Tablas Creek Esprit de Tablas Rouge 2019

Professional Ratings

• 95 Vinous

  Deep, vivid ruby. Smoke- and spice-accented cherry cola, dark berry and lavender aromas show fine clarity, and licorice and succulent herb notes emerge with aeration. Gently sweet and broad in the mouth, offering appealingly sweet blackberry, cherry preserve, mocha and floral pastille flavors that tighten up through the midpalate. Gently gripping tannins sneak in slowly on an impressively long finish that strongly repeats the spice and floral notes.

• 93 Wine Enthusiast

  Proprietor Jason Haas is amplifying the freshness on his family’s estate wines, as evidenced in this blend of 39% Mourvèdre, 30% Grenache, 21% Syrah and 10% Counoise. Snappy and vibrant aromas of raspberry and fennel pollen lead into a bright palate of lavender, smashed red fruits and delicate chaparral herbs. Editors’ Choice.

• 92 Wine & Spirits

  A blend of about 40 percent mourvedre, the balance grenache, syrah and counoise, this is plush and lively, plainly in the red spectrum of fruit, with a zin-like directness and an earthy, mildly leathery grip of tannins.

• 91 Wine Spectator

  Tightly focused and wiry in structure, with brooding dried cherry, smoky meat and grilled anise accents that build toward firm tannins. Hands off this one for now. Mourvèdre, Grenache, Syrah and Counoise. Best from 2023.

• 90 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  A blend of 39% Mourvèdre, 30% Grenache, 21% Syrah and 10% Counoise, the 2019 Esprit de Tablas has a pale ruby color and aromas of wild red and black berries, citrus peel, dusty earth and dried flowers. The palate is earthy and gently rustic in texture, with a juicy, mushroom-laced finish.