TN: Domaine de Montfaucon Pays du Gard "Les Gardettes" 2006

[Mark.Ricca]

Color: Medium ruby, clean and even color to the rim.

Nose: Red fruits, menthol, herbs, and a stoney mineral note.

Palate: Bright, bright red fruits, cassis, bush berries, the acid is prominent and laserlike but that’s a good thing…tannins are soft but a little green and there is some grip, the finish is long with a mix of fruit and tannin.

Overall perception: This wine kicks ass. It is a mix of Syrah, Carignan, Cinsault, and Mourvedre, with ripeness that should please a few New World drinkers, but still is rooted in the region with it’s selection of old world fruit.

[Michel_Abood]

@Mark.Ricca

Color: Medium ruby, clean and even color to the rim.

Nose: Red fruits, menthol, herbs, and a stoney mineral note.

Palate: Bright, bright red fruits, cassis, bush berries, the acid is prominent and laserlike but that’s a good thing…tannins are soft but a little green and there is some grip, the finish is long with a mix of fruit and tannin.

Overall perception: This wine kicks ass. It is a mix of Syrah, Carignan, Cinsault, and Mourvedre, with ripeness that should please a few New World drinkers, but still is rooted in the region with it’s selection of old world fruit.

Agreed, but then again I represent them outside of the Northeast.