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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2020 and 2022 (based on 8 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 88 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 19 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Condrieu82 on 9/15/2023 & rated 88 points: Very dark in the glass, with long legs. Nose of raisins and figs. Palate is dense with medium acidity, lots of black fruits (plums and blackberries), smoked meat, then oak in the medium-intense ending. Overall a good Syrah hi ‘em the price - very old World with elegant aromas, even though it does feel a bit disjointed. (272 views) | | | Tasted by Ellen5181 on 4/27/2021 & rated 88 points: Appearance - clear, medium plus ruby
Nose - clean, youthful, medium plus intensity, with air getting lots more alcohol burn - listed as 12.5 which seems low. Feel it on eyes. Ripe black cherry, ripe blueberries. Vanilla sweetness, green pepper.
Palate - medium plus body, bloody, acidity is medium, tannins are medium and only surface after you swallow. Notes are bright red and black berries. More red on palate than broody nose. Black pepper. Finish is long. A bit tingly to beckon you for next sip. Balanced. Getting some Italian herbs.
Air has helped here. Feels like this has more to give and will emerge with air. (1750 views) | | | Tasted by iamkimdaye on 1/16/2021 & rated 85 points: Mid ruby , garnet on rim
Tabacco chocolate spicy herbal & "game"
Red and black berries
Bouquet is floral and quite powerful
Pallete
Little bit crispy, minerality, spicy peppery fruit
Good and elegance northern Rhone Syrah, (1894 views) | | | Tasted by scorbett on 11/5/2020: Drinking nicely now.
Some fresh red and blue fruit. Touch of herbs/brush. Nothing mindblowing but a solid weekday wine. (2162 views) | | | Tasted by cgwin on 4/26/2020: . (2435 views) | | | Tasted by cos65 on 10/10/2019: Served blind
Medium ruby purple
Fairly ungenerous at first
Better with air.
Needs time, but I’m not sure what you’ll be left with in 5-10 years. (2296 views) | | | Tasted by jonahfactor on 9/24/2019: The waiter at Town House in London was kind enough to decant this at my request. And it’s exactly what this offering needed. Tight and bitter upon opening, air gave this the lift it needed. Whiffs of horse blanket give way to lavender and blueberries in the bouquet, followed by dark, slightly unripe fruit, turned-over soil and woody notes, followed by a slightly clipped finish, suggesting this might need more time. Suggest cellaring or a big decant if consumed now. Drink 2020-2025. Might be worth seeking out; not sure. (1833 views) | | | Tasted by Edeon on 3/31/2019 & rated 88 points: Something bitter/sour that I'm not liking. (1856 views) | | | Tasted by grapenomad on 1/22/2019 & rated 89 points: Deep ruby red in the glass. Not as excited as presented by the ambassador's story. Musty nose intertwined with overripe, almost rotting fruit. Medium complexity. Doesn't have that BANG on the palate that is expected from a high tier like this. More of an everyday wine. (1821 views) | | | Tasted by AudunG on 10/13/2018 & rated 86 points: Nice Syrah on the nose. Firm, structured and food friendly (1208 views) |
| Paul Jaboulet Aîné Producer website
- Read about Jaboulet Hermitage and Jaboulet La Chapelle
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Paul Jaboulet Aîné is one of the most prestigious producers in the Rhone, notably in Hermitage and Crozes Hermitage. The earliest record of the Jaboulet family producing wine is from 1834, and the eventual house of Paul Jaboulet Aîné remained in Jaboulet family ownership until 2006. It was then sold to the Frey family, proprieters of Ch La Lagune in Bordeaux, and numerous other vineyards.
Frey obtained the famous brand names such as Hermitage "La Chapelle" and Crozes Hermitage "Domaine de Thalabert", but not all of the vineyards historically used for producing those wines. Notably the vineyard used to produce Crozes Hermitage "Domaine de Thalabert" - a vineyard historically known as Les Grandes Vignes - was split, with part remaining under the control of Philippe & Vincent Jaboulet. Nevertheless Frey succeeded in restoring the reputation of Paul Jaboulet Aîné which had fallen away during the 1990s.
Domaine de Raymond Roure is a 3.5ha Crozes Hermitage vineyard high on the back of the Hermitage hill which Jaboulet acquired in 1996. The red now sells at a premium to Thalabert and is the wine for longer keeping.
Paul Jaboulet Aîné owns parcels of vines in several Rhone appellations both north and south, and produces an extensive range of both estate bottled and négociant wines.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 MILLESIMESCrozes-Hermitage Crozes-Hermitage AOC (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône) |
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