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2005 M. Chapoutier Côtes du Rhône

01/10/2008 Jozef Schildermans 0

2005 M. Chapoutier Côtes du Rhône – France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône (9/19/2008) Black cherries, herbs and a hint of liquorice on the enjoyable nose. Nice warm fruit with some pepper and a hint of wood on the palate. A bit restrained, probably good with food. (87 pts.)

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Domaine les Hautes Cances Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne Blanc 2007

01/07/2008 Jozef Schildermans 0

2007 Domaine les Hautes Cances Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne – France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne (6/13/2008) Tropical fruits, spicy honey and smokey minerals in the rather closed nose. Ripe, but also fresh on the palate, with good balance between tropical fruit, refreshing acidity, a honeyed component and a hint of spice. Delicious for immediate consumption. > Read more …

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Domaine les Hautes Cances Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne Vieilles Vignes 2004

01/07/2008 Jozef Schildermans 0

2004 Domaine Les Hautes Cances Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne Vieilles Vignes – France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne (6/13/2008) Stable aroma’s, pepper and black fruit on the expressive nose. Balanced, almost Chateauneuf-like palate with expressive, mouth coating black fruit, balancing acidity, pepper, kirsch, leather and sweet, still somewhat biting tannins. Rather long aftertaste. Surprisingly good at > Read more …

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Domaine les Hautes Cances Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne Tradition 2005

01/07/2008 Jozef Schildermans 0

2005 Domaine Les Hautes Cances Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne Tradition – France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne (6/15/2008) Meaty, manly nose. Black fruit, spices, kirsch, leather, meat and refreshing acidity on the palate. Needs some time to express itself fully. The second day this hadn’t moved at all. The third day there was more (black berry) > Read more …

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Wijnhuis Les Côtes

30/06/2008 Jozef Schildermans 0

Belgian importer of mainly Rhône-wines. Oude Vaartstraat 136 2300 TURNHOUT Tel. 014 41 93 23 GSM 0474 90 76 09 E-mail: jsmets1@scarlet.be Website: http://users.telenet.be/lescotes

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Les Hautes Cances

30/06/2008 Jozef Schildermans 0

Domaine Les Hautes Cances is a wine domain in the French AOC Cairanne (Côtes du Rhône Villages). Website: http://www.hautescances.com/ Belgian importer: Wijnhuis Les Côtes

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Gerard Charvin Côtes du Rhône Rosé 2004

14/06/2006 Jozef Schildermans 0

2004 Domaine Gerard Charvin Côtes du Rhône Rosé – France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône (6/10/2006)Remarkable light red colour with orange tinge. On the nose sweets and herbs. The palate is not sickly sweet but more spicy, with a nice red fruit undertone and with noticeable orange peel. Very refreshing and with real character. (88 pts.) Opmerkelijke lichtrode kleur > Read more …

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LePlan Vermeersch GT-C 2004

25/04/2006 Jozef Schildermans 2

2004 Domaine Le Plan Vermeersch Vin de pays Portes de Méditerranée GT-C – France, Rhône, Drôme, Vin de pays Portes de Méditerranée (4/24/2006)This 100% Carignan from the Drôme region in Provence is made by Dirk Vermeersch, an ex-rally pilot from Belgium. The nose is very engaging, with pepper, spices, kirsch and red fruit. On the palate this is very fruity > Read more …

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Domaine de Mourchon Séguret Grande Réserve 2003

27/03/2006 Jozef Schildermans 0

2003 Domaine de Mourchon Côtes du Rhône Villages Séguret Grande Réserve – France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages Séguret (2/22/2006)Slight stink on the initially rather closed nose. On the palate nice fruit, some toast, a bit of smoke, a hint of wood. Nice fruit structure, better to let this rest for a year or so. Tasty wine. The > Read more …