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"Just about overflowing with character, the 2018 Faugères Vieilles Vignes (Mourvèdre, Carignan, and Syrah) reveals a ruby/purple hue as well as great nose of flowery incense, garrigue, licorice, ground pepper, and black cherries. This carries to a medium to full-bodied, rounded, supple Faugères with some obvious minerality, impressive fruit, and some firm underlying tannins. It needs a year or so for the tannins to soften, but it's a delicious drink already."
- Jeb Dunnuck (March 2021), 91 pts

"Eucalyptus, black olive blackberry and dark fruit aromas. Intense cassis and bitter chocolate notes on the palate. Good development potential."

 

 

 

"Bright crimson. Very sweet and juicy on the nose - lots of black fruit character and a hint of gaminess. Light tannins and a slightly saline finish. A little simple but honest."
- Jancis Robinson (May 2019), 15.5/20

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"Even better, the 2016 Faugères Vieilles Vignes checks in as 50% Mourvèdre and 25% each of Carignan and Syrah, brought up in 80% tanks and 20% French oak. Deeper colored, with a powerful bouquet of dark fruits, plums, crushed rocks, and licorice, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, loads of fruit, a stacked mid-palate, and a great finish. It’s not the most elegant wine out there, but it has loads of character and is a joy to drink. Enjoy bottles over the coming 7-8 years."
- Jeb Dunnuck (March 27th 2019), 92 pts

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"If you like the chewy, leathery notes of old-vine carignan, you’ll appreciate this wine. Based on biodynamically farmed, 80-year-old carignan with 20 percent mourvèdre, it smells like blood sausage hitting a hot cast-iron pan, sanguine and meaty scents blending with notes of cinnamon and bay leaf. Those savory notes carry through the flavors, too, red-berry fruit providing an undercurrent of juiciness. Pleasantly rustic, it would be delicious this winter with a thick cut of meat or a wild-mushroom fricassee."
- Wine & Spirits Magazine (June 2018), 90 pts - BEST BUY, Year’s Best Languedoc-Roussillon

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"A real beauty, this blend of 50% Mourvèdre and the rest equal parts Carignan and Syrah is aged in 20% French oak with the balance in tank. It comes from the schist-like soils of this estate's 60 acres of vineyard. This is a fragrant, gamy style of wine with a deep ruby/purple color and loads of new saddle leather, roasted meats, herbs and flowers. The wine has beautiful ripeness, medium to full body, and a long, lush, heady finish. Drink it over the next 2-3 years."
"A whopper of a Faugeres, the 2015 Faugeres Vieilles Vignes is a ripe, forward, sexy effort that offers plenty of black fruits, pepper, smoked herbs and Asian spices. Made from 50% Mourvedre, 25% Carignan and 25% Syrah, with a small part aged in barrel, it has loads of character, a supple texture and chewy tannin, all suggesting it will drink nicely for 4-5 years."
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue #230, April 28th 2017), 89 pts

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"A real beauty, this blend of 50% Mourvèdre and the rest equal parts Carignan and Syrah is aged in 20% French oak with the balance in tank. It comes from the schist-like soils of this estate's 60 acres of vineyard. This is a fragrant, gamy style of wine with a deep ruby/purple color and loads of new saddle leather, roasted meats, herbs and flowers. The wine has beautiful ripeness, medium to full body, and a long, lush, heady finish. Drink it over the next 2-3 years."
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (March 2016), 89 pts - Excellent Wine Values for Under $25

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