Community Tasting Note
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Vintomas wrote: 93 points
November 28, 2013 - Winemaker's dinner with Philippe Guigal (Operakällaren, Stockholm): Dark red with purple notes. Nose with ripe blackberries and blackcurrants, flowery notes with violets and some perfume, liquorice. Elegant! Medium bodied+, palate with ripe blackberries, quite concentrated, flowery notes with violets, velvety medium(+) tannins, good acidity. Young, but reasonably approachable now, 93(+) p.
Vignes de l’Hospice is usually a good wine with a straightforward Rhône Syrah character, built primarily on power rather than complexity and elegance. However, in this vintage the wine shows a polished and elegant character that I haven’t encountered before. The 2010 simply shows quite a lot of Hermitage style, in particular by the very velvety structure of its tannins. The 2009 (which I scored 93+ last year) was more powerful and darker in its aromas, but not as finely polished.1 person found this helpful 4,243 views
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Champagneinhand commented:
12/3/13, 12:05 PM - Good notes on this. This vineyard is so steep it should have similar qualities of Hermitage. 2010 such a good vintage throughout the Rhone. 2009 a bit spotty, 2007 same thing. I think Cornas faired better in the earlier vintages, but 2010 was good enough to showcase each site rather well.