Community Tasting Notes 13

• acyso wrote: 93 points

  October 7, 2022 - Dinner at Pompette (Chicago, IL): Wow, that's some serious bottle variation from the last time I had it. This bottle is clean, with nary a hint of brett, and features a generous amount of red (surprisingly, given the vintage) fruit coupled with intense saline and meat notes that don't show up until this wine has been exposed to a good amount of air. Very elegant and light, especially in the context of syrah, but impressive complexity here. A very nice bottle that reaffirms my love of Sorrel. One of the very few Hermitage producers worth a damn.

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• acyso wrote: 83 points

  January 31, 2022 - January Rhônes (Chicago, IL): Sweet and porty, and not pleasantly so. A distinct lack of acid and lift here; this is really plodding and difficult to drink. A big whiff here.

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  November 20, 2021 - Hospice Auction Wine Night (Samish Hill, Bellingham, WA): We weren't planning to serve any reds until later in the night. However, some of the guests looked daunted by all the champagne, whites and sauternes, so down to the cellar we went. This is a forward, flavorful Northern Rhone, mostly dominated by dark berries, but some fun cured meat and herbs. It did the trick.

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• phynes wrote: 95 points

  February 27, 2021 - My wife and I are normally aligned but I loved this and she hated it. I found it beautifully fragrant and very powerful. Still felt very young and its best days are ahead of it.

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• pbaek wrote:

  January 19, 2021 - Interestingly, this opened up tight and subdued, but with air this unfolds to show blueberry fruit, lots of blueberry fruit, if not blueberry pie, flowers and spices. If I was served this blind, I would have guessed Barossa Shiraz. Big and dense, ripe, edgy tannins and a ton of blue fruit, 15% alc. This is young, way to young, but I still wonder if this will ever show true Hermitage character. ‘Bon Vivant’ is spot on btw.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• 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 171 (62%)
• Consumed 103 (38%)

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