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| Community Tasting Notes (average 82.3 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by rikipedia on 5/2/2019 & rated 84 points: C: deep garnet to mahogany rim
The nose offers a heady bouquet of fresh compost, black pepper, dry stone and a mix of black and red fruits.
The palate is relatively lean, but there is a smidgeon of flesh. The acid is a little more active, especially with the firmer condensed tannins and sappy rather green elements that creep into the finish. Perhaps a bit mean with its finer days in the past. (296 views) | | | Tasted by Mrboudin on 1/9/2017 & rated 88 points: Very nice on the nose but the greenish taste was not welcomeing for me. (1169 views) | | | Tasted by Neurowine1 on 6/5/2016 & rated 68 points: Purchased from PC over 11 years ago for $15 when they were blowing out all those '02 Chapoutiers. I was pleasantly surprised by the whole lot (both white and red) right up to the 2002 M. Chapoutier Crozes-Ermitage Les Varonniers from a few months ago. This one, sadly, misses the mark. It is lean, thin, astringent, green, drying, and not at all much fun to drink. The years haven't helped it any and have stripped away a lot of the fruit that may or may not have been there to begin with. This is the last of the '02s and I guess it is fitting that they are going out true to their supposed vintage character. (1159 views) | | | Tasted by Old_Winyards on 12/15/2007: Pungent nose of black and white pepper. Purple and Very concentrated for an '02. Minerally, iodine, asphalt, and blackberry. Great wine for such tough vintage. (2898 views) | | | Tasted by rikipedia on 8/12/2006 & rated 89 points: Rhone Walk-around Tasting (Carolines Wine Shop): 2.5 hectares; the colour is deep purple-ruby with vibrant aromas of red and black berry fruits warm, inviting nose.
Beautifully textured, the entry displays plenty of ripe blackberries, smoke, cassis, cedarwood and vanilla essence. Excellent depth of flavour; there is plenty of flesh to coat the fine, gravelly tannins. Lavish wine that has a long farewell. Rather good but perhaps lacking complexity at this point. (269 views) | | | Tasted by Old_Winyards on 4/2/2006: Seems fairly closed... tasting this is definitely an introspective effort, as the Les Granits seemed rather reticent. It had a fine texture and tannins, but other than the minerally-terrior, it didn't give up much fruit. Almost seemed fragile. Is this because it is closed or because it's from a dilute, off-year? (3054 views) |
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- Read more about Chapoutier Hermitage wines - Discover Chapoutier Cote Rotie wine - Learn about Chapoutier Chateauneuf du Pape wineSyrah 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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