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| Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2019 (based on 73 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 86 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by hallcrit on 5/24/2015 & rated 87 points: opaque purple solid to the rim, dark fruit on the nose with a smoky/medicinal note that carried through to the first taste. Dark leathery fruit with undertone of smoke and herbi-ness. Alcohol still present, acidity in short supply. Tannin, smoke and herbal finish on the medium side. Drink-up. (1667 views) | | | Tasted by Maaikel on 3/28/2011 & rated 85 points: In het begin wat gesloten in de neus, wel wat rood fruit. Naar verloop van tijd trekt hij wel open en komen er heerlijke aromas vrij van donker fruit en specerijen. Zacht op de tong met een licht zuurtje. Hout komt mooi tot zijn recht. Mooi glas wijn! (3488 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 10/10/2010 & rated 86 points: Saturday Syrahs (Weygandt Wines - Washington, D.C.): not as good as the 07, but still a decent wine. i found this to be well-balanced with good acid, elegant fruit and smoky spices. not a complex or intense wine, but i think i appreciate it for its balance and drinkability. (3777 views) | | | Tasted by tooch on 10/9/2010 & rated 84 points: The nose was pretty closed, didn't show much at all. Thought there were some nice red and black fruit notes, but this wine didn't do it for me. (3548 views) |
| Yann Chave Producer Website - Read more about Yann Chave
You may not have heard of this domaine before, but it won't be a secret much longer. Chave is making superb wines. - James Molesworth, Wine Spectator Yann, 36, has taken over from his father, Bernard Chave, and in 2001 the name of the Domaine became Yann Chave. It consists of 14,77 ha (35.4 acres) of Crozes Rouge, 1,20 ha (2.8 acres) of Hermitage, 0,76 ha (1.8 acres) of Crozes Blanc. The blanc is 70% Marsanne and 30% Roussane. (2006 is the first vintage we will be able to get). The Crozes "Classique" is a selection of vines all situated in the secteur "Chassis"; ranging from 18 to 40 years. Elevage is 20% in 2 year demi-muids and 80 % in tank with micro-oxygenation. The Rouvre is a single parcel in Chassis, his best parcel of Crozes, very "caillouteux" (large rounded stones) and the vines average 50 years-old. It is pure "vin de goutte" and is aged entirely in 1-2 year old demi-muids. The Hermitage is from two parcels, one in Baumes (next to Le Méal) and the other in "Péléat" :average age 25 years. The wine is aged in 100% new demi-muids. Pumping over is done twice a day but Yann does very little punching down (pigeage)- only two times altogether during the 3 weeks of vinification. He works hard in the vineyards - low yields, harvesting later at optimum phenolic maturity, natural viticulture, indigenous yeasts and no filtering - if you like loads of Syrah fruit and lots of texture on the palate, these are wines for you.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 MILLESIMESCrozes-Hermitage Crozes-Hermitage AOC (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône) |
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