Community Tasting Notes 14

• GFischmann Likes this wine: 94 points

  July 14, 2023 - Great wine with balance tannins , acidity and fruit. Has flavours of red berries , spices and medium body.
  Drinking well with great balance.

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• GFischmann Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 27, 2023 - Great balance
  Lovely wine

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• Krister Larsson wrote: 95 points

  January 24, 2022 - Ljuvlig. Väl balanserad med mörka bär, silkiga tanniner, bra syra och lång eftersmak. Tillsammans med Hjortinnanlår och palsternackspuré
  härlig middag tills m Ulf o Ingalill

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• mflesh wrote: 94 points

  December 27, 2021 - I believe this is at the front of the drinking window here. The nose is youthful mineral driven fruit. The palate hits with youthful raspberry cola and a lot of it here. Clove and some mature plums and figs also present. I'd rate this wine a 93 alone on the entry. It gets a little more complex to the middle but also gets noticeably darker with tobacco and herb and smoked mulling spices dancing around. This wine finishes very smooth and rounded, with the finish really being the only hint that this one has the finesse of age really starting to work in it's favor. This wine definitely was made to go with duck, game, or charcuterie that consists of smoked meats and pungent cheeses. Since this is America, and we have a tendency to open wine without significant food accoutrement, I will say that this one did pretty well all by itself. Although I can't necessarily say that it would have done so 5 years ago when the finish was likely much more jagged and acidic. Drink now to 2040. On day 2, this one had gotten one full shade darker and more complex. It added some bacon fat from the front to the middle, and the front lost the raspberry cola notes and turned to more of a black cherry cola. The structure of this wine is insane. Although it is in a really good spot now with a really healthy decant, this one will probably outlive the cork that was put in the bottle!

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• Vintomas wrote: 95 points

  February 8, 2020 - Compact purplish colour. A young, powerful and elegant nose with ripe dark fruit including blackberries, liquorice and some tar, some flowery notes. Full-bodied but fresh, with the same dark notes as in the nose although with more presence of tar notes, fine acidity, prominent but well embedded and rather silky tannins, some "gravelly" minerality and a long aftertaste with tannins. Young but reasonably approachable, will improve with further cellaring. 95(+) pts.
  From a magnum.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Delas Frères
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Les Bessards
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Hermitage
• UPC Codes 3359950246912, 3359950246967

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• Pending Delivery 17 (2%)
• In Cellars 581 (73%)
• Consumed 195 (25%)

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