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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.8 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by WojteG on 12/10/2023 & rated 96 points: Another day and another great wine! Classical, but affordable Syrah 31€
Deep purple color. A lot of blueberries and tons of black currant in the smell ( my 2 favorite aromas) Also black cherry, plum, minerals.
Taste? Tons of black currants! Plums, black cherry, black chocolate and a lot of spice
It sounds simple, but the wine has great structure, harmony and balance with perfect acidity and tannins
Long, delicious, juicy finish.
2015 was extraordinary. Still tannic, youthful or slow to mature according to the WA Vintage Guide - 97 points!
How about the wine?
RP - 96
JD - 96
WS - 93 (201 views) | | | Tasted by forceberry on 12/7/2022 & rated 88 points: 100% Syrah from the steep Saint-Joseph vineyard in Tournon-sur-Rhône that gives the appellation its name. The destemmed grapes are fermented spontaneously and macerated for 4 weeks in concrete vats. Aged for 12-14 months in oak barrels (10% new). 14,5% alcohol. Tasted half-blind in a tasting of eleven 2015 Saint Joseph wines.
Luminous, very slightly translucent and quite dark ruby-red color with youthful blueish highlights. The nose feels fragrant, clean and quite solar with sweetly-fruited aromas of ripe dark forest fruits, some brambly notes of black raspberries, a little bit of graphite or soot, light nuances of tobacco and a hint of sunny blackberry. The wine is silky smooth, rather ripe and moderately full-bodied on the palate with rich yet somewhat robust flavors of juicy dark berries, some gamey tones, a little bit of peppery spice, light ferrous notes of blood, a sweet hint of dark plums and a savory touch of meaty umami. The wine is high in acidity with quite ample and moderately grippy tannins. The finish is bold, moderately grippy and somewhat warm with a long aftertaste of powerful blackberry-driven fruit, some ripe plummy tones, a little bit of gamey meat, light spicy notes of crushed peppercorns, a hint of blood and a touch of tobacco.
A rather big and ripe Syrah with lots of substance and impact. The wine is quite structured, thus nicely in balance, and the emphasis is on pure, well-delineated Syrah fruit, making the wine feel vibrant and expressive. However, the overall impression is still a bit too lush, ripe and sweetly-fruited for my taste with a bit too much alcohol heat. It feels like this might be a very lovely wine in cooler vintages, but in a warm vintage like 2015 lieu-dit Saint Joseph seems a bit too warm a place for making harmonious wines. Maybe the wine might drop some of its baby fat and sweet-toned fruit with age? At least the overall feel is still very youthful, packed with structure and bold fruit, promising volumes on the aging potential. However, I must say that at 65€ the wine feels simply too expensive for the quality. In our tasting the wine received two points from the ten participants, making it finish on fifth place. (993 views) |
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SOIL
Slightly acid granite on the right bank of the Rhône, on the foothills of the Massif Central.
VINIFICATION
Grapes are destemmed.
Maceration for about 20 days.
Extraction made by pumping over and punching down.
MATURING
In oak barrels and vats for 12 months before bottling.
TASTING
Colour : intense ruby colour..
Nose : small black berries (blackcurrant, blackberry), violet, hints of liquorice.
Palate : soft attack, with aromas of red fruit.
The backbone of the wine is its minerality.
The finish is long and spicy.Syrah 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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