Puig-Parahy Cuvée Georges 2011

The Puig-Parahy 2011 Cotes du Roussillon Georges - a bit more Syrah than usual blended into its Carignan and Grenache - is intriguingly and delightfully scented with Ceylon tea, ripe elderberry and blueberry, accompanied by striking intimations of shrimp shell reduction in its combination of sweet-saline savor and tincture of iodine. A nutty, piquant, and positively vegetal note of Swiss chard adds to the stimulation of a juicy, vivacious, mouthwatering, and remarkably mineral palate presence and finish. Look for this extraordinary value to perform superbly at table through at least 2016. Score - 91. (David Schildknecht, erobertparker.com, Jan. 2014)