Fine Wine > Still > France > $50-100 > Rhone

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"Vivid ruby. Sexy, highly perfumed aromas of candied cherry, blackberry and incense, with a hint of star anise in the background. Juicy and taut on entry, then fleshier in the mid-palate, offering sappy red and dark berry flavors that take on weight with air. Finishes with gentle tannins, very..

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Opaque ruby. Powerful yet refined aromas of dark berries and minerals, complicated by smoke and floral nuances. Then supple, suave and focused, with sexy inner-mouth perfume, sweet dark fruit flavors and a pliant texture. Repeats the floral note strongly on the smooth, expansive and very long..

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"Dark but racy, with piercing kirsch, black olive, pepper and crushed plum flavors that course along through the minerally finish. Picks up more olive and game hints, with a knifing iron edge on the finish. Drink now through 2018."

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"The 2010 Hermitage is clearly the biggest, richest and most ageworthy wine of this trio. It boasts a dense purple color along with notes of creme de cassis, smoked herbs, licorice and graphite. Full-bodied with outstanding depth, purity, power and overall equilibrium as well as beautifully pure..

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"Dark purple. Very ripe nose [with] roasted aspect to its powerful cherry liqueur and blackcurrant scents. Plush and velvety, with deep, sweet dark berry flavors and a late-arriving note of bitter chocolate. Oak spice builds on the long, sweet finish."

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"Inky ruby. Sexy, oak-spiced aromas of cherry-vanilla, woodsmoke, olive tapenade and potpourri. Then sappy, energetic and youthfully lithe, with excellent verve to its black and blue fruit compote, violet and candied licorice flavors. This youthfully taut, focused wine finishes very long and..

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"One of the top wines in this portfolio is the 2009 Hermitage Marquise de la Tourette. Aged in 50% new oak, it exhibits abundant aromas of creme de cassis as well as hints of acacia flowers, crushed rocks and graphite along with massive concentration, full body, a dense style, a boatload of tannin..

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"The remarkable 2006 St.-Joseph Vignes de l’Hospice boasts a dark ruby/purple color as well as aromas of forest floor, camphor, black truffles, black raspberries and cherries. The wine is complex and full-bodied with silky tannins and noteworthy finesse and length."