Pale ruby. Red cherry, red currants. Mineral on the palate. This is a pretty austere wine but the acidity makes it also delightful especially with food. The mouthfeel is just immaculate. Not getting many tertiary notes but will decant. It’s already 10 years old and would love to open this again in 10 years.
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I think the last bottle I reviewed must have been off because we opened a bottle tonight and it was exactly how I remembered it. Soft tannins, dark fruit, leather, lingering finish.
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Decanted 2 hours in advance. Clear, deep ruby to the rim. Strong green tones more than fruit on the nose. Composed medium weight, chalky/mineral base. Wonderfully ripe, clear blackberry and boysenberry without a bit of excessive sweetness. Excellent acidity and fine powdery tannins. Clean, technically sound, well balanced, and evolving very slowly compared to a bottle 3 years ago. What's missing is any real character or uniqueness. Will that come with time?
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Medium-to-dark ruby fading to pink. Not much watery edge. This wine appears much younger than its seven years. Big nose of dark fruits, damp earth, purple flowers, tar, sweet tobacco, bacon fat...this has a lot going on. Medium to full-bodied with silky tannins, flavors of tar, sour cherry, violets, and herbs lead to a long finish.
Oh my goodness this is good! It punches far above its price point. It is better and more representative of Northern Rhone than some Hermitages I have had. Decant for at least an hour or two. Drink now or hold for another 5-10 years.
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Expressive, generous, and correct. Blue and purple fruits and berries, herbs, coal, smoke, and tar notes. Inflection changing, structured, and balanced. Ripe yet restrained. Delicious now, but like to continue evolving for at least five to seven years. High QPR. 92-93.
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Second half bottle from a case of 12. Sweet spicy plummy and complex nose with a touch of undergrowth and leaving an aroma of hot tiles in the glass. Well balanced, medium bodied with long finish. Slight concern about the level of acidity. Developed a lot in the last year and now fully mature.
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{Bought on release, perfect fill, stored in controlled conditions} No detailed notes kept, less perfumed than I had hoped, lots of interest through the evening with consumption. Taste another bottle soon.
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I hoped for the heights illustrated in the other recent TNs but regrettably I did not find them. This was enjoyable, to be sure, but I did not find the complexity or depth that so many others noted. Perhaps an awkward time in its aging?
A strikingly delicious and old school style of Crozes Hermitage. Deep, concentrated and a displaying a mille-fuielle of onyx-like black and blue fruits, smoke, espresso, lilac, violets, bacon fat, rosemary and cracked pepper. The balance is superb and this wine has 10 years at proper storage before what is sure to be its glorious peak given the modest price. It misses the mark texturally compared to true Hermitage to merit a higher score. The tannin texture isn't quite refined enough. Still, fans of Hermitage will find plenty to love here and should stow away a case or two for pleasurable drinking in the interim, while waiting on their grander wines. Excellent.
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Earthy nose with spice and peppercorn. Palate is the same with restrained dark berry and plum. Smooth tannins and high acidity. This could probably age for some time.
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After an hour decant this young Crozes-Hermitage offered up an earth centric nose of anise and tobacco. Dark fruit with hints of strawberry. Finish was moderate and slightly bitter. Remaining bottles will reside in the cellar with great expectations for a fine future.
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In a fresh and lifted style. Concentrated, structured, and balanced. Exceptional tension and range. Very young and still showing baby fat. With air, the wine reveals its terroir-driven substance. A wine of the earth...in all regards. It deserves several more years of bottle age. Likely to enter its optimal drinking window between 2032-2035 and hold for a while thereafter. Improvement seems possible. 93-94.
As an aside, the 90.2 CT average score for this wine, at the time of this note, is a head-scratcher. I pay little attention to professional mass-marketers' scores...commonly known as professional wine reviewers. I would point out, however, that JG, somewhat of an outlier to that endeavor, wrote an excellent review of this wine.
I do not follow JG, but I respect his assessments of wines from many regions, including Burgundy and the Rhone, with the striking exception of Bordeaux. His harsh scoring of Bordeaux, which he does not like or does not understand, puts my mind to ST, who also scored Bordeaux brutally. Their low scores of Bordeaux, however, instill appreciation for their scores of wines from other regions.
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My first hermitage. Dark ruby in color extending close to the rim. Blackberry, plum with hints of licorice and leather. Medium body with a strong fresh fruit cherry and blackberries with a long earthy finish. Subtle tannins and low acidity.
PnP. No real improvement over my last bottle, but not bad. Comes off as quite restrained.
Dark ruby, or a medium purple. Dark fruit and spice, olive brine, some meat. Pretty light on its feet on the palate. Impressions are more earthy and savory as opposed to fruit. Definitely more of that black olive.
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Had it with smoked leg of lamb. It was wonderful. Rich, somewhat complex. Paired extremely well with the lamb. Stood up to the flavor and fat of the dish. We seasoned the lamb classically with garlic, rosemary, olive oil and a squirt of lemon.
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First of six. I was a little wary of opening this so early, but it was in pretty good form. Dense fruits on the palate, done tertiary development adding leather to the mix. Really well balanced.
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Excellent example of Northern Rhone Syrah. All the typical gamey/meaty notes jump out of the glass. Great acidity with enough tannins to age quite a bit more. Excellent with food at this point. Can certainly develop more complexity with age.
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First half bottle from a case of 12. Sweet fruity and complex nose with a touch of undergrowth and leaving an aroma of hot tiles in the glass. Well balanced, medium bodied with long finish. I have a slight concern about the high level of acidity. Drinking well now and could improve a little with time.
