Community Tasting Notes 16

• jviz wrote: 92 points

  October 22, 2023 - Houston Northern Rhone Blowout: Quite a bit of stem inclusion. This had some of the wild fruit there but head to head the 12 Jamet Cote Brune was the better wine. I even favor Gonon over this wine. Too green.

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• zachb1125 Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 9, 2023 - Dinner with Salil and Nick - 2/2
  
  Nose has opened earlier than the 11, less intense though. The fruit is more fresh plum, maybe a little baking spice. That rich savory/umami note is not there so much. Green herbs are though, maybe a tiny bit of olive. Brick/stone too. Cherry, strawberry and brighter acidity on the palate. Possibly due to palate fatigue, just not quite as impressed. Still phenomenal.

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• Kirk Grant wrote:

  July 15, 2022 - I have to say that I have been torn about when to open this wine, and was unsure of what to expect from this on opening it. There was a small part of me that was worried it was going to be a natural mess like the 2012 La Grande Colline Cornas which was so dirty I couldn't get past the nose about a year or two ago when I tried that. This on the other hand...lived up to all the hype. It might very well have been one of the most complete bottles of Cornas that I've ever tried. On the nose there is a wildness that calls to mind the image of a vineyard that was over-grown, something almost feral with oil-brined black olives, black pepper, and drying blackberries on the nose. The palate was wide-open, smooth, with red fruits, mushrooms, spice, and tannins that were present, but rounded and supportive in a way that seemed to drag out the length of the finish just a bit longer each time I took a sip. Extraordinary, epic, and well worth the hype. This was a very generous Veteran's Day gift from someone in the wine Berserker's forums. What an awesome community.

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• clayfu wrote:

  November 8, 2021 - rustic elegance with high acid and savory red fruit. That killer smoked black pepper and meatiness pop out of the glass with plenty of sweet red fruit and floral notes. Just love how elegant and balanced this wine is on the palate

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• burg_gram_Jason Likes this wine: 98 points

  April 20, 2021 - A monumental achievement. Decanted for 5 hours. Paired with Bryce Shuman bbq pop up at Niche Niche. The smoked black pepper maple ribs were off the charts perfect (tender, packed with flavors, juice, the sauce on it aromatic fireworks w/o overly cloying sweetness, just right) and the 2012 Cornas paired it perfectly with its bacon fat peppery coating of the mouth that made everything go down with endless pleasure and joy. The wine had everything - aromas of violets, sancho pepper (ie high citrusy pepper), first minutes of a sudden rainshower on a hot sunny day, caramelized sugar, cocoa, sweet olives, the notes kept evolving, changing and then to return again. What a wine. Why not 100pts? I will need to open more and see how consistent the pleasure delivery is. It certainly is a masterpiece.

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Wine Definition

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

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• In Cellars 394 (65%)
• Consumed 202 (33%)

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