{"id":6714,"date":"2024-09-11T07:09:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T07:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/11\/report-from-roussillon-rives-gauche-2023-tasting\/"},"modified":"2024-09-11T07:09:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T07:09:56","slug":"report-from-roussillon-rives-gauche-2023-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/11\/report-from-roussillon-rives-gauche-2023-tasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Report From : Roussillon &#8211; RIVES GAUCHE 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 Gauche (left) &ndash; but was far from gauche.<\/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><strong>White Wines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Being extremely cold, these were hard to get a handle on to taste &#8211; the ones that showed the best beat the cold and had really good flavours and were enjoyable, even too cold.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Clos Del Rey &#8211; Famille Montagn&eacute; 2021 La Noia<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 100% Grenache Gris<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Cuvons La Joie 2021 Ampeli<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 80% Grenache Gris, 10% Rolle, 10% Macabeu<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Domaine De L&#8217;edre 2021 Carr&eacute;ment Blanc<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 50% Grenache Blanc, 20% Grenache Gris, 30% Roussanne <br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Domaine La Part Des Anges 2021 Parcelle Secrete<\/em><\/span>&nbsp; &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 100% Carignan Blanc<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Domaine Modat 2021 De-Ci De-L&agrave;<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 70% Grenaches Gris et Blanc, 15% Macabeu, 15% Carignan Blanc <br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Domaine Pagnon 2022 Blanc Bonnet<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 50% Muscat Petit Grain, 50% Muscat Alexandrie <br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Domaine Piquemal 2021 Les Terres Grill&eacute;es<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 60% Grenache Blanc, 30 % Macabeu 10% Vermentino <br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Les Vignerons De Tremoine 2021 Terres De Lansac<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 90% Grenaches Blancs, 10% Grenaches Gris<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Mas De La Deveze 2022 Malice<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-6707\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Malice_-_small.png\" alt=\"Malice small\" style=\"margin-left: 7px; float: right;\" width=\"150\" height=\"139\" \/><\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 75% Macabeu, 25% Grenache Blanc &amp; Gris <br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Pierre Talayrach 2022 Viognier<\/em><\/span>&nbsp; &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes Viognier 100%<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Sas Jeff Carrel 2021 Les Mamettes<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 85% Grenache Gris, 15% Carignan Blanc<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Serre Romani 2021 La Vall&eacute;e de L&#8217;Aigle Blanc<\/em><\/span>&nbsp; &#8230; <strong>Better&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-6708\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/aigle.png\" alt=\"aigle\" style=\"margin-left: 7px; float: right;\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" \/><\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 80% Grenache Gris et 20% Macabeu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">____________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Red Wines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>A fair bit of delicious and drinkability to these reds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Chateau De Pena 2020 Les Pierres Noires<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages Grenache Noir, Syrah, Mourv&egrave;dre<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Cuvons La Joie 2020 Iberic 2020<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 50% Grenache, 25% Carignan, 25% Tempranillo<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Cuvons La Joie 2020 Serre Petite<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 60% Grenache, 40% Carignan<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Dom Brial 2021 Les Petits Pins<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 55% Syrah, 20% Grenache Noir,15% Carignan, 10% Mourv&egrave;dre<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Boudau 2020 Patrimoine<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 80 % Grenache Noir, 20% Syrah<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-6709\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Henri_Boudau.png\" alt=\"Henri Boudau\" style=\"margin-right: 7px; float: left;\" width=\"150\" height=\"136\" \/>Domaine Boudau 2020 Henri Boudau<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 80% Syrah, 20% Grenache Noir<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Boudau 2021 Sur Grains<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Rivesaltes Grenat 100% Grenache Noir<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Domaine De L&#8217;edre 2021 Carr&eacute;ment Rouge<\/span><\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 50% Syrah, 25% Grenache, 20% Carignan, 5% Mourv&egrave;dre<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine De L&#8217;edre 2019 Edre<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 60% Syrah, 20% Grenache, 15% Carignan, 5% Mourv&egrave;dre<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine De V&eacute;nus 2022 Origines<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 60% Alicante, 10% Syrah, 30% Grenache Noir<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Des Ch&ecirc;nes 2020 Les Grands-Meres<\/em><\/span>&nbsp; &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong><br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 50% Carignan Noir, 30% Grenache Noir, 