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Another stupendous showing. Rustic, brawny, savory, and pleasantly funky. Excellent expression of variety in place! Peppercorn, dark fruits, herbs, coal, and profound mineral substance. The wine also offers a certain suavity, which in combination with the rusticity, titillates the senses. High QPR!
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Decanted for 3 bours. Red fruit albeit a little muted with savory notes, some wood shavings, spice and tobacco. Dry with medium tannins this evolved well over the evening into a classic Rhone with balanced Syrah showing the fruit well without the overpowering pepper or spice that some syrahs present. Nice age and will drink well for next few years.
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Crushed black pepper, cherry, wet rock, earth, and a kiss of vanilla invite you on the nose. The palate has nice acidity that balances a light, rolling tannin. Ripe strawberry and Bing cherry finish that lingers soothingly on the palate. Excellently balanced wine. Need to get me more French Syrah!
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Loud and robust, yet precise and lifted. Effusive peppercorn, smoke, and smoldering coal notes, with savory herb, cut and dried tobacco, black rock, and mineral ore accents. The middle delivers exceptional saturation while retaining piercing acidity. The back reveals gritty tannins. The finish lingers for a long while.
Overall, highly appealing interplay of concentration, power, lift, and tension. Strikingly young. Perhaps not quite the equal of the 2015 vintage, but not far off. Time will tell.
Approachable now, but improvement seems likely. Square drinking window after 2028 - 2035, or so. 93-94.
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09/05/2022 Deep Ruby with garnet ring. Med+ intensity, blueberry, violet, dark plum, black pepper, black olive, sour cherry, dark chocolate, cedar, char, tar, hazzlenut, medicinal, liqorice, developing. Dry, high acidity, med tannins, med+ alcohol, med+ body, med intensity, blueberry, chocolate, black pepper, med finish. Overall, it’s a good and elegant wine. As we are locked down in Shanghai, this is one of the only 6 precious bottles we could get last week. We decided to use coravin to pour in the glass. Aparently, the wine doesn’t need much time to decant. A lot of sediment developed for a 2016 vintage. The wine is full of blueberry and black olive notes. Drinking perfectly now. Although I only give it 90pts based on everything that I learned, it drinks really well and the balance is impeccable. The alcohol is 13% and not a single element is overpowering others. I also love the savoury finish. Sometimes point is not everything… I could drink this all day!
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After reading other reviews, I gave this a six hour decant. I am glad that I did. At first, the nose is dominated by green olive. Then cedar and dark blue and black fruits join the party. This is a bold, full bodied wine that is nicely balanced. I bought four bottles. I will try to find more. Warning - there was more sediment than I expected. Take the bottle out of your cellar a day before decanting.
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Color: dark ruby Nose: fruit dominant with tart cherry and cranberry. Cola spices. Some brooding dry orange peel, garrigue herbals. Unexpected yellow rose Palate: good medium-high acidity and medium tannins with a good grip. Full body I would say, maybe a hint less. Tart, it confirms the nose with some bloody and ferrous notes to boot. I can't find a lot of bacon or olive here Finish: medium
Impetuous, but excellent with big food. Lebanese fare, lamb: this kind of thing. It has a lot going on and evolves a lot. Right out the bottle it's not balanced, but it grows and is a lot of fun to follow. I'm inexperienced with syrah, so no idea what to recommend for cellaring, for a nebbiolo guy it drinks well now but I can see how this can be intriguing in 10 years with smoother edges and more body. Heads up: right now it's wasted without 1 hour of real air, 4 hours I think is minimum
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Decanted. It stayed wound up for hours, it needs the air. Six hours on it was just coming around. Smells of wet earth and brick dust, a note of olive lingering behind. At times almost floral. Blue fruits, sour cherry, tobacco and a subtle brininess run the palate. The telltale Syrah meatiness emerges with air. Well structured, nice acid and weight - solid wine. No rush.
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Dark ruby. Pronounced barnyard aroma hides most of the black cherry/blueberry. High acid, medium tannin, medium alcohol. Blueberry comes through on palate with some cigar box, leather, black pepper. Full body, long finish. This is in your face for now - age could help. Still a very good wine.
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Much more fruit forward, soft and cherry than I was anticipating. Nice but I guess I wish for the "olden days" when a crozes was something that still needed a few years to shake the dirt off. This bottling had little earthiness going for it but otherwise was all lushness.
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Decanted for 2-1/2 hours before enjoying with beef bulgogi with mixed vegetables. Medium purple color. Very pleasant aromatics displaying purple flowers, mixed black and blue fruits, spices, some toasty oak and green herbs. Fruits are black, but mostly undefined on the palate with acids, tannin and oak trying to integrate. Finishes medium. Lots of upside potential, but in the early stages of development. Recommended hold, but if you drink, decant and enjoy with hearty food. Very good at five years, but will be hitting on all cylinders at ten years!
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double decanted and let sit for an hour. rustic, dusty, green olive, leather, fruit is subdued nicely, white pepper on the finish, tannins present and balanced. easy to open and enjoy, strong offering but lacking in complexity to warrant higher score. paired nicely with asian 5-spice pork ribs.
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Very impressed at $14.99 and I wouldn’t be disappointed at $30 It showed best on day 2 with olive, anise and eucalyptus bringing up the rear. There is a meaty component here but not gamey or feral, more like a chunk of pork fat off the end of a slow cooked shoulder. One of my better grocery finds.
PNP: tasted promising. 4 hours later it seems to have shut down. Not much on the nose, even less on the palate. Some black olives but not much else. Hardly exciting at this point in time. Give it another year?
