Reviews & Ratings

2007 Tablas Creek Red Blends or Varietals "Esprit de Beaucastel"

Winery: Tablas Creek

Vintage: 2007

Wine Name/Vineyard: "Esprit de Beaucastel"

Wine Category: Red Blends or Varietals

Grape blend: 44% Mourvedre, 29% Grenache, 21% Syrah, & 6% Counoise

Bottle size: 750 ml

Region: Paso Robles

State or country: CA

Price: $50

Cases produced: 4,200

KWG Score: 94 (based on 7 reviews)

Ken's Wine Rating: Very Good+ (91)

Review date: January 13, 2010

Wine Review: This red blend from Paso is bright ruby colored and opens with a mild oak and light red raspberry bouquet. On the palate, this wine is full bodied, very nicely balanced, and smooth. The flavor profile is a tasty mild red raspberry with integrated notes of old oak. There was also a dash of black pepper detected. The finish is dry and its moderate dusty tannins are nicely prolonged. This is a nice wine to have with food. We would pair it with a nice cut of prime rib. Enjoy - Ken

Winemaker Notes: The 2007 Esprit de Beaucastel is delicious and unusually approachable right now, with a complex nose of red plum, ripe cherry, fresh figs and candied orange peel, a velvety, layered palate with spicy plum and cherry fruit, pepper and nutmeg spices, and excellent breadth. The finish shows more mineral, plum, and spice, and a little gentle oak from the foudre aging. It is delicious now, if very young, and should evolve elegantly in bottle for 10-15 years or longer.

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