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| Drinking window: Drink between 2020 and 2030 (based on 54 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.4 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by RED AND BLACK on 1/27/2024 & rated 92 points: This is a bomb! Peach mango honey pepper and lots more. Gold colour showing age but this is still so full of life. A white with the weight of a red and representative of the region. My first Sorrel Les Rocoules and it was a nice surprise (114 views) | | | Tasted by SAP on 7/20/2022 & rated 95 points: L (444 views) | | | Tasted by TJ_The VitiViewer on 8/22/2017 & rated 92 points: Dazzling golden color. Peach, mango, lily, patchouli, sandalwood, honey, vanilla and white pepper flavors. Although the scents of wine is explosive and very sweet, the taste is in fact dry. The palate is rich and concentrated. Firm structure, long finish and extreme minerality are there too. I think it is close to Rouge rather than blanc. The wine has uniqueness obviously, but lacks freshness and acidity at the same time. Very Powerful, oaky and lactic blanc. Alc. 14.5% (1446 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundio on 3/23/2016 & rated 89 points: Strong alcohol taste, restrained fruit and acid. Don't see what others see in this. (608 views) | | | Tasted by AV2012 on 7/7/2015 & rated 93 points: White Rhone: 85M/15R, 16-18m in 5 y.o. 600l oak.
More buttery than "simple" Hermitage, more intense, more precise. Rich and dense. Lychee, some strange exotic fruits, one can feel that it is on a different level, classy. With time it developed a pleasant light flowery note. Excellent indeed. (2160 views) | | | Tasted by rossi.wine on 3/3/2014 & rated 94 points: En primeur tasting. 90% Marsanne, 10% Roussanne. A bit shy on the nose at the moment, but great purity and density on the palate, still elegant and distinct. Amazing length. Great future. 93-94+ (2136 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.
### 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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