Community Tasting Notes 17

• gris Likes this wine: 92 points

  October 3, 2019 - Intense nose of dark cherry, strawberry and even cranberry. A touch of candied fruit on palate. While blind group started with the assumption that it was a Northern Rhone, there was split with half calling it a ripe year Burgundy. Not the most complex, but still going strong. No hurry to drink up. 12% stated alcohol.

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• dlduchon Likes this wine: 86 points

  August 7, 2017 - Enjoyable, funky Syrah. At first I perceived a bit of VA but it dissipated. To me this tasted like a Syrah made in a beaujolais style, which enjoyed. The wine was holding up for its age and style. I would not have guessed this was a syrah. B

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• tdelorme wrote:

  September 8, 2014 - This is a tremendous value at under 20 dollars a bottle. I can't think of a better value in a Syrah. Overall, it is in a great place -- shows very well and no need to wait on these. Savage and meaty aromatics. I think it shows some of the ripeness of the vintage -- but balanced and beautiful -- dark blue fruit, olive and bacon. Lush and velvety -- really delivers well above the price point. Sadly, this is the last of my 2007s.

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• wormfarmer wrote: 90 points

  April 3, 2012 - What a difference a few years make. I had this wine a couple years back and remember it being an utter flop: unstructured, tart, and stemmy. The reason I had a second bottle left is because I've half-feared opening it up ever since the first one. Now, though? It has a touch of its earlier funk, but it's resolved into something really clear and expressive: blackberries and bacon and Butterschmalz and olives. (There are hints of something floral about 30-45 minutes in, but mostly it's darker and danker than that; also, at one point, the stemminess returned -- no longer unpleasant, it almost suggested some Cab Franc had been thrown into the mix.)

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• DHJ1968 wrote:

  July 9, 2011 - This has developed nicely with another 2 years of bottle age, now showing a well balanced profile of streamlined black fruit, bloody meat and fresh cracked black pepper. Delicious stuff and an incredible value.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type Red
• Producer Pierre Gonon
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation Les Iles Feray
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Ardèche

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• In Cellars 11 (19%)
• Consumed 46 (81%)

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