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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.9 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 17 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by MrOctoberfest on 1/14/2024: I didn’t take notes while tasting but this was fantastic. Rich animal and earthy notes along with granite and dark fruits. Beautiful now and feels like this will continue to get better. (212 views) | | | Tasted by JJKinch on 12/16/2022 & rated 91 points: Dark fruit (cherry, blueberry), spice, earth, olive, good acidity. Lingering finish. Really enjoyable. (310 views) | | | Tasted by blackcrowb on 4/18/2021 & rated 93 points: Very good aromatics of tar with a bit of black olive and blackberry. Medium bodied with still fresh sweet/savory fruit with no hint of wood or brett. The tarry,berry fruit has a nice purity. Perfect right now for my palate. I like wine to age to a point of balance while still retaining some punch. (758 views) | | | Tasted by MrOctoberfest on 3/31/2019: The recent brett comments had me a little worried, but this bottle was brett free. I gave this one plenty of air, but it was pretty reserved until the very end. There was also a lot of sediment in suspension, so stand this one up for a week before opening. While enjoyable, it feels like it’s still in hibernation. Rating withheld for now, will revisit in 2025. (1347 views) | | | Tasted by mclancy10006 on 1/20/2019 flawed bottle: Brett city. Undrinkable for my hyper Brett sensitive palate (1514 views) | | | Tasted by Slaz on 7/24/2017 & rated 89 points: Softer and riper than my previous tasting in January 2017, both upon opening and throughout several hours of decanting. (2163 views) | | | Tasted by Slaz on 1/6/2017 & rated 91 points: Some rubber and sulphur upon opening that blew off with more air. Nice balance of fruit and only limited sweetness on the palate. Acidity is moderate-to-low. Silky dark fruit with notes of leather, pepper, and bacon on the palate. Definitely approachable with brief decanting. (2249 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 10/28/2016: Super dark and super dense, Just opened and we shall see where it goes. (2284 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 3/28/2014: As always, the dense- of the set. (2873 views) | | | Tasted by cardsandwine on 1/24/2014: Superb bottle of wine. Nice balance, complexity and finish. (2149 views) | | | Tasted by wcchang on 10/11/2013 & rated 92 points: Good complexityonthe nose, mostly wet rock minerality with traces of fruits. Notes of peppery spice. (1589 views) | | | Tasted by affordableCollector on 10/11/2013 & rated 89 points: dark red in color. spice, floral, pepper, dark fruit, on the nose. red currant, oak, leather, blackberry, floral, smoke, on the palate. medium acid, medium tannins, on the finish. (1924 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 10/11/2013 & rated 88 points: Very dark purple red violet color; brett, Nescafe, coffee, tobacco nose; tight, chunky, brett, tobacco, tar palate; medium finish (403 views) | | | Tasted by ledocq on 5/6/2013 & rated 93 points: I am anxious that you think I have low standards. I haven't graded wines, except one, below 89. But the reason is this: I tend to buy stuff based on what previous CT notes and critics have said. I've had very few bum wines. But this one has no notes. Instead, I bought this because a staff member at Kermit Lynch recommended it to me when i said I liked syrah and wanted to understand the difference between syrah and grenache-based blends. This Hermitage is fantastic, with a nose of blue fruits, and a taste like blackberries and coffee. At the end is a nice note of camphor and a little licorice. There's a good mouth coat that feels chewy. There's a lot to love in this bottle, and scores-to-date aside, this one is a winner. (1978 views) |
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Syrah 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. 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.
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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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