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Les Montgolfiers Reserve Syrah 2012 Wine Review

Les Montgolfiers Reserve Syrah 2012

Les Montgolfiers Reserve Syrah 2012

Southern Midi I.G.T., France

Community Score:89/100

Community Reviews: 5

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Price: $11.50

Drink: 2013-2016

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 12.5%

Sweetness: Extra Dry

Wine Type: Red Wine


Winery: Les Montgolfiers

Agent: Kirkwood Diamond Canada Partnership

Natalie's Score: 89/100

An incredibly juicy, delicious, smooth, full-bodied French red wine for the money! Wow. This Syrah comes from southern France and celebrates winemaker's Thierry Boudinaud's ancestors who were pioneering aviators Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier. Intense and concentrated aromas and flavours of dark berries, black raspberry and cherry with a lovely whiff of smoke.

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This Les Montgolfiers Reserve Syrah 2012 was reviewed on October 16, 2014 by Natalie MacLean

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Peppoli grapes are grown on the estate vineyards in the heart of the Chianti Classico region. On the 9th of September, 1783, they successfully flew their paper balloon two miles at the Court of Versailles. The grapes are picked in the early morning to preserve their freshness, yet the warmth of the southern France region ensures that they are fully ripe at harvest. The wine is aged in oak barrels before being bottled. - Community Wine Reviews

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