Domaines Perrin Coudoulet de Beaucastel Côtes-du-Rhône 2012

Youthful purple. Spicy, highly perfumed dark berry and Indian spice scents show very good clarity and pick up a smoky nuance with air. Densely packed but lithe too, with juicy black and blue fruit flavors and a touch of lavender adding lift. Dusty tannins shape the finish, which clings with impressive tenacity and subtle spiciness. According to Marc Perrin, the vines that provide the fruit for this wine are now over 80 years old. Score - 90-92. (Josh Raynolds, vinousmedia.com, April 2014)