Tablas Creek Esprit de Tablas Rouge 2019
$155.00 inc. GST
The Tablas Creek Vineyard 2019 Esprit de Tablas is our flagship red blend, chosen from the best lots of four estate-grown varietals propagated from budwood cuttings from the Château de Beaucastel estate. The wine is based on the dark red fruit, earth, spice and mid-palate richness of Mourvèdre, with additions of Grenache for forward fruit, approachability and lushness, Syrah for mineral, aromatics, and back-palate tannins, and Counoise for brambly spice and acidity.
An intense Mourvèdre nose of spiced plum, sarsaparilla, loamy earth, and new leather. The palate is mouth-coating with flavors of black cherry, teriyaki marinade, baker’s chocolate and iron. The long, richly tannic finish promises more rewards to come with cellar aging, and leaves lingering flavors of plum skin and roasted meats. We recommend that you drink either between now and 2024 or again starting in 2027 any time over the subsequent two decades.
BLEND
- 39% Mourvedre
- 30% Grenache
- 21% Syrah
- 10% Counoise
Description
95 Points
2019 ESPRIT DE TABLAS
“Deep, vivid ruby. Smoke- and spice-accented cherry cola, dark berry and lavender aromas show fine clarity, and licorice and succulent herb notes emerge with aeration. Gently sweet and broad in the mouth, offering appealingly sweet blackberry, cherry preserve, mocha and floral pastille flavors that tighten up through the midpalate. Gently gripping tannins sneak in slowly on an impressively long finish that strongly repeats the spice and floral notes.” Vinous 7/7/2022
Additional Information
| size | 750ml |
|---|---|
| brand | Tablas Creek Vineyard |
Reviews / Ratings / Awards
94 points; “Seamless, elegant style.. cuts to the impressively long, youthfully tannic finish”: Vinous (Nov 2017)
93 points; “Really hard to put this down”: Purely Domestic Wine Report (Nov 2017)
98 points; “This wine will live for decades”: BevX (May 2017)
Outstanding Plus; “a delicious wine to drink now and for many years”: Underground Wine Letter (May 2017)
92-93 points; “Juicy and focused…finishes with impressive energy”: Josh Raynolds, Vinous (Sep. 2016)
92-94 points; “excellent tenacity and smooth, harmonious tannins”: Josh Raynolds, Vinous (Sep. 2015)
93-96 points; “a full-bodied, sexy and voluptuous beauty”: Wine Advocate (Aug. 2015)
