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Tablas Creek Esprit de Tablas Rouge 2019

Tablas Creek Esprit de Tablas Rouge 2019

$155.00 inc. GST

AROMA: A Mourvèdre nose of spiced plum, sarsaparilla, loamy earth, and new leather.

PALATE: Flavours of black cherry, teriyaki marinade, baker’s chocolate and iron. The long, richly tannic finish promises more rewards to come with cellar aging, and leaves lingering flavours of plum skin and roasted meats. You can drink younger for more intense fruit and tannin or cellar for up to three decades for silkier texture and secondary flavours of leather, truffle, and game.

FOOD MATCH: Peking Duck

 

Grape Variety: 39% Mourvedre, 30% Grenache, 21% Syrah, 10% Counoise

Drinking window: 2025-2032
Alc. 13, 50%

 

            

109 in stock

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Description

Tablas Creek Vineyard was founded in 1989. Robert Haas of Vineyard Brands and Jean-Pierre Perrin of Château de Beaucastel conceived the project while traveling through California visiting many of the region’s early pioneers in the 1970s. The wine scene in California was very different at the time, with more focus on Burgundian varieties. The Perrin and Haas families were convinced that California’s Mediterranean climate could produce great Rhône-inspired wines, but they would need to find the perfect location to do so—one with high-calcium soils, a long growing season and moderate nighttime temperatures. The search lasted four years, from 1985 to 1989. The Perrins ultimately settled on the western reaches of Paso Robles, just 12 miles from the Pacific Ocean in what is now the Adelaida District.

 

The Tablas Creek Vineyard 2019 Esprit de Tablas is our flagship red blend, chosen from the best lots of four estate-grown varietals propagated from budwood cuttings from the Château de Beaucastel estate. The wine is based on the dark red fruit, earth, spice and mid-palate richness of Mourvèdre, with additions of Grenache for forward fruit, approachability and lushness, Syrah for mineral, aromatics, and back-palate tannins, and Counoise for brambly spice and acidity.

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2019
Reviews / Ratings / Awards

96 points; “seamlessly silky in feel, nearly dense, with crisp mineral tones up front and brisk acidity”:

Vinous (July 2025)


 

95 points; “impressively long finish that strongly repeats the spice and floral notes”:

Vinous (July 2022)


 

93 points & Editors’ Choice; “snappy and vibrant”:

Wine Enthusiast (Mar. 2022)


 

92 points; “coiled up, with the stuff to age”:

Wine and Spirits (Feb. 2022)


 

94 points; “silky and polished”:

Purely Domestic Wine Report (Jan. 2022)


 

94 points; “Layered and balanced”:

James Suckling (Nov. 2021)


 

97 points; “Full-bodied and perfectly balanced with a dense, meaty texture”:

BevX (Oct. 2021)


 

Outstanding Plus/Extraordinary; “structure, depth, and balance with a firm underlying backbone and a long finish”:

Underground Wine Letter (Oct. 2021)


 

94 points; “seamless, lush, and racy with aging potential”:

Blue Lifestyle (Sep. 2021)

Blend Composition
  • 39% Mourvedre
  • 30% Grenache
  • 21% Syrah
  • 10% Counoise

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