l’Aventure Cote A Cote 2016 750ml

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l’Aventure Cote A Cote 2016 750ml

Name: l'Aventure Cote A Cote 2016 750ml
Brand: L'aventure
SKU: 1035441
Price: 171.95 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 95.3 (4 reviews)

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SKU 1035441

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JD 98pts

JS 95pts

WA 94pts

VM 94pts

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The 2016 Côte a Côte is blockbuster and one of the wines of the vintage. A blend of 55% Grenache, 25% Mourvèdre, and the rest Syrah, brought up in a mix of 30% new French oak, 28% once used barrels, and the rest in amphora and concrete tanks, it offers a heavenly perfume of blueberries, blackberries, crushed violets, wild strawberries, ground pepper, and spring flowers. About as pure and seamless as it gets, this beauty hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a multi-dimensional texture, no hard edges, and a huge finish. I finished my note on this wine with “Killer stuff!” You can drink this today or cellar it for 10-15 years.

Country: United States
Region: California
Appellation: San Luis Obispo
Sub Appellation: Paso Robles

Size: 750ml
Color: Red

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Winery

L'aventure

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Country

United States

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.

Region

California

California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.

Appellation

San Luis Obispo

Ratings & Reviews

JD 98pts

Jeb Dunnuck

JS 95pts

James Suckling

Intense aromas of black fruit, uncooked meat and some bay-leaf. Medium to full body with round, creamy tannins and a juicy finish. Creamy texture here. 55% grenache, 25% mourvedre and 20% syrah. Delicious now.

WA 94pts

Wine Advocate

The 2016 Cote a Cote from L'Aventure offers up aromas of black cherries, clove, anise and dark chocolate. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, rich and expansive, with a broad attack, a sweet, rounded mid-palate and a firm, chewy finish that shows a bit of stem tannin. There's a nice juiciness and purity to this large-scaled, powerful effort that's a blend of 55% Grenache, 25% Mourvèdre and 20% Syrah.

VM 94pts

Vinous Media

Deep bright-rimmed ruby. Intensely perfumed red and blue fruit, floral pastille, cola and allspice aromas are sharpened by a powerful mineral note. Juicy and densely packed on the palate, offering sappy black currant and cherry-vanilla flavors that take on a spicy nuance with aeration. Finishes sweet, smooth and impressively long, displaying lingering spiciness and smooth, well-knit tannins.

Winery Notes

Floral and lifted on the nose, dark chocolate, violets and rose petals with sweet strawberries and pomegranates. This has a sticky side, balsamic touches but with herbal edges too. Thrilling with a lovely texture, you get the grip and pull from the fine but tense tannins, this has a purity an energy to it with excellent acidity.

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l’Aventure Cote A Cote 2016 750ml

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Winery

L'aventure

Country

United States

Region

California

Appellation

San Luis Obispo

Jeb Dunnuck

James Suckling

Wine Advocate

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Winery Notes

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