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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by timewithwine on 2/22/2013: Where or when I purchased this, I’m not particularly sure. It appears in my inventory when I set up Cellar! (my now defunct software) program in June of 2001. This one last bottle has manage to survive my gaze ever since 2004 when I killed off some sister bottles. The Tardy brothers created this simple but decently made wine. At least for $10, it’s not a bad wine at all. Giving it a little sniffy-sniff, it shows plum, blackberry, smoke, mixed herbs with a mineral cut and fairly tannic finish. The fruit, however, is fading. With time, oak shows more and fatigues the palate. As a simple wine, the power is on its attack, with the mid-palate and finish showing and then fading fast. 12.5% alc. With cheeses including blues of Stilton and cambozola and truffled cheese (not a good pairing) and sauteed mushrooms. 02.22.13. Recommended with Reservations. (174 views) | | Tasted by RichardSandlan on 12/23/2012 & rated 89 points: Liked it... Old Rhone is interesting. I'll post a proper note for the next bottle... (1482 views) | | Tasted by timewithwine on 10/18/2004: Winemakers Charles et Francois Tardy have a winner with this simple but well made wine. Originally rather tannic and somewhat astringent when tasted a couple of years ago, this is now a meaty, fairly well balanced wine with smoke, dried cranberry, bacon and mineral notes. 12.5% alc. Forgot the pairing. 10/04. (169 views) | | Tasted by timewithwine on 12/23/2001: Sunday, December 23, 2001 Color of purple turning to garnet on the rim. Nose of cloves, barnyard, brambles and pepper. A hot wine. Like the Paret St. Joseph, it needs time to integrate and come together. Again, this is a wine that needs food. Dusty dry. Flavors of pepper, spice and barnyard. Disappointingly short finish. Nice with walnuts.
Sunday, December 23, 2001 gifts to PDM, ST and Dave Poole (167 views) |
| Domaine des Entrefaux Producer websiteSyrah Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)
Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent. France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest" 2019 vintage reports 2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage." 2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Northern Rhône Guide to the wines and appellations of the Northern Rhone Valley -
The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
Regional History: Phocaean Greeks established viticulture in the Rhone as far back as 600 BC, but until the 14th century the wines were not seen outside the region. The establishment of the Avignonese Papacy (1305-1377) brought fame to the region's wine-so much so that their Burgundian neighbors to the north banned wines from the Rhone in 1446, a measure that effectively cut off trade with England and other Northern European markets for over 200 years. Stretching southward from Lyon to just south of Avignon, the Rhone produces a wide variety of wines, with the appellations north of Valence producing the least (in volume), and the towns south of Montelimar producing prodigious amounts. As in other regions, the most interesting wines come from small farms. Saint-Joseph, in the northern Rhone, extends for some distance between Condrieu in the north to Saint-Peray in the south. The reds are made from Syrah and the rare whites from Marsanne and Roussanne, and Viognier.
### 2017 vintage ### "The first red wines already tasted in the Northern Rhône promise a beautiful vintage, with a quality close to the 2015 or even the 2009 vintage" - NEWRHÔNE MILLESIMESCrozes-Hermitage Crozes-Hermitage AOC (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône) |
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