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Opened 4 hours earlier. Almost opaque center with clearing only at extreme edge. Already throwing fine sediment. Some weediness, olive, and blackberry. Pleasing density without heaviness and a bit of glycerine that adds texture. Blackberry and blueberry fruit, a dusting of soil, excellent acidity, and firm, drying tannins. A gutsy mouthful now that stood up to a seared steak, but it has the refinement and balance to develop well over the next 15 years. As opposed to some modern versions of northern Rhône Syrah which seem overly polished and squeaky clean, I appreciate the herbal, earthy edge here.
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Intensely deep and dark color. Typical profile without any one thing sticking out. Remains light in the mouth with a medium finish. Very good at <$35. Should drink well until 2024-26
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Small group setting with tri-tip, no notes and didn't give it the attention to score. It did start off with a bit of a dank note, which blew off, this had damp forest floor and savory elements with buried dark fruits. Quite good but I can't call it a stand out showing. Nothing to complain about, liked it. I guess the key is to lay down other bottles for several years?
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Dark color. Plum, blackberry, pepper and gamey notes with a subtle meaty undertone. Abundant black fruit and spice on the palate with a bit of tapenade as well. Excellent.
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Dark color. Nose is black berries, tar, touch of organic barnyard, and a little bacon fat. Really intriguing nose. Taste shows the black fruit initially and that bacon fat comes back. Rich feel to the body but flavors are not like a super-concentrated. Definitely on the more elegant side. It's been forever since I've had a Domaine de Thalabert and this bottle is far nicer than the last one I had. As the wine breathes, the fruit becomes softer, jammy with a few hints of older syrah. I've been burned too many times by syrah that's past peak before. Plus, I'm not convinced this wine has the stuffing to be a long-term aging wine. Depending on your taste, the wine may be a 10+ year wine, but I think the safer route is to be ready to finish this in 3-5 years and check then to see if any remaining bottles warrant further aging. Plus, it's drinking really well now so there isn't a ton of incentive to hide this in the back corner of your cellar.
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Russk. I brought to Andrea's dinner, the XMas cookie edition. A welcome nose of barnyard, earth, maybe a touch of black olive. Surprisingly light to medium bodied. Finesse. Get more. $25 From Garagiste.
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Nice but not great, just very good. A bit brooding with dark fruit and particularly well integrated tannins. Great value, enjoyed but not an intricate or fascinating wine.
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Leather, garrigue and spice along with dark fruit on the nose. Medium bodied and slightly earthy with black and blue fruit, and a nice floral finish. A bit lighter and more elegant than I was expecting. Already drinking well but should continue to do so for another 10 years. Solid 91 points with some upside.
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Nice nose of bacon, dark cherry, dark plum, black currant. Really smooth on the palate with juicy acidity on the finish. Enough to keep this interesting but paired with Tremendous drinkability. I expected this to be a bolder wine requiring time - I’m glad it’s not. Really good stuff.
Rich and dense both on the nose and palate. Lots of savory spice and dark pepper laced plums. Long finish. Even two hours in the decanter this was still evolving. This is young and a very good value at about $35. Cheers.
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Nicely done Crozes hermitage, definitely in need of some air before drinking. Very deep minerality, hints of cloves and this strange taste of horse stables... but unlike some other, this is nicely balanced by some fresh herbal notes and solid, but subtle tannins.
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Said to come from 80yr old+ vines and seeing only 20% new oak. I opned and slow oxed in glass & btl for 3 hours but it was very open and tannins fairly tame from the get go. Deep ruby gem like red color. Aromas of; bacon, garrigue and dark berries. Lifted boysenberry, cherry, mineral, more bacon, earth and more garrigue. Not the concentration and intensity of the more exulted NR appellations but full of character and so accessible in its youth. Great for early drinking but could see this easily going 10yrs too. Syrah is not a top 3 grape for me but this sure is a fun change up and at around $30, not wallet punishing. Alc a modest 13%. 91+
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Interesting duality in this wine. Texture is a bit polished and there is definitely some oak but the flavor profile is pretty traditional sauvage northern Rhône with a lot of funk and brine (and a lot of fruit). I’m actually quite bullish on this—particularly for the tariff— but it needs some time to come together.
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By the glass. Soft on both, nose and palate. Red berries with notes of butter cookies. Delicious but without much definition. Dense but balanced in the mouth. In my modest vision, it needs time to flourish. Apparently I am not the only one.
Por copas. Suave en ambos, nariz y paladar. Bayas rojas con notas de galletas de mantequilla. Deliciosas pero sin mucha definición. Denso aunque equilibrado en boca. En mi modesta visión, necesita tiempo para florecer. Aparentemente no soy el único.
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Graphite, black olives, dark fruit, medium bodied, tannins not fully developed yet, pepper, spice. Long finish. Elegant food wine. Look forward to trying again in a few years
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iconic estate and oldest single vineyard appellation, it was the first site bought by Jaboulet in 1834. Terroir is pebbly terraces with vines with 60-80 year old vines. Made from Syrah grapes, only 20% new oak barrels is used in the fermentation process. Biodynamically farmed. Tasting note: after all the Bordeaux, big difference. Decanted for 4 hours. Not as fruity as the other wines…more tannic and lots of oak and tea flavours. Almost brooding but very thick like molasses
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Rich berry and spice aromas with leather, garrigue, lavender and cured meat. Cherry and red plum flavors with herbs, licorice, leather and some minerals. Moderate acidity and low to moderate tannin. Drink or hold.
