Community Tasting Notes 12

• OenoEd wrote: 86 points

  November 19, 2022 - Not flawed, but desiccated and a little hot. Still showing black cherry and granite minerality, horsesweat, but a shadow of its former self. At least this bottle.

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• Dehrmann Likes this wine: 94 points

  May 14, 2022 - Slightly funky opening but then opened up superbly - followed by 70 Palmer and 70 Yquem

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• Peech Likes this wine: 94 points

  June 22, 2021 - opened 1 hour prior to serving from the bottle. Earthy, leather, and smoky, with a little bit of savory notes on the palate. Twenty minutes later this was more fragrant with cedar notes. Another 10 minutes later and we had nice tobacco notes. Some 2 hours after opening this became more voluptuous, even floral with some roses and violet. Very happy with this bottle.

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• Peech wrote: 91 points

  June 17, 2017 - not decanted. Initially showing plenty of soy sauce, savory black olives and tapenade, with perhaps a hint of coconut butter underneath, and definitely some fruit there, but more stewed prunes instead of fresh and sweet. A bit of smoke, too.

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• Tony Molester wrote:

  January 22, 2016 - Cork broke. Signs of seepage.
  Heavy sediment in wine.
  N: massive ferrous smokey nose.
  P: a bit lean on start, quite smokey, it did put on some weight and began waking up. Cinnamon and clove were dominant flavours. Texture was aerial.
  
  Good wine all things considered, but did not give me the shivers I was hoping for.
  
  12.5% abv

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1970
• Type Red
• Producer Paul Jaboulet Aîné
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation La Chapelle
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Hermitage
• UPC Code 089744374233

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• In Cellars 130 (61%)
• Consumed 82 (39%)

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