20% Syrah<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Des Ch&ecirc;nes 2016 La Carissa<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 40% Grenache Noir, 40% Syrah 10% Mourv&egrave;dre, 10% Carignan <br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Fontanel 2020 Cistes<\/em><\/span>&nbsp; &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 50% Grenache, 50% Syrah<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine La Beille 2020 Mourv&egrave;dre<\/em><\/span>&nbsp; &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 100% Mourv&egrave;dre<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-6710\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/La_Beille.png\" alt=\"La Beille\" style=\"margin-right: 7px; float: left;\" width=\"150\" height=\"163\" \/>Domaine La Beille 2021 Syrah<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 100% Syrah<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine La Part Des Anges 2020 Alchimie<\/em><\/span>&nbsp; &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 70% Syrah, 25% Carignan, 5% Grenache<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine La Toupie 2021 Sur 1 Fil Rouge<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Maury Sec 72% Grenache Noir, 18% Mourv&egrave;dre, 10% Syrah<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Laurent Batlle 2022 Villa Cora<\/em><\/span>&nbsp; &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 60% Syrah, 40% Grenache Noir <br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Modat 2018 Le Plus Joli<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 70% Syrah, 30% Carignan <br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Pagnon 2020 Jules<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon 70% Grenache Noir, 30% Syrah<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Paul Meunier 2020 Les Chor&egrave;mes<\/em><\/span>&nbsp; &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages Carignan, Grenache, Syrah, Lladoner Pelut<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Piquemal 2021 Pygmalion<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 75% Syrah, 20% Grenache, 5 % Carignan <br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-6711\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Piquemal_-_small.png\" alt=\"Piquemal small\" style=\"margin-right: 7px; float: left;\" width=\"150\" height=\"126\" \/>Domaine Piquemal 2022 Galat&eacute;e<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 75% Grenache Noir, 20 % Syrah, 5% Carignan <br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Singla 2021 El Moli<\/em><\/span>&nbsp; &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 70% Syrah, 30 % Grenache Noir<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Singla 2019 Castell Vell<\/em><\/span>&nbsp; &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 70 % Syrah, 30 % Mourv&egrave;dre<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Thunevin Calvet 2020 Constance<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 50 % Grenache Noir, 30% Syrah, 20% Carignan<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Thunevin Calvet 2020 L&#8217;Amourette<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 60% Mourv&egrave;dre , 40% Grenache Noir<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Domaine Torredemer-Mangin 2022 Sinopia<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 100% Grenache Noir <br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Francois Lurton Mas Janeil 2020 Arrels<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 60 % grenache 20% carignan 10% syrah 10% mourvedre<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Les Vignerons Des C&ocirc;tes D&#8217;agly 2020 Vs<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 55% Grenache, 45% Syrah<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Mas De La Deveze 2019 Tautavel<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 50 % Grenache Noir, 35 % Syrah, 15% Mourv&egrave;dre<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Mas De La Deveze 2020 Maury Sec<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Maury Sec 65% Grenache Noir, 27% Syrah, 8% Mourv&egrave;dre<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Mas De Lavail 2021 Ego<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Maury Sec 80% Grenache Noir, 20 % Mourv&egrave;dre<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-6712\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Auriol_-_small.png\" alt=\"Auriol small\" style=\"margin-right: 7px; float: left;\" width=\"150\" height=\"133\" \/>Mas De Lavail 2021 &Acirc;me-Auriol<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Maury Sec 70% Grenache Noir, 15% Syrah, 15 % Mourv&egrave;dre <br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Mas Karolina 2021 Mas Karolina<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages 50% Grenache Noir, 30% Syrah, 20%&nbsp; Carignan<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Mas Karolina 2022 Mas Karolina<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 60% Grenache Noir, 20% Syrah, 20% Carignan <br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Sas Jeff Carrel 2021 Grenache Under My Skin<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Better<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP Maury Sec 80% Grenache, 20% Syrah<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Scea Mas Llossanes 2018 Dotrera<\/em><\/span> &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; IGP C&ocirc;tes Catalanes 50% Carignan, 30% Chenanson, 10% Syrah, 10% Grenache<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Sph Gerard Bertrand 2020 H&eacute;ritage Tautavel<\/em><\/span>&nbsp; &#8230; <strong>Good<\/strong> <br \/>&#8211; AOP C&ocirc;tes du Roussillon Villages Grenache, Carignan, Syrah<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6713\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roussillon_L_2.jpg\" alt=\"Roussillon L 2\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roussillon_L_2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roussillon_L_2-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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; 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