Musty leather on the nose, saltwater melded with dark, sweet blackberry, hints of black pepper spice, with a very earthy mushroom finish. Sweet and very robust with balanced, yet mellow tannins.
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Purchased in 2013. From memory, on the nose lots of raspberry liqueur, some earth, ? mushroom, just a hint of white pepper. Fairly fresh though with some tertiary notes. In the mouth, good fruit with a touch of resin, modest complexity, nice fruit/ acid balance, well resolved tannins, medium body, med intensity and med+ long finish.
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20 min decant (significant sediment). Nice clear ruby color. Similar to last tasting note 4 years ago. Nice rich blackberry, smoked meat flavors. Good balancing acidity. Still drinking very well. Good value.
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A good lesson in aging an inexpensive bottle ! We enjoyed this at this point. On the nose, blackberries, black olives, green herbs. Medium body, balanced acid, fairly light tannins now. Savory.
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I thought it had dried out at first, but after airing in the glass a fair amount of fruit came through. Probably a bit last it’s best—drink it up soon.
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Delicious sweet red fruit, smoke, olive flavors. In a great spot right now, no need to wait to enjoy! Paired with well seasoned burger on the grill and it was perfect.
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May be over the hill. First day was a little austere, a characteristic I often find in mid-priced Crozes-Hermitage wines. A couple of days later, the wine had picked up sourness. That dissipated some with food, but I think this one is showing its age.
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With pan sautéed wagyu eye of ribeye, roast carrot/potato medley. Opened a hour before pouring, decanted 15 minutes before pouring. Medium garnet, loosing intensity at the rim, with perhaps the slightest touch of brick. Nose is a bit muted, dark fruit maybe, with a touch of earth. Past its prime and starting to fade.
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Thinking I had only one bottle of this that I’d consumed years ago, I was surprised to find this hidden in a corner of the cellar. So glad I did! The color of a ripe purple plum at the rim with a nearly opaque core. The wow! the nose! The NOSE! Rich cassis, dark plum, driving leather, garrigue, violets, smoke and dark coffee lift from the glass distinctly and individually. Each pass of the nose is a delight. The richness on the palate with the attack is a wake up call. If your palate has been dulled and stunted with “ok”, “passable” and “satisfying” wines, then this will push all that to the side with a shout of, “Wake up! Life is too short for merely varietally correct” wines. A tint of iodine breaks through on the oh-so-long finish. Just a touch of sediment in the final pour. 13% alc. With blue cheeses (Gorgonzola, Stilton and ?) With crusty bread. Recommended leaning toward Highly Recommended.
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Still alive and if not kicking, then certainly holding it's own, dark, concentrated, well balanced of not overly complex. While stilla commercial example, it has gained local feel. #NielsenNetworks
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(tasted with a slight cold) Needs an hour of decanting to open up and lose that rubbery smell. Drink at 18C, not colder.
Nose: complex and perfume aromas of high intensity(-). Berries are not dominant although you find blackberries and raspberries. Herbs, mostly bay leaves, are present. Then you have the spices of pepper and licorice.
Palate: fresh and “cool climate” structure with noticeable acidity and tannins. Needs food. Medium+ body.
Can develop further for another 2-3 years.
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An interesting counterpoint to the Graillot Crozes from the same year. It has more life to it still, more body, more fruit, but it is at the same time simpler and less charismatic. I thought I had more than one bottle left and now I'm wishing I did
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Started tasting right out of cellar. Interesting nose. Earthy but some fruit coming out. However, on palate not much fruit. Earthy. Old world style. Slight tart fruit. Decent balance with the fruit, acid and tannins. Some spice.
Due to the fruit profile drink over the next 1-2 years.
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Enjoyed alongside an older Margaret River Shiraz from Australia, matched with slow roast lamb. The Guigal proved an elegant and beautifully structured wine, with raspberry and licorice flavours, and a long finish.
