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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by gooner1221 on 3/3/2023 & rated 87 points: Got this EP, 5th of 6 bottles - this note is representative of all 5. Three hour decant. Not flawed, but too acidic, thin, some fruit remaining. Uninteresting. Tipped half away. (441 views) | | | Tasted by gtilley on 9/20/2022: Really delicious. On opening the character is rather thin and cranberry like but with plenty of aeration it opens up into a really well-judged, dark-fruited beauty, with well-integrated savoury character. Well proportioned. (668 views) | | | Tasted by Andice on 11/7/2021 & rated 88 points: Nose is very reduced. Palate is more open, juicy red fruit and peppery notes but tannins are still sharp. Rather simple, drinks like a cheap Crozes and a clear step down from Greal (1064 views) | | | Tasted by dnnk88 on 6/20/2020 & rated 92 points: 1st Reopening Wine Dinner Celebration @ CHL!: Drinking well tonight. Ok to open now and enjoyable for many years ahead. (1556 views) | | | Tasted by bigop on 1/20/2020: Excellent bottle, first of 6.
Beguiling nose, harmonious on palate with soft ripe integrated tannins. Long and complex, it is very good but I suspect there is room for more. No hurry to drink up really, wont touch another one before 2022 if I can hold off. (1610 views) | | | Tasted by gtilley on 2/16/2019: Delicious. Colour is a pure mid red fading to a light red rim - no hint of ageing. Very attractive savoury nose supported by a firm core of plum and blackberry. A fine spread of powdery tannins immediately on the palate - with time it shows denser prune and chocolate characters. Superb. (1525 views) | | | Tasted by Mid Palate Tingle on 2/10/2017: First of 12
Closed nose. Blackberry and quite pronounced creamy vanilla.
Palate more open. Nice spread of red and black fruit, aniseed, smoke & graphite. Quite savoury this early in life.
Tannins very fine and pretty long finish
Better kept than for immediate drinking (1793 views) | | | Tasted by davestenton on 11/21/2013: Roberson Wine Christmas Walkabout (Roberson Wine, Kensington High Street): Nose is fairly mute; just a little sweet spice. Red fruit. Full-bodied with tightly-packed tannins. Good but needs time to unwind. 17/20. 2016+ (2806 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.
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"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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