Community Tasting Notes 12

• wilhelmarnor Likes this wine: 91 points

  September 23, 2021 - Orange to brown medium dark in color.
  Intensive mature nose full of pepper (Sumatra long pepper), ripe black berries, oak, earth, a hinge of balsamic vinegar.
  Medium body, very mature taste, cellary, earthy, and some acidity but still with fruits left. Enjoyable, having spent many years in my cellar!

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• affordableCollector wrote: 88 points

  March 21, 2013 - red, orange, brown, in color. smoke, pepper, black fruit, earth, on the nose. oak, spice, barnyard, on the palate. medium acid, medium tannins, on the finish.

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• Alex H wrote: 86 points

  January 27, 2013 - Metallic zinc laden balsamic talcum powdery fruits. Fine elegant restrained Syrah fruit. Burg Bordeaux like and nothing like a ott Syrah. A little short but well liked.

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• Paul S wrote: 91 points

  January 22, 2013 - Martin's Birthday Bash (Gallery Hotel, Singapore): Good, but rather advanced for its age, and drinking almost like a Burgundy from the 1970s or early 80s'. This smelt a lot older than it should on first pour, with slightly musty aromas of wet soil, socks and dried winter melon sort of dampening its brighter scents of red-fruited cherries, dried roses and some smoky, tarry accents. It opened up quite beautifully though, with those funky aromas toning down a bit, and the wine taking on a more flower, fruity perfume with time. The palate was also very developed, with matured flavours of died black cherries and red berries seasoned with a touch of meat and spice, and a streak of ferrous minerality. There was still a nice bit of juicy acidity that gave the wine a clean, clear tone, but it was also very soft, perhaps lacking just a bit of backbone as it slipped into a mid-lengthed finish. All is all, this was a fully resolved wine, quite ripe for drinking now. While delicious on the night, I am not sure it will hold for far longer.

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• Dokken wrote: flawed

  November 23, 2012 - CORKED & BRETT

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1993
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Auguste Clape
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Cornas

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• Pending Delivery 30 (57%)
• In Cellars 6 (11%)
• Consumed 17 (32%)

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