Community Tasting Note
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ricard Likes this wine: 96 points
October 20, 2023 - A privilege to drink this glittering jewel of a wine again. Orange rim - clearly old. So unbelievably sexy - simply ridiculous. Instantly glorious. A touch of melancholy. Simply exquisite. Romantic and emotional. It's like an old person - doddery and rickety, but so many moments of wisdom and laughter. Really beautiful. A wine of love, about love, for love, from love.
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rc@ughey commented:
11/13/23, 12:31 PM - What a beautiful descriptor of this wine. "Like an old person" is spot on. I opened an '85 a few weeks back, and it was similarly majestic. Maybe the best bottle of Syrah I've ever had.
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ricard commented:
11/13/23, 2:19 PM - How wonderful! Thank you for the compliment. I'm jealous of your majestic '85!
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David Strange commented:
11/13/23, 11:56 PM - Not just because it ended with this beauty, a wine I will forever be smitten with (but will be surprised if I ever try again), I bleeding loved this tasting. I have always found young Northern Rhône wines quite attractive, and they’ve never been more attractive than in this day and age and in vintages like 17 and 20. OK, the 17s may have clearly closed down, but they were still really well-stacked. The 20s were uninhibitedly joyful, if you can deal with scale. There was so much to LOVE this evening.
That being said, apart from maybe a single bottle of 2020 (that shall remain nameless for the time being), I think both these vintages need to stay in storage for a period of time (after said single bottle). After they’ve got through their awkward middle age, maybe after I have too, they’ll be pure joy once again.