November 26, 2022 - perfect level and cork, decanted 3 hours, marked legs on the glass, opaque colour all the way to the rim with still almost no brown, fine, quite complex nose but linear, reflecting the single grape, palate of medium weight, fine, delicate and lifted rather than powerful or super concentrated, fine grained quite dry tannin at the finish also with distinct acidity, what you have here are the subtle nuances of a single grape, I think I may actually prefer the additional complexity possible with blends (e.g. left bank Bordeaux), nice wine though and a different experience, good drinking now but probably only at the beginning of its drinking window, went very well with blue cream cheese (Cambazola) after the meal, actually better than with the lamb, which might not be a good pairing
November 7, 2022 - Already dried out, muted nose, thin fruit, drying tannins, a disappointment
March 22, 2022 - Decanted. Tons of sediment. None of the character that draws me to the Northern Rhone. Not much evolution aromatically. All stewed fruit, raisins and plums. Over extracted for my taste. Not a fan.
March 28, 2021 - mature,rich,smooth
September 26, 2020 - Wines Watching the White Sox Beat the Cubs (Riverwoods, IL): Seemingly heat damaged
May 28, 2020 - Structured and quite dense, and still developing; given how expressive this was on the nose and the fact that day 2 was better, I suspect some of the other TNs got bad bottles. Too bad I was only able to procure one bottle ($50!)
February 16, 2020 - Nice dark colour, not really showing much age, just some brick on the rim, otherwise dark plum and cherry. Opaque centre. With some air, the meat, smoke, rosemary and brush, dark blackberry and currant notes as well. Super complex. Medium to full bodied. ripe but not overly so, savory blackberry and currant fruit, dry fine tannins and acidity, lovely smooth finish. This is an excellent wine, best showing since the first one (a 2003) I had around 15 years ago!
January 18, 2020 - This was a positive surprise indeed! In a perfect drinking window now, dark complex fruit intermixed with secondary notes of sweet tobacco, coffee and milk chocolate. Sweet tannins and a moderate but elegant finish. Drink now – within 10 years. 93+
April 18, 2019 - Showing it's age quite well. Leather and 'autumn' on the nose, maybe mushrooms, improved with more nuance after it had some air.
Tannic, acidity medium+, dried fruit.
Last bottle, glad I didn't wait any longer.
January 25, 2019 - A solid Hermitage, good Syrah, but a bit too developed already at this point.
Still enjoyable, albeit not for cellaring.