[TN] Gros Noré Rouge 2000

Feb 12, 2005 2 Replies
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Hello; [C] Very purple, very dark. [N] Starts with very faint whiff of anise, then, fiery, dark fruity, very faint notes of maturity, cherry pits and blackberries. [P] Very froceful attack with medium acidity, a great deal of tannines, not coarse but very dominating, giving place to dark cherries, cherry pits ... very good length.



oVERALL IMPRESSION: tHE VERY EASILY APPROACHABLE FRUITYNESS OF THIS WINE A FEW YEARS BACK HAS NOW GONE ENTIRELY. fOR SOME REASON, gRENACHE IS DOMINATING THE IMPRESSION TODAY (IT CONTAINS ONLY C 15 % g) while the Mourvedre is hardly approachable. Paradoxically it appears younger and more closed than the first time I posted my notes on it. Happily, I have several bottles of earlier and later vintages, so I´ll be able to follow it for some years.



Cheers



Nils Gustaf


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Dumb phase, typical of Bandol, give it 5 more years. It's one of those wines that you either drink young or keep a long time.

I am less enthusiastic about Gros Nore ever since I started drinking Tour du Bon (also Kermit's wine). Next time go see Agnes and Antoine and try it out.

Also, Tempier has made a serious comeback (another Kermit wine) with Daniel Ravier at the helm it has gone back to its past glory, although I have experienced some serious reductive problems on the 98-99s the new millennium seems to be free from these crises.

Another tip, try La Suffrene, excellent, and you will see changes in J P Gaussen, now that Mireille has taken over these great elegant wines weem to be even more approachable.

Nils, I'll try find an old one for Easter for us. Mark, I'll try to fly through SFO next june and bring you a couple.

Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link

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"Mike Tommasi" skrev i meddelandet news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

We are looking forward to that. We will bring a Mosel Riesling `89 and som fizz from ´88 ... Easter looks good this year ...

Cheers

Nils Gustaf

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