Tasting Notes 650 found

Deep purple
On the nose : pepper, cherries, licorice
On the palette, same as on nose, but i did detect some milk chocolate, some black currants

Tannins are soft and rounded.

Alc. High
Body light+ > med (weirdly light to me. Expected a heavier body)
Acidity med>med+, almost tart

Recommend decanting atleast 45m - 1h (137 views)

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Heavy on the dark fruit. Blackberry and blackcurrant. Nice floral element as well. Hint of pepper. So clean and precise, maybe to a fault. I missed a little bit of rusticity and feral syrah here, but it is pretty and easy to sip. (80 views)

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Brown bag at Prince - Rhone (Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street): Served blind.
Polished oak, ripe but not overripe, blackberry fruit, a little baked earth, clay, a touch of bonfire. Slightly sour fresh black berry fruit ably supported by drying woody tannins. Feels a little lean but travels long.
Hermitage from an off vintage (150 views)

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Really nice and in a very good place now. An elegant Hermitage with balanced power and minerality beneath. (94 views)

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It was off (57 views)

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Great drinking window right now with nice fruit and lots of salami. Perfect with the Easter lamb. (153 views)

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holding up nicely (94 views)

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Heater week; 3/8/2024-3/17/2024 (Chicago, IL): Savoury with a nice briny quality on the nose and palate, but it feels like there's a bit of prickliness from oak on the palate. Still, plenty of red fruit on the palate and nose that really brings this wine to life. (770 views)

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Dark ruby. Medium intense nose of dark plum, overripe blackcurrant, blueberries, some raspberries, some forrest floor, violets, garrigue.

Palate similar. Juicy, quite fresh acidity. Has a herbal crunch that pairs well with a slightly spiced up reindeer stew, "finnbiff". Should have some more years in it if given good cellaring.

Medium + body, medium acidity, light + tannins. (121 views)

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At $35 from TheBottleList this was a nice value play. Not a whole lot of structure to last more than two days open but very enjoyable with a homemade smash burger.

A great cellar defender. (509 views)

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From Coravin,

Cassis, integrated oak, smoky nose with spices and pepper, graphite, but still very much dominated by fruit scents

Palate is very tight and sharp, fantastic acidity lifting the wine, with long spicy and mouth watering tannins, upfront tannins and still a bit dry, very long finish...

It is quite stunning for a 21, it will certainly hold well for 8/10 years more, 94/95 potential (119 views)

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Deep color, smokey nose. Intense bouquet of dark fruit, cassis, tobacco, vanilla. Strong and mouthfilling, dominant. Very balanced and silky finish with polished tannins. Ripe but only at the beginning of drinking window. Many more years ahead. (125 views)

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Dark, dark purple in color.
Blueberries, woodchips, oak, floral notes on the nose
Blackberries, tobacco, pepper with medium acidity, spicy tannins. it had a little more sweetness than like or expected, but overall, it was a nice wine. My first Crozes-Hermitage (152 views)

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This wine has completely turned 180 degree from 10 years ago from being flat and bland (yes i did pour the remain bottle into the sink) to become a well-aged wine with aromatics ( like those well-aged great Barolo or Bordeaux wines with good secondary notes), the texture is still full body, and, most impressively, the flavor profile is still rich infused with red fruit notes!

As cliche as it can get, patience bears fruit! After 20 years, there is no tertiary notes. The secondary notes compliment the wine flavor profile very well. It's the wealth of red fruit notes has kept the wine interesting and enjoyable.

It's peak and drink it NOW.

Rating: <90 10 years ago; today 95 + 1 (bonus for retaining fruit flavor) (286 views)

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Spot on! Great CH for a spott-styver (low price). Classic Syrah markers from Rhône and matched great with vegetarian lasagna! (334 views)

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