Community Tasting Notes 9

• VinhoVerde wrote:

  October 21, 2023 - Light to medium red tawny color. Smoky, red fruit nose. Smooth entry, but shows declining fruit in the mid-palate and finish. Fading, Fading…about to be gone.

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• TheThirstyYau wrote: 86 points

  December 26, 2016 - Fading, delicate, not much primary fruit, a little tannin left.

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• MikeATL Likes this wine: 92 points

  October 25, 2014 - 2001 Bordeaux plus Rhones, Burgs and More: Fairly bretty, but that doesn't bother me. Nice acidity, it is at peak, but with plenty of life left.

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• Nebbioholic Likes this wine: 91 points

  June 9, 2013 - Brick red and showing signs of maturity (expected on btl of this age of course). Straight from the btl this was showing reductive notes of rubber and a touch sulphur. Decanted this immediately dissipated to reveal layers of violet, strawberry, pepper and hint of funky N.Rhone notes. This is just starting to hint toward early signs of oxidation so on the downward slope though tonight it was a fine btl, a lovely experience of tasting mature Hermitage. (I am slightly apprehensive about my remaining 2 x btls though!)

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• ubercuvee wrote: 87 points

  June 7, 2011 - Very peppery, although a bit acidic and short on fruit. Colour still purple. Probably should have already been drunk (of course, the bitchy will go one further and say "probably should have been declassified as CdR").

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine du Colombier
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Hermitage

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• In Cellars 37 (46%)
• Consumed 44 (54%)

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