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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.9 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by EricFlash99 on 3/10/2021 & rated 93 points: Fully matured. Already tawny colour. Showing ripe dark fruit, caramel, jammy, sweet red date, sweet spices, mushroom and truffle sauce on the nose. Though in its age of 19 years old, this Varonniers is still annoucing its liveliness. The high acidity doesn't break its structure apart, refined tannin lay on the tongue smoothly. A Big structured wine, somehow the fruit intensity might not keep same pace with it. Long finish of candied raspberry, baked gooseberry and sweet spices lingering in the mouth. (331 views) | | | Tasted by Marc C on 12/23/2019 & rated 92 points: Nez sérieux mais complexe et bien ouvert : cuir frais, épices, notes fumées, fleurs séchées, pointe sanguine, fruits noirs (cassis). Très joli !
Attaque large, volumineuse, beau déploiement de la matière ! Le vin reste droit, précis. Le milieu de bouche est un peu plus ferme sans creux ressenti.
Bonne persistance, avec un final bien enlevé révélant à nouveau toute la complexité aromatique perçue au nez.
C'est franchement très bon et encore meilleur avec un peu d'aération. Le vin me paraît parfait à boire maintenant ! (528 views) | | | Tasted by Raage on 11/29/2015 & rated 92 points: Cette belle cuvee parcellaire vieillit bien, les 99 m'ayant souvent séduit au delà de 10 années de garde. Ce 2001 ne déroge pas, et impressionne d'emblée par son nez caractéristique de vieille syrah evoluee au top de son évolution. Animale, cuirée, viandée, sanguine, poivronant un peu, poivrée, avec un fruit macéré et compoté et du vieux bois mouillé (du sous bois, du champignon), elle s'affirme avec caractère dès les premières efffluves, tandis que les gorgées qui suivent affichent une acidité, un peps vivifiantes!
Le milieu de bouche sonne plus creux qu'un Hermitage, on reste en effet sur un Crozes au profil plus fin, moins puissant, mais tout de même la longueur est au rendez vous. Un Beau crozes, ce "Varonniers"! (1456 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, January/February 2003, IWC Issue #106
(Maison Chapoutier Crozes-Ermitage Les Varonnieres) Subscribe to see review text. |
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- Read more about Chapoutier Hermitage wines - Discover Chapoutier Cote Rotie wine - Learn about Chapoutier Chateauneuf du Pape wineSyrah 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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