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• acyso wrote: flawed

  November 10, 2022 - "The mind is willing, but the flesh is weak" (Chicago, IL): Hideously corked.

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• isaacjamesbaker wrote: 92 points

  October 10, 2020 - Tasted blind and totally blew it, but loved this wine. Tasted so much different than the magnum I tasted earlier. I think it just needed air. Love the rocky, earthy, briny tones.

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• Ary wrote:

  March 6, 2020 - Northern Rhône Dinner (semi-blind) (AB' house, Keizersgracht Amsterdam): Corked

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• isaacjamesbaker wrote: 94 points

  January 25, 2020 - Blind tasting with buds (Washington, DC): Awesome nose of mulled cherries and blackberry, with musk, menthol, chewing tobacco, olive brine, library dust, some coffee and vanilla as well. Racy acidity whips through this wine from start to finish, and the tannins have a plush feel. Tart cherry and currants are laced with expressive notes of campfire, tar, grilled steak, green and black peppercorns. Crisp, expressive, lively, complex, this was really special. Tasted blind, I guessed late 90s Cornas.

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• Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 points

  May 18, 2018 - A private tasting and dinner at a friend's (London, UK): Mature and smoky style, vinous and warm, black olive, red meat, medium weight, more about velvety tannins than about acidity at this stage, good length. Fully mature.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1998
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine de Vallouit
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation Cuvée Spéciale
• Vineyard Les Greffières
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Hermitage

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• In Cellars 69 (50%)
• Consumed 70 (50%)

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