April 23, 2024 - At a Rhone wine theme dinner with friends, served blind, opened for an hour before drinking, the oldest wine tonight, most guessed a Northern Rhone from the 90s, some got the maker right, lovely mature Syrah
December 31, 2023 - No scores taken. In perfect condition. Great wine where balance sumarized the impression.
November 11, 2023 - Showed quite well with dark ripe earthy blackberry notes, sage and nice fruit weight. Smooth and elegant with some light bright notes. This drank quite well and is in a very good place. Pixca lunch.
February 12, 2023 - Blackcurrant and violets and a sweet fragrance. The palate is medium body with a fresh black fruit flavour but not giving me much more. It still has tannic grip and acidity which suggests further life. However, given its age and its cost I expected more.
January 27, 2023 - Served blind, slow oxed for 2 hour, most guessed 90s Rhone, beautiful wine, in a lovely spot
November 30, 2022 - 'Le Lievre a la Royale' Long Lunch (cafe EPURE, Shop 403, inside Epure, Level 4, Ocean Centre, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong): Briefly decanted. Dense, slightly clouded red plums colour. Nose is absolutely gorgeous and alluring…plums, anthracite, perfumed hints of dried Indonesian black spices, cherry wood smoke. Palate is a lovely complementarity of deep velvet and brightly acidic confit black and red plum fruit. Very heady without being blunt…. gosh. Takes me close to reveries. 93-94 easy. Thanks, Eric!
October 25, 2022 - BYO Centropa (Centropa, Oslo, Norway): Dyp mørk rød farge med moden kant. Dyp mørk duft også, med et jordlig modent preg og svake røyktoner. Sødmefull moden frukt med røde og mørke bær samt jordlige toner og et svakt eikepreg. Godt utviklet med god struktur og middels dybde og konsentrasjon. Denne virker fullmoden nå.
October 16, 2022 - Browning robe, light body. Dried plums, prunes and apricots on the nose and palate, with some faint liqueur characteristics. Slightly tight and disjointed on the mid palate. Decent but not great finish.
October 7, 2022 - A good bottle of wine, but not great. Plenty of complexity (meat juices, black pepper, spices) and red fruit. Nice balance and integration but nothing Wow! And I do believe a Jboulet Hermitage should be bringing the Wow!
September 16, 2022 - Medium red with bricking, stunning nose, leather, cherries, soil, beautifully balanced with soft tannins, drinking well with upside potential, excellent Syrah
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