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Three Côtes-du-Rhônes from Tardieu Laurent

Three Côtes-du-Rhônes from Tardieu Laurent

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Fredric Koeppel
May 19, 2011
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I thought the 2008 version of Tardieu Laurent's Les Becs Fins Côtes-du-Rhône Villages was

terrific, and I feel the same way about the rendition for 2009. The wine is a blend of 60 percent grenache grapes, from a 60-year-old vineyard, and 40 percent syrah, from 20-year-old vines. Les Becs Fins 09 was made all in stainless steel tanks; there's no oak influ…

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