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1989 Marc Sorrel Hermitage Le Gréal
Syrah
- France
- Rhône
- Northern Rhône
- Hermitage
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Community Tasting Notes 37
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Ben F Likes this wine: 93 points
May 20, 2023 - Dinner at Home, Mill Valley, CA. From 750ml purchased from Chambers St Wines a number of years ago. Popped and poured.
Beautiful out of the gate. Lovely mature No. Rhone syrah, with age having softened, but not eliminated, the signature granite stern-ness of Hermitage. Definitely pulling towards burgundy with age. -
Richard P Howden Likes this wine: 93 points
April 18, 2023 - Dinner at La Boheme with the Crew (Palo Alto): Took a few hours to open. Very pretty nose of strawberries, cherries, olives, mint - the nose is its best feature. Strengthening palate, well balanced, excellent poise good fruit. Not a powerful wine but good depth. I like it, probably much better with a long decant.
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aagrawal wrote: 92 points
April 18, 2023 - Dinner with the wine group (La Bohème, Palo Alto): Aromatic, elegant, lovely spices, red fruited; palate is medium bodied, medium acidity, medium alcohol, good blend of fruit and maturity; fresh and medium length finish. Lovely aged hermitage. 92
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CHINACAT wrote: 95 points
November 30, 2022 - Dark ripe fruit, smoky and briny, with a silky texture and plenty of length and complexity. At or close to peak. A stellar bottle.
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Sotto325 wrote: 94 points
April 4, 2022 - The elegant and more feminine side of beautiful Hermitage; a soft velvet, mellifluous, long passage to the end of the palate, and consumed not a moment too. Soon. A lush nose of woody dark cherry, brambly forest tones, whiff of sweet forest scents, followed by a perfectly blended dark red layered cherry and blackberry with a hint of smoke and moist wood. Burgundian. Do not decant.
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By Richard Jennings
6/15/2007 (link) 93 points(Marc Sorrel Hermitage Le Gréal) Upfront merde nose; big, black fruit, Syrah, pepper palate; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1989
- Type Red
- Producer Marc Sorrel
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Le Gréal
- Country France
- Region Rhône
- SubRegion Northern Rhône
- Appellation Hermitage
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (0%)
- In Cellars 190 (55%)
- Consumed 154 (45%)
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- ProducerMarc Sorrel
- VarietySyrah
- CountryFrance
- RegionRhône
- SubRegionNorthern Rhône
- AppellationHermitage
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