2002 Marc Sorrel Hermitage

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  2/27/2018 - pbaek wrote:

  A wonderfully elegant Hermitage thriving on its acidity but still with plenty of dark red fruit, tobacco and broth notes. Not one to keep for the ages, but very enjoyable now.

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  10/8/2012 - gazinho Likes this wine: 92 Points

  A year on from subscribing to CT and our previous Marc Sorrel bottle (how things have changed!):
  Light ruby perhaps showing hints of its age.
  Cherry & pale tobacco aromas.
  Refined silky fruits: Intense cherry, redcurrant, blueberry. Damp soil.
  Light vanilla. Sufficient acidity for character with a lovely rounded sweetness in the lingering finish.
  All in all a real pleasure and sadly the end of this vintage for us.

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  10/16/2011 - gazinho Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Silky, tannins very low. Fruity, fresh, acidity non existant, redcurrant as the main taste. Mineral. Drunk with beef and morels. No taste of oak.
  The legs are Medium.
  It smells like Red Currant, Plum, and Mineral.
  It tastes like Red Currant, Plum, and Mineral.
  The body is Medium.
  The wine is textured Silky.
  The wine finishes Medium.

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  12/21/2010 - pbaek wrote:

  There was apparently no 'Greal' in 2002 so all the fruit went in to this wine. A good look into Hermitage. Tobacco leaf and dark fruit in the more 'manly' Syrah style. Soft and smooth tannins, this can be enjoyed now. By no means a profound wine, but if one does not want to wait 10-20 years this works.

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  3/18/2010 - Henman wrote: 90 Points

  Decanted one hour.Beautiful garnet red,not showing any obvious signs of age in the glass.Savoury nose with barnyard,funky notes, and sweet dark fruit.Medium bodied palate showing sous-bois,leather,dark chocolate and some dark fruit.Delicious.Slightly resolving tannins.The finish was perhaps a little short but overall very vibrant and drinking nicely now.Despite the poor vintage in northern rhône this was just outstanding.

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