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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by James Kim on 1/2/2023 & rated 91 points: Decanted. Now 3.5h after decant. Aromas of ripe blackberries and cherries, herbs, roasted game meats, olives, and a bit of garrigue. Palate w dark black cherries, ripe blackberries, olives, brambles, roasted meats, herbs, bark and earth. Full bodied w nice acids. Medium+ tannins. Rich but balanced w some elegance. Nice balance. Young for sure but all the elements are here for a beautiful wine in 10-15 yrs. Excited to see how this turns out. 91+ (439 views) | | Tasted by Bakerbd on 6/10/2022 & rated 93 points: Purple flowers, olive, barely-ripe black fruit, leather, fine drying tannin (463 views) | | Tasted by kostaslonis on 3/15/2022: Sampled at Oinoscent during service, bottle brought by importer The wine shows medium intensity, earthy, spicy, cinnamon, ripe to dried red cherry, berries, oak, cove, licorice, warmth and pot pouri. The palate shows light body, earth, balsamic notes, medium acidity, drying tannins, alcohol heat despite being low (12.5%), a touch aggressive as it is (434 views) |
| 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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