Clos Marie "Les Glorieuses" Pic St. Loup (Languedoc) 2004

Purple/red.

Killer nose - cracked pepper, grilled herbs with suggestions of grilled meat, oak toast, potato. Raspberry underneath. This smells like a packed Cote Rotie.

Middle-weight in the mouth, and, again, this reminds me of a super-charged Cote Rotie. Pepper/garrigue/earth/deep raspberry flavors fight through substantial acid-enhanced tannin. No sweetness/fat here. This is loaded, chewy, with a saline density in the finish. Coats every tooth in the mouth with chewy herb action.

Not sure, but I think this is primarily Syrah. Structured, complex, age-worthy.

Day 4 - Still killer on the nose. Round with a N. Rhone-ish sour edge. Still reminds me of killer Cote Rotie. How is this possible in the Languedoc?

$75