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Northern Rhone Reds (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): "From 60-80 yr old vines grown on pebbly terraces that are glacial in origin, with the bedrock close to the topsoil. These small, round pebbles store heat during the day & release it at night, providing optimum & regular maturity. Very low yields of 25 hl/ha; Aged in FR oak (20% new);"
N: budosyu found barnyd init, otherwise closed, though SEEMS ripe; Intensity lurking?
P: Med body; Very NICE frt met by astringent PUCKER which pretty much resolves by the very LONG, balanced, perhaps very, VERY slightly bitterish finish, with a tangy/swtness to the dusty tannins. NEEDS through '21, then for __ more? My EXC/EXC+. 94 pts Jeb dunnuck, 92-94 Vinous (Raynolds), 93 WA, 92-93 Suckling, but 15/20 Jancis Robinson. [This vendor's $37.95 puts it in the top 1/3 of wine-searcher's current postings.]
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PnP and sampled at about 55 degrees. Medium purple. Very clean nose that is dominated by fruit at this stage. Juicy cherry and ripe strawberry and the slightest background of pepper. After more air, it's more of a mix of gravel and dark fruit. I'm not picking up on the black olive that they advertise on the back of the label, which I suppose wouldn't be uncommon for N. Rhone.
Palate is medium to full bodied and has some dense darker fruit. Medium plus acidity. Long legs on this. Nicely built and balanced.
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Nose: Vegetal and salty olives, leather, slightly sweet fruit underneath
Palate: More vegetal and olive flavors, cherry fruit once again taking the backstage. soft tannins. I like the smell more than the taste, but I do like the smell a lot.
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5/10/2024 - HHMiller1 wrote:
Pale ruby. Red cherry, red currants. Mineral on the palate. This is a pretty austere wine but the acidity makes it also delightful especially with food. The mouthfeel is just immaculate. Not getting many tertiary notes but will decant. It’s already 10 years old and would love to open this again in 10 years.
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4/8/2024 - vinovoyager Likes this wine: 92 Points
I think the last bottle I reviewed must have been off because we opened a bottle tonight and it was exactly how I remembered it. Soft tannins, dark fruit, leather, lingering finish.
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2/20/2024 - Smahlatz Likes this wine: 90 Points
18 months since last tasted. Quite similar, needs time to develop complexity
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2/6/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:
Decanted 2 hours in advance. Clear, deep ruby to the rim. Strong green tones more than fruit on the nose. Composed medium weight, chalky/mineral base. Wonderfully ripe, clear blackberry and boysenberry without a bit of excessive sweetness. Excellent acidity and fine powdery tannins. Clean, technically sound, well balanced, and evolving very slowly compared to a bottle 3 years ago. What's missing is any real character or uniqueness. Will that come with time?
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12/31/2023 - vinovoyager wrote: 86 Points
Not as good as I remember. May be this was a different vintage.
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11/19/2023 - hughe wrote: 92 Points
drinking beautifully now
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11/3/2023 - eyewino Likes this wine: 94 Points
Medium-to-dark ruby fading to pink. Not much watery edge. This wine appears much younger than its seven years. Big nose of dark fruits, damp earth, purple flowers, tar, sweet tobacco, bacon fat...this has a lot going on. Medium to full-bodied with silky tannins, flavors of tar, sour cherry, violets, and herbs lead to a long finish.
Oh my goodness this is good! It punches far above its price point. It is better and more representative of Northern Rhone than some Hermitages I have had. Decant for at least an hour or two. Drink now or hold for another 5-10 years.
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10/29/2023 - Motz wrote: 93 Points
Minimal bricking.
Expressive, generous, and correct. Blue and purple fruits and berries, herbs, coal, smoke, and tar notes. Inflection changing, structured, and balanced. Ripe yet restrained. Delicious now, but like to continue evolving for at least five to seven years. High QPR. 92-93.
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9/6/2023 - wineforth Likes this wine: 91 Points
Second half bottle from a case of 12. Sweet spicy plummy and complex nose with a touch of undergrowth and leaving an aroma of hot tiles in the glass. Well balanced, medium bodied with long finish. Slight concern about the level of acidity. Developed a lot in the last year and now fully mature.
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7/21/2023 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine: 90 Points
{Bought on release, perfect fill, stored in controlled conditions} No detailed notes kept, less perfumed than I had hoped, lots of interest through the evening with consumption. Taste another bottle soon.
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7/1/2023 - cblinstrub Does not like this wine: 87 Points
Disappointed. Absolutely no fruit. Just dirt more dirt and a slight olive undertone.
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4/25/2023 - Aparritz Likes this wine: 90 Points
I hoped for the heights illustrated in the other recent TNs but regrettably I did not find them. This was enjoyable, to be sure, but I did not find the complexity or depth that so many others noted. Perhaps an awkward time in its aging?
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4/17/2023 - JGinMO wrote: 91 Points
Young. Improved over hour in glass. More integrated next day but not particularly complex. Give it time.
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4/8/2023 - vino vidi vici Likes this wine:
This bottle delivers as promised - dark and earthy... rockin good. A real sophisticated lady.
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4/8/2023 - Evanbdavis Likes this wine: 93 Points
A strikingly delicious and old school style of Crozes Hermitage. Deep, concentrated and a displaying a mille-fuielle of onyx-like black and blue fruits, smoke, espresso, lilac, violets, bacon fat, rosemary and cracked pepper. The balance is superb and this wine has 10 years at proper storage before what is sure to be its glorious peak given the modest price. It misses the mark texturally compared to true Hermitage to merit a higher score. The tannin texture isn't quite refined enough. Still, fans of Hermitage will find plenty to love here and should stow away a case or two for pleasurable drinking in the interim, while waiting on their grander wines. Excellent.
