Community Tasting Notes 56

• d'Artagnan wrote: 93 points

  December 24, 2023 - Nez charmeur et magnifique texture veloutée. Ce vin est d’une rare élégance pour une appellation davantage connue pour la puissance. Il montre une belle pureté du fruit, de la fraicheur, avec une finale précise, en finesse. C’est excellent, quoique pas d’une immense complexité. 93 pts

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  December 4, 2023 - Off the list at Commander’s Palace. WOW, what a nose. Could’ve kept my nose in the glass all night. Olive and red berries were firing on all cylinders. On the palate, amazing depth and complexity and the fruit is bright and energized. It’s also young and tight so not much evolution over a couple of hours. Too soon but at such a reasonable price, it was well worth it - if only for those incredible aromatics. World class!

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• Nanda wrote:

  October 27, 2023 - Northern Rhone Dinner (2012/2005/1998 focus) (Chez Lagragne): Single blind. Well, this wine was all over the place and much of that not in a great way -- nail polish and glossy fruit with at least the perception of vanilla oak. Shrill and tight. One can only hope/believe, this is far too young and needs another 10+ years of cellaring. My #5/5. Guessed Gangloff.

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• acyso wrote: 90 points

  October 27, 2023 - (Mostly) 1998, 2005, 2012 Northern Rhône (Chicago, IL): Served single blind. I think I must have gotten the tannic structure here confused for oak (and somehow thought that the Gangloff would have shown more modern in that sense). So I guessed that this was the Gangloff, when instead it was just a really big wine with plenty of tannin. Dark and somewhat heavy, this was my least favourite wine of the four single-blinded 2012 wines. Go figure.

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• clayfu wrote:

  October 1, 2023 - Allemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: Not a great example of the wine, you could tell there was a little heat damage and it was enough to really bring out the lacto notes on the finish that really marred the wine.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type Red
• Producer Thierry Allemand
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Reynard
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Cornas

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• Pending Delivery 128 (6%)
• In Cellars 1,680 (73%)
• Consumed 486 (21%)

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