Community Tasting Notes 16

• bergkamp10 Likes this wine: 89 points

  June 13, 2017 - A bouquet of dark fruits, earth and roast meats - unmistakable old world syrah on the nose. Mature - soft, medium bodied, with an approachable palate of dark fruits, raspberry and savory with a pleasant longish finish. Good for the vintage. I've done well with the producer, and I think they are decent choice for those seeking a syrah with old world balance and a touch more fruit.

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• bklynwine wrote:

  September 30, 2016 - the ferrous tang and juicy fruit that could only be Syrah; leans more toward new world than old, but good QPR in an ocean of average St. Joseph

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• RajivAyyangar wrote: 84 points

  February 25, 2016 - Blinds at Californios - 6 (Californios SF): This is ridiculously jammy and New World. Acid-deficient and with very little varietal character that I could pick out. Maybe I'm a little miffed because I missed this so badly blind, but I re-tasted it and I really don't think I could have gotten to N. Rhone even if I'd known it was Old World.
  
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  (blind)
  Visual
  
  - clear, bright
  - moderate minus ruby to a red rim
  - no gas or sediment
  - moderate viscosity
  
  Nose
  
  - clean, moderate intensity
  - red fruit - indistinct cherry
  - woody, stemmy herbaceousness that I can’t place
  - cherry jam, strawberry jam
  - low impression of earth
  - no oak on the nose
  - moderate minus complexity
  
  Palate
  
  - dry with a slightly ripe attack (no overt RS like on the last wine, but ripe)
  - elevated alcohol - 14.5% (actually only 13.5%)
  - medium acid
  - diminished tannins
  - echoes the jammy fruit on the nose
  - smuckers strawberry jam
  - no notable herbaceousness, earth, or oak - neutral barrels
  
  Initial
  
  - New world wine from a warm climate
  - with medium acid and red fruit and slightly lower color:
  - CA Zinfandel - I’d expect higher acid and millerandage
  - Grenache from Australia
  - There’s an herbaceousness that I’m not sure what to call
  
  Final
  
  - Grenache > Australia > McLaren Vale, 2013
  - actual: Coursodon Saint-Joseph 2011
  - I retasted this and no way in a million years would I have gotten to N. Rhone.
  - There’s no earth, it’s acid-deficient and jammy. No Syrah secondaries.

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• peterk wrote: 88 points

  March 22, 2015 - Drank this alongside a 2011 Guaspari Vista da Serra - the same vintage but that's where the similarity ends. The St. Joseph was far more delicate with less fruit and oomph. The Coursodon was very good, make no mistake; however, it was overshadowed by the big, rich, spicy Guaspari.

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• RickyT12 Likes this wine: 85 points

  October 12, 2014 - Light reddish color. Nose is red fruit and creme, a bit of spiciness, soap, clay, bit of leather. Fine hint of chocolate flavors . Pretty standard. Acid is medium, weight is light for a red. A bit bitter.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Coursodon
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation Silice
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation St. Joseph

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