Community Tasting Notes 9

• pavel_p wrote: 90 points

  August 29, 2014 - PnP on a Friday night at home - which was a mistake, as the wine needs a good 90 min in the open bottle to come together. Completely soaked cork but a very good fill. Garnet with only slight browning at the rim. Seems a bit tired upon opening with some bitter notes and plenty of leather immediately but gains more fruit later. Some barnyard and forest floor, the typical Shiraz spiciness, grilled meat. Fairly high acidity makes it still fresh to drink. Medium body, medium finish. A good wine but a bit surprised by all these recent note and scores in the mid 90s - perhaps not the best bottle?

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• ekenneth wrote: 96 points

  June 7, 2014 - This is the best bottle of this I've had. Still rich dark fruit; muddled blackberries, mushroom and forest floor.

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• europat55 wrote: 91 points

  March 19, 2014 - 1978-2003 Guigal Hermitages (Tom's house in Palo Alto, California): Gorgeous, meaty nose (B++/A-). Gorgeous Palate (B++/A-).
  My #2, Group's #1 (63 pts). Tasted blind.

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• aagrawal wrote: 93 points

  March 19, 2014 - Guigal Hermitage Vertical (Palo Alto): Dense black fruit, smoky, youthful and complex; palate is full bodied, youthful, silky texture, blackberry fruit; fruity, silky finish. Young, very nice. 93. My #1, Group's #1.

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• ekenneth wrote: 95 points

  October 6, 2012 - I had a few bottles of this but hadn't opened one in a few years. It was immediately brilliant on the nose with a pine and mushroom must that carried a hint of candied cherry. After 20-30 minutes with the bottle open but not decanted, it was dark, rich and thick with great slightly-viscos fruit, forest floor and red fruit.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1980
• Type Red
• Producer E. Guigal
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Hermitage

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• In Cellars 67 (74%)
• Consumed 24 (26%)

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