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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by wineton.mee on 1/21/2024 & rated 90 points: Deep and dark purple fruit, medicinal liquorice with a touch of menthol, burnt caramel.. thought this an Australian Shiraz of sorts due to the bottomless core, but perhaps just a tad too young to broach right now. I see where descriptors of elegance is coming from but really, that is not a word I’d use for this bottle in a vacuum. With that said, it is not a jammy wine by any means. I’d give it at least another decade or so to really settle down but as of now, rather overwhelming and too young for me. (292 views) | | Tasted by Dbrane on 7/25/2022: Looks like no notes for this unicorn wine, so let me add in the first. From a small barrel only, ~300 bottles (with some in magnums and jeros) for this inaugural vintage. From a vineyard up on the plateau of Cornas, belonging to his wife's parents. Young vines. Aromatic on the nose, very lifted and perfumey. Palate is lightish for a Cornas, very elegant and approachable already. Almost a juicy wine, yet not veering towards "natural tasting". (641 views) | | Tasted by JerM on 1/1/2022: (Mich&Bo's) Red ripe floral fruits, delicate peach. Tight tannins, elegant floral, lifted spices,exotic florals. (294 views) |
| By Josh Raynolds Vinous, Northern Rhône: A First Look at the 2019s (May 2020) (5/1/2020) (Franck Balthazar Cornas Juliette Red) Subscribe to see review text. | NOTE: Scores and reviews are the property of Vinous. (manage subscription channels) |
| 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.
### 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 MILLESIMESCornasThe single vinyards on weinlagen-info
"The “hallmark” of the Cornas winegrowing area is its specific shape in the form of a natural amphitheatre, with its extremely steep slopes." - AOC-Cornas |
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