Community Tasting Notes 49

• Ozen Likes this wine: 94 points

  December 28, 2023 - From Magnum. Initially somewhat harsh, muted, not much giving. But a completely different experience the 3rd (!) day: really lovely wine. Very smooth, even more so for a Hermitage. The overall impression the 3rd day is: very Rhone but in a velvet glove. Well integrated fruit. Mature with no sign of overdue. This should have several more years to go. It does benefit a lot from breathing, unless you appreciate a more herbal Rhone. Lovely.

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• MuddyBoots wrote:

  November 11, 2023 - Opened with some trepidation and with good reason because from the moment I put my nose in the glass I noticed the oak. And the palate reflects this also. Sweet, polished, succulent dark red fruits. Buffed tannin. I do get a little smoke and bacon fat. And no doubt all the other flavors mentioned in the comments below are present - but it makes no difference because the way I am sensing this wine the oak simply has not integrated into the fruit. It still sits apart like a gateway you have to pass through to get to the fruit behind. A shame because that fruit is now really complex and interesting. Adequate acid. Evidently most adore this wine but it is not for me. It is speaking a language I do not understand. Thankfully just a single bottle, sadly carefully stored for two decades. Bah ! I am wiser now.

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• d'Artagnan wrote: 94 points

  September 16, 2022 - Dégustation horizontale de Beaune Grèves 2015 (Restaurant l'État-Major): Le nez est charmeur, floral, sur les violettes, avec quelques notes éparses d'olives. La couleur du vin fera jaser mon voisin, qui ne pouvait y voir de la syrah, bien que la salle fut sombre et l'éclairage bas...
  La bouche est profonde et aérienne à la fois, avec une magnifique fraîcheur. J'ai particulièrement été impressionné par sa longueur phénoménale. Un grand Hermitage à maturité. Le vin de la soirée pour ma part, mais je crois que la majorité a préféré le Bouchard 2010. 93-94 pts

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• thesternowl wrote:

  June 30, 2022 - Rhône or Nôwhere 2022 (Malcom, Nebraska): A lovely, luxurious and archetypal version of Syrah that showed very well alongside the other late-90’s examples from Hermitage on the table. I felt this showed a little bit better than the “La Chapelle” but it was really close. It’s showing some charming secondary characteristics but has plenty of gas left in the tank.

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• Raizes wrote: flawed

  April 14, 2021 - 黑莓、黑橄榄、烟熏培根和皮革，少许的甘草和泥土气息。单宁厚实得压过了酸度的表现，收尾略有酒精感，整体感觉是过热后的状态。

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1998
• Type Red
• Producer M. Chapoutier
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation Ermitage
• Vineyard Le Pavillon
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Hermitage
• UPC Code 3391181981231

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• Pending Delivery 6 (1%)
• In Cellars 572 (61%)
• Consumed 367 (39%)

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