A top 10 wine of my 2012: Cercius CdR

This CdR  wine was promoted by both The Wine Club and ArtisanWineDepot, as it was a WA 93 for $14.  I'm not normally too swayed by these "amazing" CdR deals, since Parker has several every quarter where a "CdR tastes like a CdP", but this wines lives up to the hype and more.  It is the Michel Gassier CdR "Cercius" 2010.   Wow!

It is an 85% Grenache 15% Syrah blend that tastes of very ripe, very intense Grenache.  Ripe sweet blackberry and ripe raspberry and a bit of cherry kirtsch liquor.  Being a CdR, despite being so ripe, the Grenache does not tastes jammy or pruney, as there is a leanness to it with a hint of mineral and graphite.  It is very clean with no earthy or funky notes.   It doesn't quite have the secondary flavors of a super high end CdP but who cares?  It's all fruit and an explosion at that.   One of the greatest Rhone red I've had.

The first bottle I had was quite nice and left me wanting more.   The second bottle was/is amazing.    Easily a wine of 2012.   My score: 93.  

PS I just ordered another case of this.