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| Drinking window: Drink between 2014 and 2020 (based on 21 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.3 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by CPSchoeff on 5/4/2019 flawed bottle: Nice bretty mess of funky feet. Too bad. Flawed bottle... (350 views) | | | Tasted by RobertoParis on 8/25/2017 & rated 95 points: Aroma de especiarias, pimenta do reino, tabaco, couro, mentol. Na boca complexo, picante, noz moscada, taninos finos, final persistente. Excelente. (543 views) | | | Tasted by DBunk on 11/15/2014 & rated 87 points: prior note is correct - this needs lots of air. Otherwise the first whiff upon opening and pour from bottle is an atrocious smell and smelled like a TCA party. Tons of barnyard funk and vegetal smells. 90min decant and it improved very well. After almost 2hrs there was nice harmony fruit, earth, wood black olives and acidity on the finish. But to the prior note, this is not a $30+ wine. Maybe it will show that potential by aging in bottle but caveat emptor to the impatient (and if you are, use a decanter for some time). (924 views) | | | Tasted by chablis28 on 6/7/2014 & rated 86 points: Night - 1.. PNP Pretty disappointing and possibly lightly corked but not 100% sure of that. Lean and austere with very little going on. No fun. Just the faintest hint of must on the nose. I'll try again tomorrow. Flawed? Can't be sure. I won't buy more though either. 5 days later, I had forgot I hung onto to this to make sure it was corked and, to my surprise, 5 whole days later it shows zero signs of being corked and is drinking better, not awesome, but.. better. A little more flesh on the bones then on Saturday night Probably held up because over 2/3 of the btl was left and I had re-corked it quickly that night. Still, that said it drinks like a $12 wine I paid $30 for. Upgraded my score to 86. If you try one either wait another year or 3 or give it more air than I did. (1452 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 MILLESIMESCrozes-Hermitage Crozes-Hermitage AOC (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône) |
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