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| Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2017 (based on 45 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.7 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 12 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by marcellonegro on 10/2/2022 & rated 89 points: Med ruby
Pronounced nose of red fruit, cherry, tart fruit, floral, strawberry jam (but not jammy)
Med+ acidity, light body, med- tannins
Flavours of red fruit, strawberry, tart cherry, some minerality
Great balance, ok length, good intensity and complexity (261 views) | | | Tasted by Jasonr1023 on 2/25/2018 & rated 90 points: S no (798 views) | | | Tasted by christyler on 9/27/2017: Spiky and weird. Off bottle? (1108 views) | | | Tasted by LW31 on 3/28/2016 & rated 89 points: Lovely, fresh, lively. Soil and rocks. Really beautiful style of gamay. Drink these now for fruit and energy, but imagine this will develop nicely too for next few years. (1696 views) | | | Tasted by MaineMark on 5/11/2014 & rated 91 points: Was not familiar with Gamay. I really enjoyed this bottle--so different than most of the commercial wine out there. Fruit forward, moderate alcohol, drinking very well now. (3950 views) | | | Tasted by 1961Vintage on 4/26/2014 & rated 92 points: Really starting to enjoy this immensely.. Growing into it. More fruit and depth than the first two bottles. Love where this wine is right now.. (3179 views) | | | Tasted by CO_Roots13 on 4/26/2014: There was some funk at first. Over the course of a couple hours, it settled into dust and pepper on the nose with red fruit in the backround and a lightly vegetal tone. The palette is light and approachable. I'm not sure I understand this varietal yet. 6-16-6-6 (3567 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 4/2/2014 & rated 87 points: #RRSFBAY (Washington, DC): Tangy, almost sour, with fine tannins, bright cherries, roses, some funky-meaty undertones. Equal parts tasty, fun and weird. Digging this Rhone Gamay. (3392 views) | | | Tasted by monist on 3/13/2014 & rated 87 points: Perceived some sourness, especially just after opening, that reminded me of a sour belgian beer, e.g. a lambic. Good and zippy if you like this, or maybe it was an odd bottle variation. Definitely some tart fruit, however. (2703 views) | | | Tasted by rdewolff on 4/14/2013 & rated 90 points: Magnifique Gamay. Quel nez! Quel fruit! A racheter! (2464 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 8/21/2012: Andrew Guard Trade Tasting (Berta Restaurant, Sydney): Leather, savoury red fruit...in the mouth it is very light but eminently quaffable. Okay. (2368 views) |
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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 MILLESIMESArdèche Côteaux de l'Ardèche
Maison Louis Latour has been using its winemaking know-how in the Côteaux de l'Ardèche since the late 1970s. After a 12-year research project we selected the terroirs best suited to the Chardonnay variety, the grape also used in the white Grand Cru wines of Burgundy. Here Chardonnay benefits from the Ardèche's Mediterranean climate and its geographical location, which can be considered a meeting point between northern and southern France. Unlike in Burgundy, the vines are not subject to uncertain weather conditions and the grapes are able to attain full ripeness each year. These factors, when combined with the region's high altitude of around 270 metres and its clay-limestone soils, are the reasons behind the remarkably consistent quality, and balance of our Ardèche wines. They are characterised by southern fruit ripeness combined with a freshness and acidity more akin to the wines of Burgundy. |
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