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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2008 and 2014 (based on 86 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.8 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by marc d on 1/17/2008: With black bean and steak fajitas. Fairly ripe blackberry fruit with beef blood in the nose, with just a touch of oak around the edges. The oak spice is pretty subtle and I didn't mind it. Worsted texture in the mouth with good acidity, somewhat chunky tannins that finish with a slight bitterness. Elegant style at 12.8% abv. It is a little rough around the edges due to youth, but this has the makings of a good bottle with more age. Would buy again. $24.
The second day open this is still very tasty. More black olive and herb flavors, some animal. A little softer than on day one. Makes me think this will improve and will check another bottle in 3 to 4 years. Tried this next to the 04 Gonon St Joseph, and where the Gonon leaned toward Cote Rotie, this was closer to Cornas. (1854 views) | | | Tasted by Eric on 5/19/2007: Northern Hemisphere Syrah at the Ragen's (Seattle, WA): This was my #2 wine of the night and a rather easy blind guess as the one French wine in the lineup. (I was even thinking it had to be a Crozes, as it lacked the structure of a Hermitage, the acid of a Cote Rotie and the sheer animal character of a Cornas.) Mmm, nice wine and gorgeous with rack of lamb! Sanguine, black pepper, and black cherry. Really elegant on the palate, sappy, pure, this is what I want to drink! (2809 views) | | | Tasted by Aurelius on 1/6/2007 & rated 88 points: Decanted for 2-3 hours. Strong chocolate on the nose. Post-decanting, the wine blossomed beautifully with pepper, spice and cocoa layered with the restrained but full syrah fruit. Tannins lurked in the background. A very lovely wine drinking quite well despite its youth. With these Northern Rhones, patience pays off. (2339 views) | | | Tasted by crickdog25 on 1/5/2007 & rated 88 points: Intriguing wine that grew on us over the course of an evening. It tasted almost like a burgundy -- lower alcohol, higher acidity. Not anywhere near as good as the 2003, which featured a wonderfully smoky, bacon fat richness. Needs more time in the cellar. (2080 views) | | | Tasted by thepeter on 10/4/2006 & rated 85 points: opened a bottle and at first it was very pepery and reminded me of strong cheese. However after poring it in a jug and leaving it for a few hours it was great. (2091 views) | | | Tasted by jerhardt on 9/15/2006 & rated 87 points: Pretty good, but the 2003 was definitely significantly better. I found this one to be a bit hollow in the mid-palate and lacking in depth. This was a relatively new shipment, so maybe a few months in the bottle will help. (1225 views) |
| Emmanuel Darnaud 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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