{"id":6706,"date":"2024-09-08T14:09:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T14:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/08\/report-from-roussillon-rives-droite-2023-tasting\/"},"modified":"2024-09-08T14:09:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T14:09:56","slug":"report-from-roussillon-rives-droite-2023-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/08\/report-from-roussillon-rives-droite-2023-tasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Report From : Roussillon &#8211; RIVES DROITE 2023 Tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These are my honest, no-nonsense thoughts about the wines I tasted from the Roussillon &ndash; the days were broken down into Left and Right &hellip; this is the Day of the Droite (right).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">First, there is my quick take on the wines, based on all the wines I tried &hellip; then the wines I liked are scored based on a Good, Better, Best approach (then all lists are alphabetized).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>White Wines<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Whites were at a good temp this morning &#8211; and the best showed through.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Cave L Etoile 2022 Les Toiles Fauves<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Collioure 70% Grenache Blanc, 30% Grenache Gris<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Chateau De Rey 2022 Reycr&eacute;<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-6697\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roussillon_R_-_De_Rey_Blanc.png\" alt=\"Roussillon R De Rey Blanc\" style=\"margin-left: 7px; float: right;\" width=\"144\" height=\"123\" \/><\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes Muscat D&#8217;Alexandrie<br \/><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Chateau De Rey 2022 Les Galets Roules<\/span><\/em> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, Grenache Gris<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Clos C&eacute;rianne 2021 Anfora<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 80% Carignan Blanc, 20% Grenache Blanc <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-6698\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roussillon_R_-_Clos_Cerianne.png\" alt=\"Roussillon R Clos C&eacute;rianne\" style=\"margin-left: 7px; float: right;\" width=\"126\" height=\"168\" \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Domaine Deprade Jorda 2022 Tradition<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 60% Grenache blanc &#8211; 40% Macabeu<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Domaine Des Deux Puits 2022 Mas Cristine<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 40% Grenache, 40% Macabeu, 10% Roussanne, 10% Vermentino<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Domaine Madeloc 2022 Tremadoc<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Collioure 60% Grenache Gris, 20% Vermentino, 20% Roussanne<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Domaine Tambour 2022 Hautes Vignes<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Collioure 60% Grenache Blanc, 40% Vermentino<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Jonqu&egrave;res D&#8217;oriola Vignobles 2022 Ch&acirc;teau De Corneilla, Cavalcade<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 60% Grenache Blanc, 20% Macabeu, 20% Vermentino<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Le Clos D&#8217;Elpis 2021 Elpis<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-6699\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roussillon_R_-_Elpis_-_small.png\" alt=\"Roussillon R Elpis small\" style=\"margin-left: 7px; float: right;\" width=\"150\" height=\"166\" \/><\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 100% Grenache Gris<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Maison Albera 2021 Emocio N&deg;4<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 100% Grenache Blanc<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;__________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Red Wines<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Really good wines here (short, sweet and to the point)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Chateau Castelnou 2021 Cuv&eacute;e H&eacute;ritage<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 55% Syrah, 45% Carignan<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Chateau Castelnou 2020 Cuv&eacute;e Edmond Bernard<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 70% Syrah, 15% Carignan, 15% Grenache Noir<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Ch&acirc;teau De L&#8217;ou 2019 Ipso Facto<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 100% Syrah<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-6700\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roussillon_R_-_Chateau_de_lou.png\" alt=\"Roussillon R Chateau de lou\" style=\"margin-right: 7px; float: left;\" width=\"139\" height=\"126\" \/>Ch&acirc;teau De L&#8217;ou 2020 Compartir<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 60% Grenache Noir, 20% Syrah, 20% Carignan<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Chateau Montana 2018 L&#8217;Astre Noir<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages les Aspres 75% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 10% Carignan<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Clos C&eacute;rianne 2020 Secret Partag&eacute;<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 80% Mourv&egrave;dre, 10% Syrah, 10% Grenache<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Clos Saint Sebastien 2020 Inspiration Marine<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Collioure 90% Mourv&egrave;dre, 10% Grenache Noir<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Clos Saint Sebastien 2019 Inspiration Celeste<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Collioure 90% Grenache Noir, 10% Carignan<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-6701\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roussillon_R_-_La_Rectorie_-_small.png\" alt=\"Roussillon R La Rectorie