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Medium red somewhat transparent appearance. Decanted to eliminate the substantial sediment. Nose of dark fruit, tar, raw meat, pepper, spice. Smooth with medium body palate, lightly tart fruit, with a thread of minerality a bite of acid, light tannin and pepper on the finish. Better with food to deal with the acid level. Better the next day!
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Took to M's (& P) birthday celebration. Seems to be considerable bottle variate, as this one was not nearly the quality of the one I had previously. Nothing wrong, but just wasn't blended. I'll look forward to the next bottle.
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Delightful bottle. At the start of its drinking window, imo. Good balance with fruit, tannins, acidity. Perfect with food. Dark fruit, wonderful syrah.
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Nice, feel this is in a good place right now. Very smooth, everything well integrated and in balance. Perhaps not the most complex of wines, but like it for what it is.
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Juste une bonne concentration dans cette syrah. Excellent après un passage en carafe de 2-3h. Très bonne concentration et un excellent équilibre. Tapenade d'olive noires avec des fruits noirs. Une finale semi-longue avec une pointe ferreuse en finale. R RQP ****
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I have a few of these and there seems to be great bottle variation. This one was outstanding, dark, inviting, pepper and liquorice, warm mouthfeel and perfect balance. Punching well above its weight! Hopefully the others will be as good (my previous one was thin and very unattractive).
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Nice balance - nose displays blackberry and black cherry fruits, but lots of tertiary and herbal notes. Tarragon, black pepper, forest floor, cedar - these dominate after being open for an hour. Little rim variation suggests that there's still life left, and the moderate alcohol, acid, and tannin levels are well integrated. Maybe it's because of the vintage, but this is very well balanced and tasty right now!
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30 minute decant, lots of sediment. Nice nose of blackberry, smoked meat and pepper. Similar on the palate, fairly rich with nice full dark fruit flavors and some subtle secondary elements. Nicely integrated tannins, medium long finish. Drinking well now.
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Dark, red colour. On the nose cherries, blackberry, game and blackpeppar. The palet is medium acidity, medium astringency, medium+ body and a taste of plums, blackberry, leather och black peppar. Lovely wine to red meat, pommes duchesse with a taste of goat cheese and thyme roasted celeriac.
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Dark ruby, nose is gamey with some leather and black pepper. Tastes of dark red fruit, more fruit forward than herbaceous with some tannic grip at the end
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Lots of plum (with noticeable sourness) and some black pepper on the palate. Short finish. Did not evolve much over several hours of decanting. A fairly simple wine.
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Def a great wine at the $20 price range. Would buy more at that price wo question. No sediment, pop and pour is fine, plum and dark fruits, the only downfall of this wine is that it finishes kinda short, but really does taste good.
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Plush and soft with plum flavors throughout. Tad bit of spices and the classic black pepper but everything has integrated and mellowed with time. It's Somewhat simple but really lovely at this time. Drink up as its mature.
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Excellent; black fruits, lavender, flowers, tobacco, cocoa, espresso, generous but fine and well-integrated tannins, etc; all the things you hope to find in a Northern Rhone.
I got these for $20 each. It is hard to imagine that one could get such a wine for that price; and hard to imagine that everyone doesn't hoard Crozes-Hermitages. Great QPR on this one.
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Gave to CJ For her birthday December 2015. This is the last bottle and I would definitely purchase more. Excellent. The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like plum. It tastes like plum. The body is medium. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.
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Smooth and supple. This is quite shy for being Syrah from the northern Rhone. But it's also quite young. I wouldn't touch it for at least 3 or 4 years if I had more.
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A smooth operator and very well made as such; this is a syrah wine, that could join any party in the city and go unnoticed, there is no sauvage-style here, just creamy taste wine with olives, hint of bacon, sweetness from the oak and quite the polished exterior, if you consider the genre. (with PW, watching boring football)
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Well-balanced; toasty oak, coffee, fine well-integrated tannins, blackberry and pomegranate. In the middle of its drinking window now. A good deal at $19.
