Community Tasting Note

forceberry wrote:

Saturday, March 26, 2022 - An unoaked GSM blend from old-vine (40-150 yo) fruit. Aged in stainless steel lot by lot, bottled unfined and unfiltered. Named after a wine bar in Paris. Lots of very fine, silty sediment; I heartily recommend to set the wine up for a day or two and decant it carefully so it doesn't appear hazy. 14,5% alcohol.

As this wine wasn't carefully decanted prior to the tasting, the appearance is quite hazy and rather evolved figgy-red color with an evolved maroon hue and quite a bit of silty deposit in the glass. The seductive nose feels evolved, fragrant and quite sweet-toned with developed yet not old or too tertiary aromas of pipe tobacco, some evolved meaty tones, a little bit of sweet pruney fruit, light minty green notes, a hint of tea tree and a touch of wild strawberry. The wine is evolved, savory and velvety on the palate with a medium body and mature flavors of peppery spice, gamey meat and barbecue, some ferrous notes of blood, a little bit of sweet pruney and raisiny fruit, light fragrant notes of eucalyptus, rustic hints of old leather and pipe tobacco and an oxidative touch of beef jerky. Bright, high acidity with gentle yet firm tannins that slowly pile up on the gums. The finish is long and savory with layered flavors of meaty umami and game, some dried-fruit notes of wizened blackberries and raisins, a little bit of ferrous blood, light green nuances of eucalyptus, a hint of saddle leather and a touch of balsamic VA.

A beautiful, harmonious and wonderfully savory GSM with great sense of freshness and brightness, all thanks to the high acidity that lends great intensity and sense of focus to the wine. There's a bit of funk and rusticity lingering underneath, but the overall emphasis is obviously on the bright, evolved fruit flavors. The wine has been sitting firmly on its plateau of maturity for a while now, but most likely it will stay there for a handful of years more, so even if the wine is not going to evolve any further from here, there's no pressing hurry with it. Drink or keep for a little while longer. A steal at 18€.

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