Monday, February 07, 2005
I've been cellaring wines from the early part of the 90's that were from the Languedoc for many years. Like wonderfully made Rhone reds, the wines produced in the Languedoc are able to age for a very long time, often rivaling the best Gigondas or Chateauneuf du Pape's made, but at fractions of the price. Over the weekend, on two successive days, I was able to work through a couple of the wines from Peyre Rose.
The Domaine Peyre Rose 1992 Clos Syrah Léone Coteaux du Languedoc was a blockbuster tour de force. This voluptuous red wine, which is 90 percent Syrah and ten percent Mourvedre has a full hit of crème de cocoa on the first taste, all backed up by scintillatingly rich and ripe blueberries, hints of "la garrigue"--rosemary, thyme, sage, as well as black pepper. The wine finishes with a delightful black raspberry flavor. In a word, Yummy.
The Domaine Peyre Rose 1992 Clos des Cistes is a more traditional Languedoc/Rhone style blend made up of Syrah and Grenache. Unlike the blockbusting richness of the Syrah Leone, the Clos des Cistes is more angular and refined, offering up more stony fruit flavors and minerals. If the Syrah Leone is fruit wrapped, this is fruit encased. It is loaded with jammy blackberry and strawberry flavors, with a healthy oriental tea appeal.
Both these wines showed almost no advanced aging, as the corks were pristine, revealing a long life ahead for both.
The Domaine Peyre Rose 1992 Clos Syrah Léone Coteaux du Languedoc was a blockbuster tour de force. This voluptuous red wine, which is 90 percent Syrah and ten percent Mourvedre has a full hit of crème de cocoa on the first taste, all backed up by scintillatingly rich and ripe blueberries, hints of "la garrigue"--rosemary, thyme, sage, as well as black pepper. The wine finishes with a delightful black raspberry flavor. In a word, Yummy.
The Domaine Peyre Rose 1992 Clos des Cistes is a more traditional Languedoc/Rhone style blend made up of Syrah and Grenache. Unlike the blockbusting richness of the Syrah Leone, the Clos des Cistes is more angular and refined, offering up more stony fruit flavors and minerals. If the Syrah Leone is fruit wrapped, this is fruit encased. It is loaded with jammy blackberry and strawberry flavors, with a healthy oriental tea appeal.
Both these wines showed almost no advanced aging, as the corks were pristine, revealing a long life ahead for both.
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