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| Community Tasting Notes | | Tasted by forceberry on 9/8/2020: Tasted blind.
Pale, translucent rusty color with a wide, colorless rim. The nose feels very old, smoky and somewhat oxidative with an initial attack of salami and pickle, followed by tertiary notes of wizened dark berries, some beef jerky, a little bit of raisiny fruit, light perfumed notes of dried flowers, a hint of vegetal greenness and a touch of rose hips. The salami and pickle notes disappear with air, but the nose remains quite old and very tertiary. The wine is old and tertiary on the palate with a medium body and evolved flavors of gamey meat and blood, some metallic notes of rusted iron, light tart notes of cranberries and lingonberries, a little bit of sour cherry bitterness, an oxidative hint of soy sauce and a touch of old furniture. The fully resolved tannins have disappeared with age and the structure relies only on the high acidity. The finish is old, tertiary and somewhat oxidative with flavors of raisins, some oxidative notes of beef jerky and hoi sin, a little bit of smoke, light tangy notes of salinity and a hint of wizened red fruits.
The first sniff here was pretty staggering, but fortunately the wine opened up a bit, turning into something more drinkable. However, the wine is quite far past its peak and offers more value for academic curiosity than any drinking pleasure. Not entirely oxidized, but not that far from it. I prefer to leave the wine unrated. (1101 views) | | Tasted by 60ouvrees on 5/16/2008: More life in it than first bottle but still far from impressive. (1857 views) | | Tasted by 60ouvrees on 4/20/2008: Old, oxidized, dead. (1722 views) |
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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. France 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 MILLESIMESHermitage Guide to Hermitage wine Guide to Cote Rotie - Read about the Northern Rhone Valley
• The appellation stretches over 3 communes in the Drôme "département" : Tain-l'Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage and Larnage.
• The soils are a combination of granite with alluvial quaternary delta deposits, and, on the eastern side, Pliocene clay. This diversity explains the numerous different names given to vineyard plots within the appellation : Bessards, Greffieux, Méal, Roucoule, Beaumes, etc.
• The meso-climate provides shelter from the north winds, where the majority of the slopes is well exposed, facing south.
•The vineyards area adds up to 134 hectares/331 acres, with an annual production of 3,635 hectoliters. Authorized maximum yield is 40 hectoliters/hectare (2.3 US tons/acres).
• Grape varieties : Syrah (an addition of up to 15% of Marsanne or Roussanne is allowed).
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