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89
Scores are assigned on a 100-point scale and reflect a wine's overall quality, but don't consider price.
80 to 84 good
85 to 89 very good
90 to 94 excellent
95 to 100 outstanding
Scored 91 and pegged at number 97 in Wine Spectator’s Top 100 of 2007, a ranking of “the year’s most exciting wines.” Perrin has disappointed me lately but reaffirms with this blend of 75 per cent old-vine grenache and syrah from a great vintage. It has a complex nose of black cherry, vanilla, pipe tobacco, camphor and pepper. The poised mid-palate runs into a wall of youthful tannin and minerality on the finish. Excellent length. Best 2010 to 2013.
- Price:
- $23.85
- Type:
- Red
- Varietal:
- Grenache-Syrah
- Vintage:
- 2005
- Region:
- Rhône Valley
- Cellar keeper
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