Another disappointment from Delas, one wonders why their wines don’t age. This had some oxidative notes and didn’t improve with air. The least favorite wine at dinner. Some Syrah fruit but not enough complexity - tar, smoke, bacon, pepper - to live up to Crozes Hermitage or the epic 2010 vintage. I should think such a wine should last 13 years!
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(Chez C.) j'attendais beaucoup de ce 2010, ce millésime offrant des pépites alliant finesse et concentration. Nez assez pure, très syrah rhodanienne, avec du fruit, des épices, du minéral (mûre, poivre), bouche dense et fraiche, mais qui s'avère moins séduisante que Les Croix de Reynaud (fantastique en 10!). On apprécie sa finale fraiche, sa franchise, sa relative jeunesse; je pense tout de meme qu'il va encore s'améliorer, en s'affinant un peu, en se compléxifiant aussi. Malheureusement, j'en ai plus...
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Après un euperbe 2009 bu la semaine passée, ce 2010 est presqu'aussi bon, excellent potentiel de vieillissement. Bien heureux d'en avoir stocké une pelletée de DELAS, qualité et classe comme à l'habitude. Un nez super bien définie, mures et cassis avec viande et oilves. En bouche, super gourmand. Du poivre bland, de la viande fumée, des nures et des herbes, fort complexe et hyper long en finale. Rien n'accroche et une bel équilibre prévaut ici encore une fois. Bien aimé les CR de Daniel Sériot sur un 2005...ça vieilli super bien, faut seulement garder l'esprit ouvert, super beau produit. Le lien ici vers la déguste de M.Sériot pour les VRAIS passionnés! http://rivedroite.canalblog.com/archives/2017/08/09/35558607.html
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Spicy and peppery (classic crozes) followed by big blackberry fruit and grilled meats. Slightly improves with air as the peppercorn fades off and the fruit becomes more dominate.
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This deep-to-opaque ruby wine is effusive of dark bramble fruit, smoked meat, anise and mineral aromas. On the palate, it is full-bodied, freshly acidic and lusciously filled with flavors mirroring the nose. The medium-weight tannins are supple and the alcohol (listed as 13%) is beautifully integrated. Dense in the middle and accenting the flavors with restrained oak, it closes with impressive length. Absolutely gorgeous now, this is a wine that should "sing" for another five years (or more). Drink now-2021.
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Dark color, opaque core, reddish violet rim; nose is suffering just a bit from the chill but shows its youth, some new French oak, and ripe darker fruit from the vintage; the palate is where this wine shines with sauvage, plum, dark berry, iron, a bit of blood, granite, black pepper, and a muscular structure showing some dusty mineral on the finish; considered by my drinking partner as resembling Sonoma Syrah this did not show the glycerin or menthol, higher alcohol, and too much acidic freshness to be NW; delicious with some upside potential; really solid.
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8/30/2023 - Bordeaux_Jon Does not like this wine: 93 Points
Another disappointment from Delas, one wonders why their wines don’t age. This had some oxidative notes and didn’t improve with air. The least favorite wine at dinner. Some Syrah fruit but not enough complexity - tar, smoke, bacon, pepper - to live up to Crozes Hermitage or the epic 2010 vintage. I should think such a wine should last 13 years!
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5/10/2019 - Raage wrote: 90 Points
(Chez C.)
j'attendais beaucoup de ce 2010, ce millésime offrant des pépites alliant finesse et concentration. Nez assez pure, très syrah rhodanienne, avec du fruit, des épices, du minéral (mûre, poivre), bouche dense et fraiche, mais qui s'avère moins séduisante que Les Croix de Reynaud (fantastique en 10!). On apprécie sa finale fraiche, sa franchise, sa relative jeunesse; je pense tout de meme qu'il va encore s'améliorer, en s'affinant un peu, en se compléxifiant aussi. Malheureusement, j'en ai plus...
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8/9/2017 - maxima wrote: 91 Points
Après un euperbe 2009 bu la semaine passée, ce 2010 est presqu'aussi bon, excellent potentiel de vieillissement. Bien heureux d'en avoir stocké une pelletée de DELAS, qualité et classe comme à l'habitude.
Un nez super bien définie, mures et cassis avec viande et oilves.
En bouche, super gourmand. Du poivre bland, de la viande fumée, des nures et des herbes, fort complexe et hyper long en finale.
Rien n'accroche et une bel équilibre prévaut ici encore une fois. Bien aimé les CR de Daniel Sériot sur un 2005...ça vieilli super bien, faut seulement garder l'esprit ouvert, super beau produit. Le lien ici vers la déguste de M.Sériot pour les VRAIS passionnés! http://rivedroite.canalblog.com/archives/2017/08/09/35558607.html
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6/25/2017 - Sauvyfan Likes this wine: 90 Points
dynamite bottle, with great funk for a CdR. nice long balanced finish
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1/25/2017 - Sauvyfan Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very nice, but I have come to expect more from Delas. Not a bad QPR.
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8/23/2016 - Dalex Likes this wine: 91 Points
Spicy and peppery (classic crozes) followed by big blackberry fruit and grilled meats. Slightly improves with air as the peppercorn fades off and the fruit becomes more dominate.
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5/18/2016 - Sauvyfan Likes this wine: 89 Points
I bit thin and uninteresting. Tannin dominates the finish.
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2/2/2016 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 93 Points
This deep-to-opaque ruby wine is effusive of dark bramble fruit, smoked meat, anise and mineral aromas. On the palate, it is full-bodied, freshly acidic and lusciously filled with flavors mirroring the nose. The medium-weight tannins are supple and the alcohol (listed as 13%) is beautifully integrated. Dense in the middle and accenting the flavors with restrained oak, it closes with impressive length. Absolutely gorgeous now, this is a wine that should "sing" for another five years (or more). Drink now-2021.
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10/17/2015 - Rezy13 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dark color, opaque core, reddish violet rim; nose is suffering just a bit from the chill but shows its youth, some new French oak, and ripe darker fruit from the vintage; the palate is where this wine shines with sauvage, plum, dark berry, iron, a bit of blood, granite, black pepper, and a muscular structure showing some dusty mineral on the finish; considered by my drinking partner as resembling Sonoma Syrah this did not show the glycerin or menthol, higher alcohol, and too much acidic freshness to be NW; delicious with some upside potential; really solid.
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