Community Tasting Note

• glou.sf wrote:

  January 12, 2022 - This wine was in a very weird spot. A little closed on the nose with some red fruit, smoke, roasted red peppers, and herbaceous notes. The palate felt a bit disjointed at first with peppery notes and strawberries. Medium finish. I hope we just caught this in a bad time and the wine will resolve in the cellar. This bottle was quite disappointing.

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4 Comments

• pclin commented:

  1/19/22, 7:34 PM - ‘16 was in weird spot too, a funny wine. Or maybe it just plain sucks. lol.

• glou.sf commented:

  1/20/22, 9:18 AM - The one bottle of 15 I opened was undrinkable, but it may have been TCA as well, so likely an off bottle. Still, I'll try again in 5 years or so and then decide what to do with my stash...

• Arianv22 commented:

  1/21/22, 7:13 AM - I haven't had good experiences with the 15, 16 or 17 - I think Benetiere may be losing his touch. The wines are unbelievably green and don't have the kind of weight you'd expect from N. Rhone Syrah, just the first of unattractive qualities from these recent vintages.

• cartey commented:

  1/25/22, 1:42 PM - The 17 I opened back in December was exactly like the one you had - herbaceous and peppery and was just very weird and uninteresting. then MYE opened a bottle from the same vendor/shipment (see below) and apparently it was all red fruit and olives. I don't know if I should just chalk it up to Benetiere's bottle variation or what, but either way, it doesn't bode well for the producer in my book.

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