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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jfpwine on 3/26/2024 & rated 92 points: High-end Rhone Dinner at a friend's house. (Hollywood): Medium gold color. Closed on the nose initially, but again opened up in the glass. Spice, Anise and lavender on the nose. Floral and crisp on the palate, with the acidity persisting through the long finish. Great wine. (96 views) | | | Tasted by Stefanos T. on 12/25/2011 & rated 93 points: Surprisingly light and pale colour for the age of this wine. Nose is nutty on a background of crisp citrus fruit - very Burgundian I would say. Palate of medium weight with bright citrus fruit and a very clean finish. Here again, as with the white Hermitage before it, it's mostly about texture: deceiptively light with low acidity and yet with great finesse and power. Flavours include wet stone, minerals and white fleshed fruit. (1516 views) | | | Tasted by jrufusj on 4/20/2003: Easter Dinner 2003 (Herschel and Anne's in DC): The wine was brought out of the refrigerator and opened about 45 minutes to one hour before serving. It still had a chill, but was not unduly cold. When I first tasted it without food, I was a little concerned, as it seemed one-dimensional and a little flat. The nose had a little citrus, but primarily apple and peach fruit – not big at all. Rich, round mouthfeel, acidity sufficient but not notable. White fruit and a hint of lemon on palate, with maybe a little butterscotchy sweetness. Decent complexity but, again, kind of flat. Then I tasted it with the pasta. What a change! The wine stepped up and did its job perfectly, developing elements of fresh warm cream, fig, and honeysuckle that played perfectly off the lemon and scallop-sweetness of the dish. I tasted the small sip of wine that was left after dinner and it was back to its pleasant but unremarkable self. I'm not sure I'd buy the wine for any other reason, but if I ever make this dish again, I'll beg, borrow, or steal another bottle. Even my mother-in-law, who generally doesn't drink white wine, was singing its praises. (2349 views) |
| Marc Sorrel Read about Marc SorrelWhite Rhone BlendA white wine containing two or more Rhône varieties, including: Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne, Clairette, Grenache Blanc and Bourboulenc. Les Rocoules at 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.
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"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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