Great nose with sausage, a little mint, smoke. With air, nose becomes even more interesting with tarry and mineral notes. Red fruits with some cassis, it is elegant and somewhat light for an 01. It showed best the next day but still I would not keep this wine another 20 years. To drink over the next 10. Very enjoyable.
Candy like nose: sweet violet.Smoky with nice raspberry notes, it's fresh with a good structure. Nevertheless, it is a little bit too candy like for me. Certainly not a bad wine but not a wine I would buy.
Totally opaque. Started very jammy, almost New World like with grippy tannins and a touch of heat. On the positive side, it constantly evolved with air to become a little more civil with smoky and savory note. Still it definitely showed the vintage with stewed fruit. My least favorite of the tasting.
Brickish rim, nice nose of smoky bacon, violet. Contrary to the Delas, it plays on the red fruits with a high acidity, typical of the vintage. Very floral, cherry and strawberry notes, it slowly got better with air. Nevertheless I think now is a good time to drink it, may even have been a little more focused a few years ago. Overall a well made, elegant Hermitage with finesse.
Very nice nose with a herbal note (thyme), olives and ink. Complex. On the palate it shows young and ripe fruit. What a surprise when the wine was revealed and the vintage. We all went guessed a young CR or even Hermitage. This is a wine far from being ready.
Very dark and almost opaque. Weird nose of cheese cracker. Dark fruits with coffee and showing some oak. Palate shows a similar profile. On the modern side of the appelation.
The pirate in our tasting. On the 1st night, it showed anything but like a syrah. Definitely more grenache like. Raisins, dark fruits with dry fruits and figs. Big and ripe but never alcoholic, it's round and soft, velvety but with grippy tannins on the finish. A big disappointment. The next day, this was a totally different wine. Still full bodied with ripe fruits, it offered deep floral notes with brighter fruit. Really an interesting wine but that needs a few years to calm down. I'm really glad I got the chance to try it the next day.
The nose is polished. Dark fruits, prunes, a light touch of oak. Some typical smoke and olives (very light though) notes. Med body with a good structure, round, you can sense everything is there to make this wine a great one but it needs more time. A little reticent on the mid palate and more simple than the nose. Well balanced with good acidity, the long finish is promising.
2001 Patrick Jasmin Côte-Rôtie
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Great nose with sausage, a little mint, smoke. With air, nose becomes even more interesting with tarry and mineral notes. Red fruits with some cassis, it is elegant and somewhat light for an 01.
It showed best the next day but still I would not keep this wine another 20 years. To drink over the next 10.
Very enjoyable.
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2006 Domaine Gallet (Henri et Philippe) Côte-Rôtie
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Candy like nose: sweet violet.Smoky with nice raspberry notes, it's fresh with a good structure.
Nevertheless, it is a little bit too candy like for me. Certainly not a bad wine but not a wine I would buy.
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2003 Bernard Levet Côte-Rôtie La Chavaroche / La Péroline
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Totally opaque. Started very jammy, almost New World like with grippy tannins and a touch of heat.
On the positive side, it constantly evolved with air to become a little more civil with smoky and savory note. Still it definitely showed the vintage with stewed fruit.
My least favorite of the tasting.
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