Community Tasting Notes 9

• MrOctoberfest Likes this wine:

  March 30, 2023 - This was very nice with strip steak, but this presents as a very modern interpretation of Cote Rotie. It doesn't have much of the savage character that I like in aged syrah, and it comes across as very polished with too much vanilla and spice.

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• Raage Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 16, 2023 - (CDV)
  Comment dire, c'est bon, certes, c'est une jolie CR dans la fleur de l'age, sans dureté, assez souple et parfumée, solaire, entre cassis et violette, un peu lardée-fumée, fraiche en finale. J'ai toujours un peu peur du bois avec P. Gaillard, et j'avoue que c'etait fondu.
  En fait, tout y est en demi-mesure,on est en Rhone nord, on a la finesse, mais... un petit mais, il nous manquait la petite folie, la pureté, l'énergie et la profondeur des grandes syrah évoluées.
  2/3 ans de trop ? Possible aussi...

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• mtarrant003 Likes this wine: 92 points

  July 19, 2020 - Decanted an hour before drinking. Dark purple in appearance with the first signs of age appearing on the rim. Dark fruits with a touch of vanilla and spice on the nose. There is still plenty of fruit on the palate but also secondary flavours and with time in the glass a medicinal flavour which is very pleasant. This wine is very well balanced and is lovely and smooth on the palate. Absolutely delicious and still has plenty of time left.

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• vinero wrote: flawed

  March 13, 2020 - Corked

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• Mascarello59 Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 12, 2017 - Dark fruit, white pepper and other spices and a whiff of smokey sausage. On the palate nice fruit, good acidity levels and well integrated soft tannin which gives the whole a certain elegance and a very good balance. Overall better than expected. Fabulous wine! This drinks very well now and another 3-5 years.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Pierre Gaillard
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation Rose Pourpre
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Côte-Rôtie

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• In Cellars 69 (35%)
• Consumed 129 (65%)

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