small\" style=\"margin-right: 7px; float: left;\" width=\"150\" height=\"153\" \/>Domaine De La Rectorie 2021 L&#8217;Oriental<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Collioure 90% Grenache Noir, 10% Carignan<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Des Deux Puits 2021 Mas Cristine<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 45% Grenache, 35% Syrah, 20% Carignan<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Du Mascareil 2020 G&eacute;ode<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 60% Carignan, 40% Grenache<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Du Mascareil 2019 Les Chim&egrave;res<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 55% Grenache, 30% Carignan, 15% Mourv&egrave;dre<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Ja&ccedil;a 2022 Dal&igrave;z<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 90% Syrah, 10% Grenache Noir<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Ja&ccedil;a 2022 Tot&#8217;oms<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 40% Grenache Noir, 30% Carignan Noir, 30% Grenache Gris<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Ja&ccedil;a 2021 Entracte<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 85% Grenache Noir, 15% Syrah<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-6702\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roussillon_R_-_Magenca_-_small.png\" alt=\"Roussillon R Magenca small\" style=\"margin-right: 7px; float: left;\" width=\"150\" height=\"96\" \/>Domaine Madeloc 2021 Magenca<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Collioure 60% Grenache Noir, 20% Carignan, 20% Mourvedre<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Pietri-Geraud 2021 Sine Nomine<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Collioure 60% Grenache Noir, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourv&egrave;dre, 10% Vieux Carignan<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Spiaggia 2022 La Cuvee De Ferdinand<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 100% Carignan<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Tambour 2019 Adrien Herre<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Collioure Grenache Noir, Syrah<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Treloar 2018 Three Peaks<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages Syrah 65%, Grenache 30%, Mourvedre 5%<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Trilles 2021 Calignan<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 100% Carignan<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-6703\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roussillon_R_-_Pedra_Lluna.png\" alt=\"Roussillon R Pedra Lluna\" style=\"margin-right: 7px; float: left;\" width=\"140\" height=\"114\" \/>Domaine Trilles 2019 Pedra Lluna<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 90% Mourv&egrave;dre, 10% Syrah<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Vaquer 2020 Cuvee 30 Ans<\/em><\/span>&nbsp; &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 55% Grenache, 40% Syrah, 5% Carignan<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaines Paul Mas 2021 Ch&acirc;teau Lauriga &#8211; Le Cadet<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 70% Syrah, 20% Carignan, 10% Grenache<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaines Paul Mas 2020 Ch&acirc;teau Lauriga &#8211; Cuv&eacute;e Jean Grande R&eacute;serve<\/em><\/span> &#8230;<strong> Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 60% Syrah, 30% Carignan, 10% Grenache<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Earl Domaine De L&#8217;arca 2020 Nazarius<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 100% Carignan Noir<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Jonqu&egrave;res D&#8217;oriola Vignobles 2019 Ch&acirc;teau De Corneilla, Les Candelles<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 70% Mourv&egrave;dre, 30% Syrah<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Jonqu&egrave;res D&#8217;oriola Vignobles 2019 Ch&acirc;teau De Corneilla, Cavalcade<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 50% Syrah, 25% Grenache Noir, 25% Mourv&egrave;dre<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Le Clos D Elpis 2021 Pandore<\/em><\/span> &#8230;<strong> Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 100% Grenache Noir<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Maison Albera 2017 Emocio N&deg;3<\/em><\/span> &#8230;<strong> Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 53% Grenache, 36% Carignan, 11% Syrah<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Sas Fr&eacute;d&eacute;rique Et Etienne Montes 2019 La Colomina<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 45% Carignan, 45% Syrah, 10% Grenache<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-6704\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roussillon_R_-_La_Garrigue.png\" alt=\"Roussillon R La Garrigue\" style=\"margin-right: 7px; float: left;\" width=\"150\" height=\"243\" \/>Sas Fr&eacute;d&eacute;rique Et Etienne Montes 2019 La Garrigue<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 45% Carignan, 45 % Syrah, 10% Grenache<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Gerard Bertrand 2019 H&eacute;ritage Les Aspres<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Les Aspres Grenache, Mourv&egrave;dre, Syrah<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6705\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roussillon_R_2_-_small.png\" alt=\"Roussillon R 2 small\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roussillon_R_2_-_small.png 400w, https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roussillon_R_2_-_small-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are my honest, no-nonsense thoughts about the wines I tasted from the Roussillon &ndash; the days were broken down into Left and Right &hellip; this is the Day of the Droite (right). First, there is my quick take on the wines, based on all the wines I tried &hellip; then the wines I liked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-road-with-the-grape-guy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}