May 9, 2024 - Semi blind tasting flight of 6. Blind for the rest of our group.
2014 DuMol Finn, 2009 Jaboulet Chapelle, 1988 Sandrone Cannubi, 1999 Tignanello, 2014 Cos d'Estournel and 2017 Penfold St Henri
Black as coal still, took to time to unfold showing meaty and a touch of bacon fat. Dark fruit dominates the nose and giving it a lush mouthfeel. A big wine with good balance, maybe a touch warm. Still tight and tannic. Long finish. Great wine in the making but requires more patience. Give it 10+ years.
This was the group's no 2 beaten only by DuMol Finn by a very small margin.
April 27, 2024 - A big, clumsy teenager with nothing to offer but its strength. Hasn’t even thought about developing a personality. I won’t go near this for three or probably five years. Poured this along with a 2005 Larcis Ducasse for a special birthday meal of roast lamb, and the Bordeaux was everyone’s favorite. A waste of two bottles. Just needs time.
March 27, 2024 - Equilibrado
Sedoso
Encorpado
January 16, 2024 - 2 hour decant. Very dark, deep red to look at. Ripe raspberries and chocolate on the nose. Cherries, oak, cream on the palate; well balanced between fruity and dry. Somehow both thick and smooth. Long long finish. Very classy wine indeed.
December 12, 2023 - Salon Ficofi Paris walkabout tasting and dinner, no detailed tasting notes. Just like the 2005 next to it, the 2009 showed really well with smoky aromatics, dark fruit, leather, complex, but not too wild. Polished palate
November 9, 2023 - Point of order: I am a total newbie to Rhones, but not fine wine......
Our host Joel had this open from dinner last night and it was the 'opener' for our pizza night get together tonight. I have no idea how this bottle was prepared last night or how long it's been open this evening.
Dark garnet in the glass, nose of red fruit with a tinge of green/sagey herb notes in the background. But it's very slight. I'm told this is 100% Syrah. Given its age it's so very smooth and integrated. The palate is quite good with quality dark red/black fruit and a hint of brown butter on the end. I can recognize this as high quality, and it certainly has some complexity to it, but at the same time, it appears a tad tame. Perhaps that has to do with it being its 2nd night open? I have no experience with these, so I just don't know. What I do know is that current bottles are $249 on Wine Searcher and I would have a very hard time paying that for this bottle. Again, I'm not a Rhone Ranger so maybe I just don't have the overall palate to fully appreciate this wine and what it costs? 92-93 for me.
November 9, 2023 - Full body. 2 hour decant. Dark and brooding. Gamey and fruity and the same time. Complexity not quite as deep as I might have hoped. But balanced and enjoyable. Threw a decent amount of sediment so be sure to use screen.
November 8, 2023 - Double decanted for an 90 min, deep ruby, dark fruit with a touch of bacon, med. tannins, long finish; delcious & has lost its baby fat from my prior bottle. It appears to be in that miiddle ground, starting to pick up tertiary notes, drink or preferably hold
September 7, 2023 - Drank from a magnum over the course of a day. Initially the nose was filled with game/funk with the palate being perfectly ripe. Several hours open brought it all together. Blackberry, smoke, licorice, olive brine and mineral. Drinks well now but only in the first third of life.
March 18, 2023 - This was still a baby and quite primary with lots of dark cherries, dark minerals, spices, licorice and hints for game, similar palate with a fruit filled mouthfeel high tannins, medium acidity and a long finish