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2/10/2023 - tkcbone wrote: flawed
corked
very disappointed in last bottle
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1/21/2023 - autumn_child Likes this wine: 91 Points
Earthy nose with spice and peppercorn. Palate is the same with restrained dark berry and plum. Smooth tannins and high acidity. This could probably age for some time.
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1/21/2023 - SteamboatMate Likes this wine: 92 Points
After an hour decant this young Crozes-Hermitage offered up an earth centric nose of anise and tobacco. Dark fruit with hints of strawberry. Finish was moderate and slightly bitter. Remaining bottles will reside in the cellar with great expectations for a fine future.
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1/15/2023 - Motz wrote: 93 Points
In a fresh and lifted style. Concentrated, structured, and balanced. Exceptional tension and range. Very young and still showing baby fat. With air, the wine reveals its terroir-driven substance. A wine of the earth...in all regards. It deserves several more years of bottle age. Likely to enter its optimal drinking window between 2032-2035 and hold for a while thereafter. Improvement seems possible. 93-94.
As an aside, the 90.2 CT average score for this wine, at the time of this note, is a head-scratcher. I pay little attention to professional mass-marketers' scores...commonly known as professional wine reviewers. I would point out, however, that JG, somewhat of an outlier to that endeavor, wrote an excellent review of this wine.
I do not follow JG, but I respect his assessments of wines from many regions, including Burgundy and the Rhone, with the striking exception of Bordeaux. His harsh scoring of Bordeaux, which he does not like or does not understand, puts my mind to ST, who also scored Bordeaux brutally. Their low scores of Bordeaux, however, instill appreciation for their scores of wines from other regions.
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1/5/2023 - The Wine Write Likes this wine:
Earthy, savory aromatics. Briny and savory profile dominates with fruit a bit player. I enjoyed quite a bit.
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12/23/2022 - David J Cooper wrote: 88 Points
Ok wine, fairly rich but not very interesting.
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11/30/2022 - novicemike Likes this wine: 90 Points
My first hermitage. Dark ruby in color extending close to the rim. Blackberry, plum with hints of licorice and leather. Medium body with a strong fresh fruit cherry and blackberries with a long earthy finish. Subtle tannins and low acidity.
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11/26/2022 - Samaul Likes this wine: 88 Points
Relativt tär
Läder, rostat fat, kaffe, ceder, sötlakrits, mörka bär
Mörka bär, bra kombo garv-/fruktsyra,
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11/25/2022 - 87tellub wrote: 88 Points
PnP. No real improvement over my last bottle, but not bad. Comes off as quite restrained.
Dark ruby, or a medium purple. Dark fruit and spice, olive brine, some meat. Pretty light on its feet on the palate. Impressions are more earthy and savory as opposed to fruit. Definitely more of that black olive.
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11/4/2022 - vino vidi vici Likes this wine:
Sour cherries upon opening - calmed down a bit Day 2. Nice, but decant to get the benefit.
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10/5/2022 - Matteo1 wrote:
Decaying leaves and spiced plum on the reticent nose. Still some tannin on a light palate. Possibly shut down at this stage. Hold remaining bottles.
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10/3/2022 - pointsnfigures Likes this wine: 94 Points
Had it with smoked leg of lamb. It was wonderful. Rich, somewhat complex. Paired extremely well with the lamb. Stood up to the flavor and fat of the dish. We seasoned the lamb classically with garlic, rosemary, olive oil and a squirt of lemon.
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10/3/2022 - Smahlatz Likes this wine: 90 Points
First of six. I was a little wary of opening this so early, but it was in pretty good form. Dense fruits on the palate, done tertiary development adding leather to the mix. Really well balanced.
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9/10/2022 - PAX ROMANA Likes this wine: 92 Points
Excellent example of Northern Rhone Syrah. All the typical gamey/meaty notes jump out of the glass. Great acidity with enough tannins to age quite a bit more. Excellent with food at this point. Can certainly develop more complexity with age.
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9/6/2022 - Jmac56 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Full earthy musky nose. Medium to full bodied, nice fruit, earth and soft tanning finish
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8/9/2022 - wineforth Likes this wine: 91 Points
First half bottle from a case of 12. Sweet fruity and complex nose with a touch of undergrowth and leaving an aroma of hot tiles in the glass. Well balanced, medium bodied with long finish. I have a slight concern about the high level of acidity. Drinking well now and could improve a little with time.
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7/9/2022 - UpfromtheCellar wrote: 89 Points
Very dark fruit, balanced, sweet savory and earthy grip. Nice garrigue touch. Drinks like chewing on a piece of tasty meat. Yum.
I often agree with @MOTZ tasting notes, usually they're pretty good! Its just not the inflated scores I feel comfortable with.
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7/8/2022 - Motz wrote: 93 Points
Another stupendous showing. Rustic, brawny, savory, and pleasantly funky. Excellent expression of variety in place! Peppercorn, dark fruits, herbs, coal, and profound mineral substance. The wine also offers a certain suavity, which in combination with the rusticity, titillates the senses. High QPR!
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6/26/2022 - Dukes88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Really nice, came together after a 4h decant.
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6/11/2022 - azscot wrote: 91 Points
Decanted for 3 bours. Red fruit albeit a little muted with savory notes, some wood shavings, spice and tobacco. Dry with medium tannins this evolved well over the evening into a classic Rhone with balanced Syrah showing the fruit well without the overpowering pepper or spice that some syrahs present.
Nice age and will drink well for next few years.
