Community Tasting Notes 23

• NoahCap wrote:

  January 23, 2023 - Lovely. A bit of bricking on the rim. Smells like black olives, violets, a bit of lavender, dark candied cherries; very Northern Rhone-esque. So gentle in the mouth. Tannins almost completely resolved. There are some tertiary leathery components that exist alongside a wonderful core of sweet dark cherries and perfumey floral notes. The body is quite light for Syrah, but appropriate for an aged Cote Rotie. "Pretty" is not usually a descriptor that I give to Syrah, but it fits here. Very nice wine.

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• evanqian Likes this wine: 95 points

  May 14, 2022 - Blind tasting - Syrah, Northern Rhone, Australia and NZ (Newmarket, Auckland): garnet, brick rim. perfectly mellowed, perfumed, dark fruits and spices, some meaty, herbals and oak flavours, fine grained tannins, delicate texture, m++ finish with subtle earth, coffee and very mild black pepper notes. it demonstrates everything a Northern Rhone should have, in an upright way. tastes somehow like Pinot Noir. it's a wonderful wine aged very well to its peak, very good on density and complexity.
  
  WS 91, BD 15.5
  
  Voted #1 by the group.
  
  Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 18/20, Overall 4+5/10
  Total 95/100

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• SimonG wrote: 92 points

  March 2, 2020 - Hawksmoor steak (Hawksmoor, Air Street): Full ruby to mid cherry. Lovely nose of loganberry and bacon fat. Similar on attack, quite a densely silky texture, with some mid palate body and a bright and long finish. Good acidity. Really lovely. Ready it with time in hand. ****

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• alanh13 wrote:

  March 26, 2019 - Coravin tasting. Perfect storage at the Wine Society and amazingly perfect cork. I’ve had this twice before, both many years ago and imagined it would be classic Rhône with meat, liquorice and some barnyard, with I recall from last time. However this is surprisingly fresh and youthful, strangely reminiscent of some Luxembourg barrique Pinot Noir - that should be 180 degrees different but it’s some sort of raspberry cream sweet flavour on the nose in particular. Might just be on opening.
  Actually yes, now this smells darker, wow big change in 5-10 mins. More meaty now, think very dark dried ham... yet with hints of raspberry cream sweets. This is really interesting and complex.
  Now there is something Rioja like. Black olive.
  Lots of oak now, quite Rioja like, almost like American oak with high toast than most Rioja. Actually no it must be french just very generous toast.

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• tastark Likes this wine:

  September 15, 2016 - Fantastic. Way more dark and brooding than I expected. Has tons of life left.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Pierre Gaillard
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Côte-Rôtie
• UPC Code 3142804202376

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• In Cellars 109 (46%)
• Consumed 117 (49%)

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