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Red
2016 Domaine Rousset Crozes-Hermitage
Syrah
- France
- Rhône
- Northern Rhône
- Crozes-Hermitage
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Community Tasting Notes 17
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oenanthe Likes this wine: 87 points
November 2, 2023 - Dark red. Nice and spicy syrah, pretty standard stuff. Quite clean, medium bodied, dark fruit, some olive paste and pepper. Simple but decent - went well with a burger.
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SB5784 Likes this wine: 90 points
July 1, 2023 - In a good place right now. Has lost some of its harder tannins and has gained minerality to balance out the ripe dark berry fruit, olive tapenade and spice on both the palate and nose. Lovely. Like I said, in a good place but will drink well for next 5-10 years.
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Echinosum wrote: flawed
June 27, 2023 - Another funny bottle, this one tasted soapy. I've put it down as flawed. I decanted a couple of hours in advance. I found the soapiness overwhelming. My guest noticed it when pointed it out, but he wasn't overwhelmed by it as I was. It wasn't soap residue on the glass, we checked that.
I had a bit left for the second day, and the soapiness had seemingly dispersed by then. It still seemed rather out of balance when first poured into the glass, with tannins prominent. But it did compose itself after a while in the glass, though wasn't as good as the last bottle.
Not getting a great deal of joy out of this particular case of wine. -
Outplaying Likes this wine:
April 12, 2023 - I enjoyed this with a duck dish. Littler bodied and elegant. Darker toned fruit, some spice.
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Echinosum Likes this wine: 88 points
December 9, 2022 - Back to my better April experience, in fact got a bit of creaminess to it too. Bit it did take a 2-hr decant and a good shake in the glass to get that out of it. I drank this over about 5 nights, and it wasn't so good by the end of that. But I really enjoyed it the first days.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer Domaine Rousset
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Rhône
- SubRegion Northern Rhône
- Appellation Crozes-Hermitage
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 52 (31%)
- Consumed 117 (69%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
83% Like It 6 votes
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- VarietySyrah
- CountryFrance
- RegionRhône
- SubRegionNorthern Rhône
- AppellationCrozes-Hermitage
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