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6/9/2022 - David J Cooper wrote: 88 Points
Clear medium red. Not as interesting as a bottle last month. Still a nice Crozes that seemed traditional in style.
At the end of the bottle I began to realize that Curry and Thompson weren’t getting number 4 this year.
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5/24/2022 - MikeWolek Likes this wine: 92 Points
Crushed black pepper, cherry, wet rock, earth, and a kiss of vanilla invite you on the nose. The palate has nice acidity that balances a light, rolling tannin. Ripe strawberry and Bing cherry finish that lingers soothingly on the palate. Excellently balanced wine. Need to get me more French Syrah!
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5/22/2022 - Motz wrote: 93 Points
Tasted over two days.
Loud and robust, yet precise and lifted. Effusive peppercorn, smoke, and smoldering coal notes, with savory herb, cut and dried tobacco, black rock, and mineral ore accents. The middle delivers exceptional saturation while retaining piercing acidity. The back reveals gritty tannins. The finish lingers for a long while.
Overall, highly appealing interplay of concentration, power, lift, and tension. Strikingly young. Perhaps not quite the equal of the 2015 vintage, but not far off. Time will tell.
Approachable now, but improvement seems likely. Square drinking window after 2028 - 2035, or so. 93-94.
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5/13/2022 - David J Cooper wrote: 90 Points
Medium dark red. The nose has started to show some savoury notes but still mostly black fruit and a bit of wood. Dry tannic flavours and finish.
Hold. Not at all overdone.
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5/9/2022 - Jason Wu Likes this wine: 90 Points
09/05/2022
Deep Ruby with garnet ring.
Med+ intensity, blueberry, violet, dark plum, black pepper, black olive, sour cherry, dark chocolate, cedar, char, tar, hazzlenut, medicinal, liqorice, developing.
Dry, high acidity, med tannins, med+ alcohol, med+ body, med intensity, blueberry, chocolate, black pepper, med finish.
Overall, it’s a good and elegant wine. As we are locked down in Shanghai, this is one of the only 6 precious bottles we could get last week. We decided to use coravin to pour in the glass. Aparently, the wine doesn’t need much time to decant. A lot of sediment developed for a 2016 vintage. The wine is full of blueberry and black olive notes. Drinking perfectly now.
Although I only give it 90pts based on everything that I learned, it drinks really well and the balance is impeccable. The alcohol is 13% and not a single element is overpowering others. I also love the savoury finish. Sometimes point is not everything… I could drink this all day!
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5/7/2022 - John from GR wrote: 93 Points
After reading other reviews, I gave this a six hour decant. I am glad that I did. At first, the nose is dominated by green olive. Then cedar and dark blue and black fruits join the party. This is a bold, full bodied wine that is nicely balanced. I bought four bottles. I will try to find more. Warning - there was more sediment than I expected. Take the bottle out of your cellar a day before decanting.
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5/1/2022 - stet Likes this wine: 89 Points
Color: dark ruby
Nose: fruit dominant with tart cherry and cranberry. Cola spices. Some brooding dry orange peel, garrigue herbals. Unexpected yellow rose
Palate: good medium-high acidity and medium tannins with a good grip. Full body I would say, maybe a hint less. Tart, it confirms the nose with some bloody and ferrous notes to boot. I can't find a lot of bacon or olive here
Finish: medium
Impetuous, but excellent with big food. Lebanese fare, lamb: this kind of thing. It has a lot going on and evolves a lot. Right out the bottle it's not balanced, but it grows and is a lot of fun to follow. I'm inexperienced with syrah, so no idea what to recommend for cellaring, for a nebbiolo guy it drinks well now but I can see how this can be intriguing in 10 years with smoother edges and more body. Heads up: right now it's wasted without 1 hour of real air, 4 hours I think is minimum
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2/18/2022 - Ewhite30 Likes this wine:
Decanted. It stayed wound up for hours, it needs the air. Six hours on it was just coming around. Smells of wet earth and brick dust, a note of olive lingering behind. At times almost floral. Blue fruits, sour cherry, tobacco and a subtle brininess run the palate. The telltale Syrah meatiness emerges with air. Well structured, nice acid and weight - solid wine. No rush.
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2/1/2022 - mmblz Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark ruby. Pronounced barnyard aroma hides most of the black cherry/blueberry. High acid, medium tannin, medium alcohol. Blueberry comes through on palate with some cigar box, leather, black pepper. Full body, long finish. This is in your face for now - age could help. Still a very good wine.
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1/20/2022 - UpfromtheCellar wrote: 89 Points
Much more fruit forward, soft and cherry than I was anticipating. Nice but I guess I wish for the "olden days" when a crozes was something that still needed a few years to shake the dirt off. This bottling had little earthiness going for it but otherwise was all lushness.
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10/30/2021 - Samaul Likes this wine: 87 Points
Mörk
Mörka bär, lite gröna toner. Mer doft efter en stund i glaset.
Fruktsyra, inte så stor kropp. Mörka bär.
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10/23/2021 - Zinlady Likes this wine: 89 Points
It went well with slow cooked lamb shoulder. Tannic. Dark not a long finish.
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10/11/2021 - Jmac56 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Lovely fruity spicy nose. A bit acidic, chalky, mellowed over time. Hard to believe it is 100% Syrah- has some mellow notes.
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9/17/2021 - wmccone54 wrote: 90 Points
Decanted for 2-1/2 hours before enjoying with beef bulgogi with mixed vegetables. Medium purple color. Very pleasant aromatics displaying purple flowers, mixed black and blue fruits, spices, some toasty oak and green herbs. Fruits are black, but mostly undefined on the palate with acids, tannin and oak trying to integrate. Finishes medium. Lots of upside potential, but in the early stages of development. Recommended hold, but if you drink, decant and enjoy with hearty food. Very good at five years, but will be hitting on all cylinders at ten years!
