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• jdkrabbe Likes this wine: 89 points

  September 8, 2022 - Straightforward but tasty northern rhone syrah executed on target. This wine is officially labelled vin de france but the address in ampuis i assume the grapes are from nearby but not exclusively in any AOC. Drinking well now, wouldn’t cellar it longer tannins are only medium and acid only medium, it gives no impression it needs to continue to rest.
  
  I get no insication that any new barrels were used, however i assume based on dull color that barrels were used. Color indicates to me that very little or zero viogner in cofermentation.
  
  Camphor on nose an hour after opening but gone by 2nd hour. Fruit is black on palate and finish shows some iron but otherwise not a lot of earth in here. At pricepoint this is ok, but i wish for more.
  
  Erin didn’t love it, i thought it was fantastic with food and ate lamb sirloin and jeweled persian rice with it and it worked really well. We both id’d that the dark feuit character seemed a little synthetic. I described it as a blueberry energy bar.

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