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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.9 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 14 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by astroman on 2/6/2024 & rated 93 points: Rhone Dinner welcoming Year of the Dragon (Bochinche): Ripe red fruits, animal with hint of olive. (488 views) | | | Tasted by mcktuck on 11/21/2023 & rated 92 points: Tasted side by side with the 13 Barge Cote Blonde. Where the Cote Blonde was on the pretty, elegant, and floral end of the spectrum for Syrah, the Coeur de Combard showed the more meaty and savory side- blackberry, black cherry, smoked meats, tar, iron packed around a dense core. Still rather tannic on the palate, though that softened with some air.
Really promising Cote Rotie, albeit still on the young side. Needs a good five years sideways before checking in on my next bottle. (582 views) | | | Tasted by ProfAvi on 3/27/2023 & rated 89 points: A new wine to me.
Just taken delivery of a 6 x 75 case. Bought EP and stored at TWS.
Opened and poured - half tonight other half tomorrow.
Not a lot immediately, muted on the nose and palate.
After two hours nose and palate beginning to open out.
Classic notes of smoke, spice and dried herbs.
On the plate full tannins (drink with food), dark fruit/ bramble notes, with secondary notes of black olive and smoked meat/ jamon. Noticeable acidity.
If drinking in 2023 and for my taste, I would decant for at least two hours and pair with appropriate food.
Day 2.
Much better and more rounded and balanced.
Some bright floral notes, that I wasn't expecting, made this a more appealing proposition. (1013 views) | | | Tasted by jhw425 on 1/31/2023 & rated 92 points: Stand note was perfect. Really excellent old school CR. (964 views) | | | Tasted by Frijole on 3/20/2022: dark inky red, medium to little clarity, ruby hue
Nose: cassis, leather, licorice, black olives, espresso, blood, iron, stone, smoke, minerals, oak
Pal: blackberries, cassis, licorice, leather, black olives, espresso, blood, bitter chocolate, iron, stones, minerals, smoke, oak
Feel: medium, full, touch acidic
Finish: medium, long
T8 (could be a 9) (1613 views) | | | Tasted by kosdogger on 11/14/2020 & rated 90 points: Fairly uninteresting wine that was a bit too green for my taste. After an hour open, it started to show a bit more. There was a lack of fruit throughout and not much of a finish. Expected more. (2094 views) | | | Tasted by Brian of Mull on 9/29/2020 & rated 93 points: Opened 2 hours. Color is deep purple/red. On the nose : Massive amounts of pepper , violets, cassis and some beef blood. On the palate :Violets, cassis Pepper , beef blood/iron , tar and Smoke. Good length and great mouthfeel. Only 12.5 alcohol. This is real old school excellent wine. (1731 views) | | | Tasted by Stanrocks on 12/12/2019 & rated 93 points: WOTN ! Undoubtedly a head above the other reds, nose, palate, balance... it all goes together nicely... the dense olive, pepper and violet fragrances leave a remarkable first step to an even better palate with loads of juicy peppery notes, firm an refined tannins, plenty of acidity still and a long aftertaste of tapenade and flowery violet ! Great wine (2040 views) | | | Tasted by TRough on 8/15/2019 & rated 94 points: Elegant (1802 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 4/15/2019: Découvertes en Vallée du Rhône; 4/15/2019-4/16/2019 (Ampuis, Mauves and Tain-l'Hermitage): Walk-around tasting, talking to the producers. Rugged tannins in front of the good enough fruit. Ok overall. (3158 views) | | | Tasted by chibaken on 8/12/2018 & rated 92 points: Fresh, violets and dark fruit, pepper, earth, spice. Archetypal and delicious (1327 views) | | | Tasted by ledwards on 4/16/2018 & rated 93 points: Elegant and burgundy-like in weight with classic northern Rhone notes of pepper, black olives, beef blood and black fruit. Very well integrated, drinking great. (1575 views) |
| Domaine Barge Producer websiteSyrah Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)
Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent. Coeur de Combard On weinlagen-infoFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Northern Rhône Guide to the wines and appellations of the Northern Rhone Valley -
The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
Regional History:
Phocaean Greeks established viticulture in the Rhone as far back as 600 BC, but until the 14th century the wines were not seen outside the region. The establishment of the Avignonese Papacy (1305-1377) brought fame to the region's wine-so much so that their Burgundian neighbors to the north banned wines from the Rhone in 1446, a measure that effectively cut off trade with England and other Northern European markets for over 200 years. Stretching southward from Lyon to just south of Avignon, the Rhone produces a wide variety of wines, with the appellations north of Valence producing the least (in volume), and the towns south of Montelimar producing prodigious amounts. As in other regions, the most interesting wines come from small farms. Saint-Joseph, in the northern Rhone, extends for some distance between Condrieu in the north to Saint-Peray in the south. The reds are made from Syrah and the rare whites from Marsanne and Roussanne, and Viognier.
### 2017 vintage ###
"The first red wines already tasted in the Northern Rhône promise a beautiful vintage, with a quality close to the 2015 or even the 2009 vintage" - NEWRHÔNE MILLESIMESCôte-Rôtie Guide to Cote Rotie - Read about the Northern Rhone Valley
• The Appellation cover three communes - Saint-Cyr-sur-Rhône, Ampuis and Tupin-Semons - on the right Rhône river bank, within the Rhône "département".
• Soils : In the northern part of the vineyard, the Côte Brune, consists of extremely steep, terraced slopes of ferruginous mica schists which are covered with schist sand (arzel).The Côte Blonde has a varied geology with gneiss and granite predominating at the most southern side of the appellation.
• Climate : tempered continental. Dry, hot summers and frequent rainfalls during the other seasons. History : one of the oldest vineyards in France, first developed by the Romans. It is said that during the Middle Ages, "The Seigneur de Maugiron" bequeathed a hillside to each of his daughters, one was brunette and the other fair. Thus, were born the names of "Côte Brune" and "Côte Blonde".
• Area planted : 230 hectares (568 acres), for an annual production of 8,400 hectoliters (93,333 cases). Authorized maximum yield is 40 hectoliters/hectare (2,3 US tons/acre).
• Grape Varieties : Syrah (80% minimum). An addition of up to 20% of Viognier grapes in the crop is allowed.
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