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9/7/2021 - dlowrey99 Likes this wine: 90 Points
double decanted and let sit for an hour. rustic, dusty, green olive, leather, fruit is subdued nicely, white pepper on the finish, tannins present and balanced. easy to open and enjoy, strong offering but lacking in complexity to warrant higher score. paired nicely with asian 5-spice pork ribs.
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7/18/2021 - StraightnoChaser wrote: 89 Points
Very impressed at $14.99 and I wouldn’t be disappointed at $30
It showed best on day 2 with olive, anise and eucalyptus bringing up the rear.
There is a meaty component here but not gamey or feral, more like a chunk of pork fat off the end of a slow cooked shoulder.
One of my better grocery finds.
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7/12/2021 - probraided wrote:
PNP: tasted promising. 4 hours later it seems to have shut down. Not much on the nose, even less on the palate. Some black olives but not much else. Hardly exciting at this point in time. Give it another year?
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6/22/2021 - RussK wrote: 90 Points
Russk. I brought to CDC at Villagio. This bottle was not as exciting. No tertiary notes. Wait a few more years before opening again.
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6/6/2021 - spinnin_and_sippin Likes this wine: 91 Points
Savory notes on the front with bitter black fruit on the end
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4/24/2021 - catowne1 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Too early still. Was a bit wound up. I see potential.
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4/4/2021 - JimTaft Likes this wine: 91 Points
Fantastic, decant now or hold forever. All good options.
DRWINE2001 writes a fantastic note here, I won't even bother with one of my anecdotal observations.
Easter, marinated rack of lamb, going to be tasty ...
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3/23/2021 - drwine2001 wrote:
Opened 4 hours earlier. Almost opaque center with clearing only at extreme edge. Already throwing fine sediment. Some weediness, olive, and blackberry. Pleasing density without heaviness and a bit of glycerine that adds texture. Blackberry and blueberry fruit, a dusting of soil, excellent acidity, and firm, drying tannins. A gutsy mouthful now that stood up to a seared steak, but it has the refinement and balance to develop well over the next 15 years. As opposed to some modern versions of northern Rhône Syrah which seem overly polished and squeaky clean, I appreciate the herbal, earthy edge here.
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3/8/2021 - Matteo1 Likes this wine:
Intensely deep and dark color. Typical profile without any one thing sticking out. Remains light in the mouth with a medium finish. Very good at <$35. Should drink well until 2024-26
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2/20/2021 - tward Likes this wine:
Small group setting with tri-tip, no notes and didn't give it the attention to score. It did start off with a bit of a dank note, which blew off, this had damp forest floor and savory elements with buried dark fruits. Quite good but I can't call it a stand out showing. Nothing to complain about, liked it. I guess the key is to lay down other bottles for several years?
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2/13/2021 - AllRed wrote: 91 Points
Dark color. Plum, blackberry, pepper and gamey notes with a subtle meaty undertone. Abundant black fruit and spice on the palate with a bit of tapenade as well. Excellent.
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2/13/2021 - SeattleKen wrote:
Dark color. Nose is black berries, tar, touch of organic barnyard, and a little bacon fat. Really intriguing nose. Taste shows the black fruit initially and that bacon fat comes back. Rich feel to the body but flavors are not like a super-concentrated. Definitely on the more elegant side. It's been forever since I've had a Domaine de Thalabert and this bottle is far nicer than the last one I had. As the wine breathes, the fruit becomes softer, jammy with a few hints of older syrah. I've been burned too many times by syrah that's past peak before. Plus, I'm not convinced this wine has the stuffing to be a long-term aging wine. Depending on your taste, the wine may be a 10+ year wine, but I think the safer route is to be ready to finish this in 3-5 years and check then to see if any remaining bottles warrant further aging. Plus, it's drinking really well now so there isn't a ton of incentive to hide this in the back corner of your cellar.
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12/28/2020 - thoughtdujour wrote: 93 Points
Brilliant. Opened it on Chrismas. David couldn't stop himself. It was good. Drinking really nicely
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12/28/2020 - thoughtdujour wrote:
REPEAT ENTRY
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12/20/2020 - RussK wrote: 92 Points
Russk. I brought to Andrea's dinner, the XMas cookie edition. A welcome nose of barnyard, earth, maybe a touch of black olive. Surprisingly light to medium bodied. Finesse. Get more. $25 From Garagiste.
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11/24/2020 - likeitdrinkit Likes this wine: 88 Points
Nice but not great, just very good. A bit brooding with dark fruit and particularly well integrated tannins. Great value, enjoyed but not an intricate or fascinating wine.
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11/4/2020 - sastewart wrote: 91 Points
Leather, garrigue and spice along with dark fruit on the nose. Medium bodied and slightly earthy with black and blue fruit, and a nice floral finish. A bit lighter and more elegant than I was expecting. Already drinking well but should continue to do so for another 10 years. Solid 91 points with some upside.
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10/18/2020 - OmiyaDrinker wrote: 91 Points
Nice nose of bacon, dark cherry, dark plum, black currant. Really smooth on the palate with juicy acidity on the finish. Enough to keep this interesting but paired with Tremendous drinkability. I expected this to be a bolder wine requiring time - I’m glad it’s not. Really good stuff.
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5/12/2020 - beezer6 wrote: 90 Points
Rich and dense both on the nose and palate. Lots of savory spice and dark pepper laced plums.
