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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.2 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by acyso on 10/7/2022 & rated 93 points: Dinner at Pompette (Chicago, IL): Wow, that's some serious bottle variation from the last time I had it. This bottle is clean, with nary a hint of brett, and features a generous amount of red (surprisingly, given the vintage) fruit coupled with intense saline and meat notes that don't show up until this wine has been exposed to a good amount of air. Very elegant and light, especially in the context of syrah, but impressive complexity here. A very nice bottle that reaffirms my love of Sorrel. One of the very few Hermitage producers worth a damn. (1647 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 1/31/2022 & rated 83 points: January Rhônes (Chicago, IL): Sweet and porty, and not pleasantly so. A distinct lack of acid and lift here; this is really plodding and difficult to drink. A big whiff here. (2146 views) | | | Tasted by WST on 11/20/2021: Hospice Auction Wine Night (Samish Hill, Bellingham, WA): We weren't planning to serve any reds until later in the night. However, some of the guests looked daunted by all the champagne, whites and sauternes, so down to the cellar we went. This is a forward, flavorful Northern Rhone, mostly dominated by dark berries, but some fun cured meat and herbs. It did the trick. (1252 views) | | | Tasted by phynes on 2/27/2021 & rated 95 points: My wife and I are normally aligned but I loved this and she hated it. I found it beautifully fragrant and very powerful. Still felt very young and its best days are ahead of it. (1400 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 1/19/2021: Interestingly, this opened up tight and subdued, but with air this unfolds to show blueberry fruit, lots of blueberry fruit, if not blueberry pie, flowers and spices. If I was served this blind, I would have guessed Barossa Shiraz. Big and dense, ripe, edgy tannins and a ton of blue fruit, 15% alc. This is young, way to young, but I still wonder if this will ever show true Hermitage character. ‘Bon Vivant’ is spot on btw. (1500 views) | | | Tasted by Skip4wine on 10/15/2020 & rated 96 points: 6 years later and how it has changed. Bloody game, leather, complex, fruit totally integrated into the secondary flavors. Loved it in 2004 but now at the next level. At its absolute peak and will last but never better than now. (1138 views) | | | Tasted by dnnk88 on 7/26/2019 & rated 92 points: Nose of dark fruits, soil, herbs, espresso. Tasted dark fruits, soil, earth. Slightly acidic initially. But after breathing, the acidity receded and the flavours and structure came forth - black fruits, dark cherries, espresso bitterness and peppers. Ok to open now but this should get better with a few more years. (1441 views) | | | Tasted by bon vivant on 1/5/2019 & rated 92 points: A friend brought this over to have with a leg of lamb and it was purchased under a merchant description as a classic Hermitage. That was only the case when we removed the cork and were greeted with black olive tapanade aromas. Went into decanter and we started to follow it after an hour. Olive notes gone and what we got was massive ripe red fruit with nice full texture and some nice layering. This is obviously young and seemed primary and surprisingly heady. The more it set in the decanter the more new world it seemed and definitely not in the classic Hermitage style, Seriously at 3-4 hr mark this could have been mistaken for a decent Ausi Shiraz. Checking the label 15% and that tells you a lot. So if you are looking for a classic Northern Rhone this is not your wine, but as a hedonistic Syrah- a nice bottle of wine which is what my score indicates. Will be interesting to see if it develops more classic Hermitage nuances with age although based on this I have my doubts. Not one I am going to chase as I for the style I can easily find better value. (1739 views) | | | Tasted by HENNO1 on 1/8/2016 & rated 94 points: Crikey? Hard to score but hard to disagree with previous review. This is really really good but huge and very young. Beautiful now but it will put hairs on your chest but i could drink another bottle tomorrow. Could be absolutely stunning but needs a few years yet. Lovely. Maybe worth buying another six. Score represents drinking today score; high hopes it should will score higher in future. Really very very good. Real treat and rare praise from me (3557 views) | | | Tasted by RockinCabs on 10/24/2014 & rated 95 points: Nose: Absolutely massive nose of Sweet Cherry, Currant Jam, Olive, Pepper and some smoke notes. Cherry fruit roll-up was noted by a member of our party. Palate: The palate feel on this was astonishing. Silky/velvety with bombastic fruit and earth all over it. Cherry, Blackberry, Raspberry, Pepper, Saline and nice glycerin. Finish: Long finish that demonstrates how much complexity lies below the surface here. Definitely popped on the young side, but so good it would be hard to keep your hands off of it.
Celebration for BCharlieG (4333 views) | | | Tasted by Skip4wine on 2/3/2014 & rated 94 points: Deep almost stewed prune aroma in the glass. Deep purple color, almost black. Excellent balance with deep dark fruits, leather, blood and little fresh game taste on the palate. Big complex wine with the fruit in check. Drinnking well right now with food but only getting better. With self control I will wait another year or two to drink another. (4209 views) | | | Tasted by Drzero55 on 9/29/2013 & rated 96 points: - Garnet color with medium forming legs and aromas of black pepper. It's in total harmony and has flavours of black pepper and licorice anise with a medium/full body. Bright texture - An incredible Syrah with a long life ahead of it (4105 views) | | | Tasted by BigRed1000 on 3/10/2010 & rated 88 points: Good wine but smells and tastes like Zinfandel from California. Not what I want in my Hermitage. (4643 views) |
| Marc Sorrel Read about Marc SorrelSyrah 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 MILLESIMESHermitage Guide to Hermitage wine Guide to Cote Rotie - Read about the Northern Rhone Valley
• The appellation stretches over 3 communes in the Drôme "département" : Tain-l'Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage and Larnage.
• The soils are a combination of granite with alluvial quaternary delta deposits, and, on the eastern side, Pliocene clay. This diversity explains the numerous different names given to vineyard plots within the appellation : Bessards, Greffieux, Méal, Roucoule, Beaumes, etc.
• The meso-climate provides shelter from the north winds, where the majority of the slopes is well exposed, facing south.
•The vineyards area adds up to 134 hectares/331 acres, with an annual production of 3,635 hectoliters. Authorized maximum yield is 40 hectoliters/hectare (2.3 US tons/acres).
• Grape varieties : Syrah (an addition of up to 15% of Marsanne or Roussanne is allowed).
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