Domaine Berthoumieu Madiran Rouge 2012

Red Blend Red Blend
Southwest, France

$26.13

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Food Pairing: This definitely qualifies as a food-lovers' wine, especially salty protein (grilled or roasted, not...

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David Lawrason
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David Lawrason

This deeply coloured Madiran shows a quite a pretty nose of seedy black raspberry, fine herbs, gentle oak and spice....

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John Szabo, MS
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John Szabo, MS

There's a nice lifted resinous-herbal perfume underlying the more monolithic dark fruit character here - I must say I...

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Michael Godel
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Michael Godel

Here 2012 Madiran comes into clearer, trying to be gentle focus, with fruit transparency and distinct plum meets...

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Frank Clayton
Frank Clayton
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Vladimir Torres
Vladimir Torres

Sometimes it's all about the pairing. Had this with some aged flank steak, caramelized onions and melted cheese sandwiches, and it worked wonderfully well.

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Christopher Sanderson
Christopher Sanderson

Received this as part of WA Exchange.
Opened December 2018 which was likely at least a year too soon, perhaps more. Alas, I did my reading about Madiran and its 80% Tannat requirement after the fact. The fact that Cab Sauv is used to _soften_ the wine tells you a lot. The wine is well made, beautiful nose and shows good fruit as other reviewers have noted but the tannins are still overwhelming. Give the wine at least a year or two more in the bottle.

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Craig Townson
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