Long finish. Even two hours in the decanter this was still evolving. This is young and a very good value at about $35. Cheers.
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5/12/2020 - Frijole wrote:
deep dark burgundy red, little clarity, ruby hue
Nose: plum, tobacco, cigar, earth, swine, barnyard, dark chocolate, fennel, green pepper, iron, minerals, oak
Pal: plum, tobacco, cigar, earth, swine, barnyard, chocolate, cola, green pepper, iron, minerals, tannins, oak
Feel: medium, full, savory, acidic
Finish: medium, full
T8
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3/21/2020 - Willi Vinotti wrote: 87 Points
Nicely done Crozes hermitage, definitely in need of some air before drinking. Very deep minerality, hints of cloves and this strange taste of horse stables... but unlike some other, this is nicely balanced by some fresh herbal notes and solid, but subtle tannins.
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2/18/2020 - chablis28 wrote: 91 Points
Said to come from 80yr old+ vines and seeing only 20% new oak. I opned and slow oxed in glass & btl for 3 hours but it was very open and tannins fairly tame from the get go. Deep ruby gem like red color. Aromas of; bacon, garrigue and dark berries. Lifted boysenberry, cherry, mineral, more bacon, earth and more garrigue. Not the concentration and intensity of the more exulted NR appellations but full of character and so accessible in its youth. Great for early drinking but could see this easily going 10yrs too. Syrah is not a top 3 grape for me but this sure is a fun change up and at around $30, not wallet punishing. Alc a modest 13%. 91+
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11/30/2019 - Vancouver wrote: 89 Points
Deep ruby ( almost purples) in appearance.
Lots of classic Syrah aromas- crushed blueberries, other black fruits, pepper and some herbal elements.
Medium bodied with medium tannin and enough acidity to maintain freshness. Medium finish.
Overall well done in an easy drinking style. I would opt to drink now, but no reason why this can't keep for another 5 years.
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11/24/2019 - murkybird Likes this wine: 91 Points
Interesting duality in this wine. Texture is a bit polished and there is definitely some oak but the flavor profile is pretty traditional sauvage northern Rhône with a lot of funk and brine (and a lot of fruit). I’m actually quite bullish on this—particularly for the tariff— but it needs some time to come together.
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10/27/2019 - Harley1199 wrote:
By the glass. Soft on both, nose and palate. Red berries with notes of butter cookies. Delicious but without much definition. Dense but balanced in the mouth. In my modest vision, it needs time to flourish. Apparently I am not the only one.
Por copas. Suave en ambos, nariz y paladar. Bayas rojas con notas de galletas de mantequilla. Deliciosas pero sin mucha definición. Denso aunque equilibrado en boca. En mi modesta visión, necesita tiempo para florecer. Aparentemente no soy el único.
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8/10/2019 - gaveaux Likes this wine: 92 Points
Graphite, black olives, dark fruit, medium bodied, tannins not fully developed yet, pepper, spice. Long finish. Elegant food wine. Look forward to trying again in a few years
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6/30/2019 - Friendless Drinkers Club wrote: 92 Points
iconic estate and oldest single vineyard appellation, it was the first site bought by Jaboulet in 1834. Terroir is pebbly terraces with vines with 60-80 year old vines. Made from Syrah grapes, only 20% new oak barrels is used in the fermentation process. Biodynamically farmed. Tasting note: after all the Bordeaux, big difference. Decanted for 4 hours. Not as fruity as the other wines…more tannic and lots of oak and tea flavours. Almost brooding but very thick like molasses
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3/16/2019 - kosinski wrote:
Rich berry and spice aromas with leather, garrigue, lavender and cured meat. Cherry and red plum flavors with herbs, licorice, leather and some minerals. Moderate acidity and low to moderate tannin. Drink or hold.
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3/2/2019 - srh Likes this wine:
Northern Rhone Reds (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): "From 60-80 yr old vines grown on pebbly terraces that are glacial in origin, with the bedrock close to the topsoil. These small, round pebbles store heat during the day & release it at night, providing optimum & regular maturity. Very low yields of 25 hl/ha; Aged in FR oak (20% new);"
N: budosyu found barnyd init, otherwise closed, though SEEMS ripe; Intensity lurking?
P: Med body; Very NICE frt met by astringent PUCKER which pretty much resolves by the very LONG, balanced, perhaps very, VERY slightly bitterish finish, with a tangy/swtness to the dusty tannins. NEEDS through '21, then for __ more? My EXC/EXC+. 94 pts Jeb dunnuck, 92-94 Vinous (Raynolds), 93 WA, 92-93 Suckling, but 15/20 Jancis Robinson. [This vendor's $37.95 puts it in the top 1/3 of wine-searcher's current postings.]
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2/4/2019 - 87tellub Likes this wine: 89 Points
PnP and sampled at about 55 degrees. Medium purple. Very clean nose that is dominated by fruit at this stage. Juicy cherry and ripe strawberry and the slightest background of pepper. After more air, it's more of a mix of gravel and dark fruit. I'm not picking up on the black olive that they advertise on the back of the label, which I suppose wouldn't be uncommon for N. Rhone.
Palate is medium to full bodied and has some dense darker fruit. Medium plus acidity. Long legs on this. Nicely built and balanced.
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2/2/2019 - hprphf wrote:
La Tablee 2019: Bloody and meaty.
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12/15/2018 - springdrive wrote: 88 Points
Nose: Vegetal and salty olives, leather, slightly sweet fruit underneath
Palate: More vegetal and olive flavors, cherry fruit once again taking the backstage. soft tannins. I like the smell more than the taste, but I do like the smell a lot.
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