Monthly Tasting Group: Northern Rhones
Hazelwood, Bloomington, MN
Tasted Sunday, March 23, 2025 by rocknroller with 155 views
Introduction
This was the regular meeting of the big group. We had 16 of us at two tables for a night of Northern Rhones (1: CV,KB, ML, DA,JG/CG, JV/MV; 2: RF,JG,JP,MB,MZ/CZ,DR/DR) A new venue for us. Very good service, though the food was pretty average.
2012 Moët & Chandon Champagne Grand Vintage 91 Points
France, Champagne
Light gold color. Drank a glass over 30 minutes. Bitters, apple, ginger, lemon peel, saffron, brisk palate. I remain thoroughly underwhelmed by this vintage of GV. I have yet to crack any of mine. Would like to believe these one day might achieve something more, but not counting on it. 90+ to 91pts.
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NV R. & L. Legras Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
Light gold color. Small glass over 30 minutes. Creamy, nutty, toast, oxidative. In the 40 or so times I've have had this wine, I had never used the word oxidative in a tasting note. The story is that it was a Wine Bid bottle, and who knows how old and what storage it had. This was tired, oxidative - though not oxidized, and clearly not a representative bottle. No score.
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2018 Jean-François Jacouton Condrieu 91 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Condrieu
Light gold color. Drank a glass over 45 minutes. Floral, lychee, peach, citrus, citrus pith. Still quite good, though I'd venture a guess it was better a few years a go.
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2004 Alain Voge Cornas Les Vieilles Vignes 94 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas
Dark red color, 3mm clear edge. Opened 3 hours beforeheand and recorked after. Drank a glass over an hour. What a great nose, just a killer perfume of violets, dried earth, leather, funk and red berries with an infusion of subtle blue fruits. The palate still has some room to evolve further, raspberries, blueberry, cured meat, leather, soil, dried spice, a little oak yet and some briary blood meal minerals on the finish. Last one, and wish i had a couple more to watch over 5 to 10 years.
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2005 Patrick Jasmin Côte-Rôtie Flawed
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Corked. Same bottle as Chablis28.
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1998 Bernard Burgaud Côte-Rôtie 95 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Dark red plus color, 7mm transitional edge. PNP, drank a glass over an hour. Pretty aromatics on the nose, lifted, floral, red fruits, red berries, dried earth, gravely minerality. As this evolves it brightens further showing bramly blackberries and mountain fruits. Very nice indeed. 94+ to 95pts.
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2010 Delas Frères Côte-Rôtie Seigneur de Maugiron 90 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Dark red color. Drank a glass over an hour plus. There's somenice fruit here, ripe dark berries, minerality, but a lot of grip and the palate comes off a bit woody and rough. The nose is ahead of the palate by a good margin at this point. Will benefit from several years. Currently 89-90ish pts.
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2012 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Saint-Joseph 92 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Saint-Joseph
Very dark red color. Drank a glass over an hour. Ripe, sappy cherry, blackberry. some blue fruits, charcoal, full bodied. Quite good.
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2014 Delas Frères Hermitage Domaine des Tourettes 90 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Very dark red color. Small glass over an hour. A lot of tannin going on, oak, vanilla, though the nose is more open and has some pretty fruits. This is still youthful.
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