Weekday Cotes du Rhone

2010 M Gassier CdR Cercius (consulting winemaker is Cambie)... mostly grenache with some syrah. Sourced from old vines and aged in concrete tanks for a quick six months.
Let this open up for about 2 hours. I understand why people rave about this wine and it is a great bargain at $17. Not your father's CdR for sure. Actually tastes like a new world grenache but does have a bit of nice mineral underpinning. Big raspberry and spice with about 15% alc.