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| Drinking window: Drink between 2016 and 2023 (based on 6 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 22 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by richard.presser on 8/23/2023 & rated 91 points: Average deposit, mostly loose, some on the bottle. Deep red. Spicy, complex nose with some bottle complexity. Still fresh. Red plum and related ripe fruit flavours. Good weight though a little short. Some St. Joseph lifted aromatics. Mature but will perhaps evolve a little further and hold for a few years. (301 views) | | Tasted by richard.presser on 12/15/2020 & rated 92 points: Wonderful spicey, forest floor complexity on the nose. I keep going back and back and it doesn’t fade. Flows through to the palate. Rich, ripe Shiraz, but Rhone ripeness, not overblown Aussie ripeness. 13.5 alc. Black fruits refined by viognier and French oak and terroir. Beautifully complex aromas and flavours continue to emerge and build. There are much bigger Shiraz wines but few bring this wonderful endless and building complexity. 9 years in the bottle is a factor, but it’s the entree. Many years l like this ahead of it. (635 views) | | Tasted by AndersThoresson on 4/8/2018 & rated 88 points: Black and blue berry juice. Very smooth. Oak still a tad too present for my taste. (1399 views) | | Tasted by richard.presser on 3/1/2017 & rated 93 points: Developing black fruit nose. Developing a lovely lift. Nicely developing palate. Plenty of acid and tannin for it to age. Good though not great length. Day 2 not showing more devt. But opened up in the glass. A lovely wine. (1732 views) | | Tasted by richard.presser on 10/16/2016 & rated 92 points: Restrained but still good weight and flavour. Well structured. Now - 2020 (1760 views) | | Tasted by silton on 2/9/2016 & rated 91 points: Pulled from the cellar mistaken for a different/cheaper wine. Damn, this was a mighty fine St. Joseph! Elegant, moderately complex midpalate with subtle power on either end. Drink or hold. Would buy again ~$40. (2121 views) | | Tasted by richard.presser on 7/11/2014 & rated 93 points: Lovely, lifted, spicy, complex nose. Medium, complex palate. Good length. Good food wine. (2473 views) | | Tasted by Jeremy Holmes on 9/19/2013: Almost smells as if there's a dollop of Viognier in it with a whiff of apricot to the aroma. It is ripe with juicy blackberry and blood plum fruit. There's some spice and earth and the palate is creamy and round. There's just a hint of green bean under the flesh and it finishes with supple tannins and is quite long. (2285 views) | | Tasted by Finare Vinare on 6/21/2013 & rated 90 points: Midsummer barbecue w/ A&M (Mörby): Open, black-fruity nose with lots of vanilla and lactic stuff going on at the moment, besides the expected syrah markers. Low-acid taste profile with smooth ripe tannins and a baby-fat mouthfeel. Good material here, but better wait until 2017-18 or so for the structure to show. Not certain about the oak regime at this domaine though, it may be too much for our tastes. (3170 views) | | Tasted by Vintomas on 4/10/2013: 2011 Coursodon reds with Caviste (Grappe, Stockholm): Nose with ripe dark berries, some tar and spice notes, discrete oak notes. Palate with ripe dark berries, good concentration of fruit, mineral, good acidity, medium(+) tannins, some firmness. Young, reasonably accessible now, but would gain from cellaring.
Compared to 2011 Silice, this wine is a little darker and more powerful in the nose, but on the palate it is primarily more firm and "classic".
I'd recommend drinking it either before the "tunnel" (2014-2015) or after it has emerged from it (2019-) (1972 views) |
| Domaine Coursodon 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 MILLESIMES |
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