Lafage Bastide Miraflors Vieilles Vignes - 2015 (750ml) Size:750ml The Rivers-Marie Pinots will be

The Rivers-Marie Pinots will be reviewed in our February issue

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exhibiting extraordinary nuances such as sweet

Lafage Bastide Miraflors Vieilles Vignes - 2015 (750ml) Size:750ml The Rivers-Marie Pinots will beThis wine is almost too good to be true. A blend of 70% Syrah and 30% Grenache that was brought up in concrete tanks (Grenache) and demi muids (Syrah), the 2015 Bastide Miraflors Vieilles Vignes reminded me of a mini Syrah from California's Manfred Krankl (yes I just compared a $14 Syrah to Sine Qua Non). It's a ripe, sexy, heady beauty that exhibits a deep, purple color as well as killer notes of smoked meats, chocolate, blackberry and black