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Château de la Rivière
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2022
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
Lusciously-textured, dark-cherries, coffee beans, and licorice already show well in the round, supple, fresh, medium-bodied, plummy wine. This is going to be simply delicious on release. But, if you allow it a year or so for the oak to better integrate, it is going to be an even better wine. Drink from 2025-2037. 91-93 Pts. 1,601 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2021
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
Espresso, cocoa, cherries and floral aromas open the wine. On the palate, the wine is round, forward and chocolatey with a dusty note in the red fruited finish. You can drink this on release. Drink from 2024-2032. 159 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024 |
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2020
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
Espresso, chocolate-covered cherries and plums, with a hint of licorice is what you find in the perfume. On the palate the wine is soft, polished and showy, with a finish packed with fresh brewed, cocoa and sweet, dark red berries. Give it a year or so for the oak to better integrate and it should be even better. Drink from 2024-2036. 831 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Chocolate covered plums, cherries, licorice and wet earth on the nose and palate are found here. Round, lush, polished, fresh and fruity, the finish delivers ripe dark red fruits, spice, and cocoa with good acidity and length. You can enjoy this in its youth and for at least a decade or slightly longer. 91-93 Pts 1,694 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
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2019
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
Medium-bodied, round, supple-textured, plush, polished, forward wine with a generous dose of sweet, ripe, fresh, red fruits with just the right amount of chocolate in the round finish. You can drink this on release. Drink from 2022-2031. 1,406 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Dark in color, the perfume exudes licorice, smoke, cocoa and ripe plums. The wine is round, lush, rich and offers a good depth of flavor on the palate finishing with loads of fresh black cherries, dark chocolate and plums. 91-93 Pts 2,246 Views Tasted Jun 28, 2020 |
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Light in color, better in the nose with its pomelo accents than on the palate, the wine is light in flavor and should be consumed over the next 1-3 years. 84 Pts 1,656 Views Tasted Jun 28, 2020 |
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2018
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
Forward, round, silky, soft, fresh and fruity, the wine delivers its blend of chocolate covered cherry, espresso, smoke and licorice effortlessly. Medium-bodied with ample, dark cocoa and a hint of peppery plums in the finish, this is already a treat in the glass. 1,174 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021Dark in color, the wine is round, fat, sweet and filled with ripe, dark red fruits, licorice, wet earth, coffee bean, smoke and cocoa. Lusciously textured in the finish, this is going to great shortly after release. 90-92 Pts 1,607 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
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2017
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
The wine easily shows its oaky side along with its chocolate and plummy character. Medium bodied, round, lush and juicy, this will clearly offer pleasure on release. 1,892 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2016
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
Luscious, forward, ripe, round, chocolate coated, plum, and black cherry-filled wine with licorice and espresso notes on the nose, in the palate, and in the finish. This is fully ready to go, just pop, pour and enjoy. Drink from 2023-2028. 2,455 Views Tasted Dec 28, 2022 |
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2016
Château de la Rivière Aria (Fronsac)
Plummy, round, juicy and forward, with luscious textures, cocoa and coffee bean in the finish create a crowd pleasing styled wine that will drink well early. 1,598 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019Forward, fun and easy to drink, this is a crowd pleasing styled wine that will drink well early. 1,316 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2015
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
Smoke, licorice and dark cherries open the nose. Medium/full-bodied, deep in color, with soft, round, plush textures and a blast of sweet, ripe, dark plums, cherry and a touch of smoky, dark chocolate in the finish. With a bit of air before serving, this is quite easy to like. 3,133 Views Tasted Apr 20, 2020Forward, soft, polished, ripe and packed with, sweet, plush, dark red fruits, this will drink well on release. 2,974 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2016 |
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2014
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
Fresh, juicy, round, forward and offering loads of ripe black cherry licorice, smoke and earthy characteristics. Even at this young stage, this is already quite tasty and easy to drink. With a few years, this could be even better as it fills out and gains more weight. 2,506 Views Tasted Jul 10, 2017 |
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2013
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
Oak, earth and dark cherries move to a soft, accessible, oaky, red berry finish that will offer pleasure on release. 86-88 Pts 2,249 Views Tasted May 1, 2014 |
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2012
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
Licorice, smoky cherries and earthy notes on the nose, lead to a sweet, open, fresh plummy wine. 2,755 Views Tasted May 15, 2015Supple-textured, ripe and approachable, this early-drinking wine offers a lot of fleshy, sweet, jammy and fresh black and red fruits with a fun, fleshy personality. 88-90 Pts 3,162 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2013 |
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2012
Château de la Rivière Aria (Fronsac)
Deep in color with licorice, flowers and jammy berries in the nose, the wine is rich, deep, ripe, jammy and full-bodied with a chocolate-covered, black cherry finish. 89-91 Pts 1,855 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2013 |
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2011
Château de la Rivière Aria (Fronsac)
From 73% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Malbec, with black cherry, licorice, soft textures and an open personality. 89-90 Pts 1,490 Views Tasted Apr 20, 2012 |
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2010
Château de la Rivière Aria (Fronsac)
La Riviere Aria was a discovery for me. Thank you to to Bill Blatch from Vintex for introducing me to it. It was the first time I had tasted this wine. From a blend of 86% merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, with vines averaging 40 years of age, the wine sported a deep color. Floral, boysenberry aromas, a rich mouth full of ripe, black fruit, chocolate and boysenberry jam makes this a very tasty offering from Fronsac. I'm not sure what this cost, but chances are, this will be a good value wine to seek out. 90-92 Pts 3,006 Views Tasted Mar 14, 2011 |
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2009
Château de la Rivière Aria (Fronsac)
This delicious, Merlot based wine is filled with ripe, juicy, dark berries, chocoalte, cherry, minerality and vanilla. Supple in texture, concentrated, fleshy and plummy, the wine is already drinking well now. It's hard to find in America at the moment, but if you run across a bottle, it's worth tasting. 2,621 Views Tasted Jan 19, 2012 |
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2009
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
Fully ready to drink, the wine is filled with round textures, licorice, espresso bean, plum and cherries. This is not for aging. It's for drinking. 3,061 Views Tasted Dec 16, 2013 |
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2008
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
Jammy black fruit, licorice and coffee aromas, soft textures, medium body with a plum and herb filled finish. I'd drink this on the young side. 3,010 Views Tasted Dec 5, 2011 |
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2005
Château de la Rivière Aria (Fronsac)
Fully mature, round, flashy, espresso, dark, plum, licorice and black cherry filled wine with sweetness to the chocolatey fruit and a touch of oak that remains in the finish. This is not a wine to hold for further development. 1,720 Views Tasted Dec 19, 2017 |
