Tablas Creek Cotes de Tablas Rouge 2007
Rhone Red Blends
from Central Coast, California
winemaker's notes:
The Tablas Creek Vineyard Côtes de Tablas is a blend of three estate-grown Rhône varietals: Grenache, Syrah, and Counoise. Like most wines of the Southern Rhône, it is a blend of varietals, featuring the fruit and spice of Grenache balanced by the structure and mineral of Syrah and the appealing briary wildness of Counoise.
As with all our wines, the grapes for our Côtes de Tablas were grown on our 120-acre certified organic estate vineyard.
The 2007 Côtes de Tablas has an intensely Grenache nose of cherries, rare steak and pepper. It is medium-bodied, with rich juicy, spicy flavors, gentle ripe tannins and a finish laced with licorice.
critical acclaim:
"The 2007 Cotes de Tablas is a sensational wine as well as a great bargain. The fact that it is finished with a screw cap may give some consumers the wrong impression, but this is a serious, mouthfilling red. A blend of 50% Grenache and the balance equal parts Syrah and Counoise, it exhibits sweet, gamy notes along with plenty of pepper, licorice, roasted herb, blackberry, and cassis characteristics, a velvety, lush texture, a full-bodied richness, beautifully integrated acidity, abundant Provencal typicity, and good minerality for a wine of such remarkable flavor depth. Enjoy it over the next 5-6 years. "
93 Points
The Wine Advocate
