1994 Domaine du Colombier Hermitage

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 89 points

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  3/21/2014 - Paul S wrote: 90 Points

  Off-Vintage Wine Dinner (Jade Palace, Forum Galleria, Singapore): I liked the fact that the wine had a distinct aged Hermitage character wed to a nicely matured elegance. However, while pleasant, it was also clearly a child of a poor vintage. The nose was very herbal, with lots of Chinese herb aromas to be precise - tree bark, orange peel, dried longans and menthol, then some brambly aromas mingling with fruitier notes of blueberries and blackcurrants. Pretty nice if you like your boiled herbs. The was very soft and mellow in the mouth, with the remnants of fine tannins almost disappearing into the ether, leaving the wine's bright acidity to carry its nice flavours of blueberries and black plums, together with a more savoury note of olive tapenade on the midpalate. The finish had more of those boiled herb nuances picked up on the nose, alongside licorice and spice notes curling away at the end on stream of rather prickly acidity. Overall, this was pretty nice, but not top-notch. Very mellow, gentle and drinking well, but it also came across a bit too soft and lacking in conviction.

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  2/14/2014 - Alex H wrote: 88 Points

  Black liquorice spiced leather and black cherries with satsuma plums. Finishes with some limestone character. Very restrained and elegant. That is how Shiraz should be.

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  6/29/2012 - pbaek wrote:

  Fully mature, very obvious Hermitage with flavors of ground cofffe, dark chocolate and smoke. There is still a faint hint of dark, dusty fruit but it is not much. A lightweight for the appellation, almost elegant but not terribly interesting.

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