CHATEAU MONTROCHE 2005 COSTIERES DE NIMES
May 4, 2008
If you are just looking for really tasty and versatile red wine at a great price, this will be a sensational year for you. This is one of a pair of sensational little Rhones in feature spots this month that simply deliver what Mother Nature gave them.
If you are the Dufoix family, you live in a small village just west of the Rhone River and 15 miles from the Mediterranean. Your estate resembles one in Chateauneuf with rocky soils and the fruit, a mix of half old-vine Grenache with half Syrah, can hang late and get quite ripe and mature. In 2005, you get the vintage equivalent of a poker full-house, and your estate is managed and wine made by your friends and next door neighbors, the Cornuts, who also do a whale of a job at their own estate, Mas Guiot. Life is good, oui? Dark, plummy and packed with expressive, plush fruit, the tannins are ripe, the wine has round edges and fresh flavors. A surprisingly complete effort for this kind of fare with loads of personality, plenty of stuffing and an affable demeanor.
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Dark I will say… Dark as Joanna’s heart. Stuck to the glass like it was a castrol 30w. Almost zero tannins but an unfamiliar sour taste. Aroma of sweet dark fruit , like plum or black berries.
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