - the persistance shows spice, orange, and smokiness
2001 - USD 14 - On the 1st day: tasty without a big density - the cherry nose is fresh, classical Burgundy, with a roastbeef edge - intensity of flavour, cherry, rostbeef, very dry, juicy, no unripeness or manipulation, dries the palate and the gums - an aftertaste of cherry -
2002 - USD 15 - a nose with cherry and blackberry - big impact on entry, cherry and blackberry, silky with a mineral note, clean and balanced (to be compared to the 2001 vintage tasted at the same age)
1997 - USD 15 - wood varnish (but agreeable), blackcurrant, evolved fruit - evolved fruit, old casks, juicy - dries the taste buds Clos d'Alzeto, 20151 Sari d'Orcino, tél. +33 (0) 4 95 52 24 67
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