2008 Saint Cosme Côte-Rôtie

Community Tasting Notes (22) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  12/26/2020 - Looney wrote: 89 Points

  Bright pomegranate red with subtle aromas of cooked prunes, blueberry, Sauerkraut, blackberry jam, green pepper, leather, mushroom as well as dried foliage. Medium bodied with a refreshing acidity, clear and present and well woven in tannin. Pairs nicely with noble courses such as dough coated pork or Gigot with herb crust. Decant and serve in a Bordeaux Red Wine Glass at room temperature, 16-18°C.
  
  The grapes grow on Serine, old Syrah vines in the Lieu-dits of Le Plomb, Besset, La Vaillère and Neve. They are picked and pressed as whole clusters, which adds more structure to the wine. Matured for 12 months in Barriques, of which 30% are new and all others occupied once.
  Côte Rôtie is the northernmost part of the French Rhone Valley. Its name literarily means “burnt slope”, which is a reference to the sunbathed hills of the sub appellations Côte brune and Côte blonde.

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  5/26/2018 - David J Cooper wrote: 92 Points

  Luckily I had a pretty good sniff of this when I decanted it at home, because it got killed by the preceding wines. Medium dark red. Meaty, peppery black cherry fruit, with hints of spice and roses. Tasty slightly rich flavours and a decently long finish.

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  9/19/2017 - Zweder wrote: 90 Points

  Monthly Tuesday group "The Dead Sparrow" #021: Northern Rhône red (By JWS): Beautiful bouquet with herbs, tobacco, red and dark berries a well as some oak. On the palate a firm amount of acidity in the start, herbs, ink, chocolate and some green tannin. Evolves in the glass quite quickly.

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  2/28/2017 - Sk001 wrote: 92 Points

  Typical rhone nose light to medium body very well structured little short on length but very easy drinking

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  1/15/2017 - TannicBeast Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Tasted blind. Medium (+) ruby/garnet, showing a little age. Slightly cloudy. The nose is medium (+) in intensity and complex, with aromas or ripe black fruit, a savoury meatiness, medicinal herbs, violets and earth. The palate is dry, with medium acidity, medium (+) tannins and medium alcohol (13%). The palate is consistent with the nose, with ripe black fruit, roasted vegetables, and smoked meats. With medium (+) body, flavor intensity and length, this is a classic, nicely balanced Old World Syrah. It is drinking very well now but arguably has several years left.

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