1996 Delas Frères Hermitage Marquise de la Tourette

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  2/7/2015 - shallIshantI Likes this wine: 88 Points

  The brown edge reflects its age. Still heavy and strong on the nose - black fruits, cedar, pungent. All the signs of a big wine. It's the lack of fruit on the palate that disappoints. It's past the optimum window. Drink up.

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  11/29/2014 - Raage wrote: 89 Points

  Bien qu'en fin de vie, mais encore tout a fait buvable, cet Hermitage encore frais et fin était le bon compagnon d'un jarret de bœuf cuit 4 heures en cocotte. Il ne fallait pas plus puissant pour le laisser exprimer ses notes de vieille Syrah, un poil animale (cuir), poivrée et florale (fleurs séchées). La finale plutôt moyenne en longueur, se montrait fraîche et saline.
  Sans envier donc, mais digeste, savoureusement évoluée.
  Il faut les boire!

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  11/19/2011 - Timbalimba wrote: 91 Points

  By a stroke of luck I caught it at the exact right moment. Blue-tinted garnet, mature at the rim. Big, expansive nose, white pepper and violet, plum fruit underneath. Vigorous palate, truly exciting, with fresh dark fruit at the core, generously sprinkled with white pepper and burnt rubber. Tannins gone, but the acidity keeps everything in check, and it finishes on a long, long harmonious finish with all the aromas coming back bid farewell. Perfectly integrated and a wonderful wine, true to type. Drink now

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  10/3/2011 - dave747400 wrote: 89 Points

  Decanted 3hrs. With roast Surloin. Moderate, sweet grenache nose. Quite gentle & light in the mouth, but with rough edges around the finish - mouthfeel improved drastically with the beef, then later with cheese. A game of two halves - elegant entry followed by a rustic finish. Plenty of sweet fruit suggests that there is no hurry to drink this.

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  12/13/2008 - peteng wrote: 84 Points

  Bit over the hill. Disappointing.

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