Community Tasting Notes 8

• salil wrote: 83 points

  October 5, 2019 - Well this was underwhelming. The fruit's rather sour and thin and there's a surprising amount of oak that overwhelms it and adds a finishing bitterness. Not a fan of any of those things.

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• acyso wrote: 88 points

  October 5, 2019 - Indianapolis V; 10/4/2019-10/5/2019 (Indianapolis, IN): A super disappointing showing of this wine; I love Sorrel's wines, but this bottle just never showed up to the party. The nose has a bit of coffee and seems generally pretty reticent; it's not terrible but there's not much to love here either. Pretty much the same story on the palate; a little blocky and inelegant. Just not really there, unfortunately.

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• pjaines wrote:

  November 16, 2012 - Beefy, tangy and earthy on the nose but missing on the midpalate. Can only be Hermitage with that iron-filings and bloody palate but right now needs more funk and feral character to be a great wine. Hold.

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• Stefanos T. wrote: 92 points

  December 25, 2011 - Deeply coloured but bright garnet. Nose is rather shy and focused. Cherry fruit, damson, smoke and polished leather can be discerned along some vanilla notes. Very clean but closed. Palate of medium weight with nice fluid texture and clean finish. Wine has reached drinking window and is some way before full maturity. Beautiful overall with fantastic texture and mouthfeel but could have been more expressive.

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• godx wrote: 89 points

  March 15, 2011 - WineFanatic Northern Rhone Offline (Vancouver, BC): Tasted blind – medium red in colour. Riper nose of blackberries, cherries with some meaty notes underlying. Polished in the mouth with good acidity and rounded tannins. This suffered following the Ogier la Belle Helene. This needs time. Very good. 89+

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1995
• Type Red
• Producer Marc Sorrel
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Le Gréal
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Hermitage

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• In Cellars 105 (60%)
• Consumed 71 (40%)

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