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The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, black currant (cassis) and plum. It tastes like oak, stoniness, black pepper, blackberry and black currant (cassis). The body is medium. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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Nice. Bit of Brett upon opening, which blows off quickly. The wine exhibits flavors of mixed black fruits, cocoa, and a smidgen of charred beef. Tannins and acidity are perfectly balanced with the other components, and I find delicate florals and moderate oak at the end.
If this bottle is representative, the wine is right in the middle of its drinking window now. Hard to find a fault with this one. Good QPR.
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took 45mins to open and was a bit acidic to start, but settled down when it open. Saved 1/2 for the second day and that it where it really came through. Less old world Syrah notes than I excepted but was really good. I'd says it will keep drinking well for 5yrs.
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Rich and savory with nice dried berry and dark plum notes. A bit of bottle age has given it depth and length, while maintaining a beam of fresh acidity.
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Improved relative to the previous bottle from over a year ago. Good peppery notes with decent fruit. Tannins are becoming much more approachable but could still use a year or two of rest. Good value.
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Nice. A bit bretty upon opening, but this blows off quickly. The wine shows aromas and flavors of blackberry, blackcurrant, dark tobacco, toffee, butterscotch, and a lingering floral perfume. The finish is moderately tannic and moderately long. An excellent value, as are Guigal Crozes-Hermitages generally.
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A lovely, elegant Syrah with captivating savory notes on the nose and a full, fruit-forward palate. This is still holding up nicely and can hang on for some years yet, though the tannins are almost imperceptible other than providing a substrate for the fruit.
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Plummy nose backed by smoky notes: wood fire and burnt toast. Tart cranberry pulls the palette through its opening gambit of more plums and blue fruit, finishing dry and tannic. Drink 2017-2019.
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Very good. Black fruits, a little white pepper, beefy, opaque, a rich feel to it. Fairly silky considering it could use a few more years. No price on the shelf and I could not convince the employee at Osco that it was not the same wine as the Guigal CdR sitting next to it on the shelf. So I got it for the 13.99 CdR price! Unfortunately there were only two left and the other 4 Oscos in the area did not have any. Some kind of beautiful mistake.
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A youthful-looking, semi-opaque, dark magenta in color, but lightening quite a bit at the edge. This needs a good hour of air time before its fruit fully emerges. Subtle, but complex aromas of crushed dark berries, sous bois and bramble on the nose. Full-bodied, rich and plush in texture. There's plenty of tangy blackberry and plum fruit character to this, along with a lively acidity. The polished finish shows good length and contains attractive notes of roasted game, crushed stone and spice. The velvety tannins are not quite fully integrated, suggesting this has quite a few years left in its prime drinking window. A very nice Northern Rhone - and at just $19, about as good a value as you are likely to find within that category. 50+5+12+16+7=90
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Rather confected and overripe both on nose and palate. prunes, stewed cherry with little acid, on a thin backbone. On day two some pepper and more structural elements emerges so maybe this will improve, but ultimately i think it is a very spoofed expression of syrah
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The color remains rather primary with bright cranberry at the rim and an opaque core. The nose evokes brined black olives, blackberry, iodine, tar, anise and licorice. On the palate, sweet dark fruits lead the attack with the other flavors falling in closely flanked by all the aspects of the bouquet. The finish is long, sweet and smoky. This is one of those wines where I wished I had packed away a couple of cases. Too bad this is my only bottle. With a shadow of sediment on the side of the bottle. 13% alc. With roast beef and cheeses. Recommended.
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A delicious full bodied Syrah, with a bouquet that explodes from the glass. Will have the rest of my bottles waiting several years to enjoy this wine for a decade. Great wine.
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Drank over three days. A lot more wine that you might expect; it drinks like north Rhone wines, Cote-Rotie in particular, that are two to three times pricier. Great nose of pepper, herbs, smoke, and charcuterie. Silky and seductive mouthfeel. Delightful attack, even better mid palate, inky, great weight and texture. Structured back and long finish. A very satisfying north Rhone for under $30.
20 min decant. Intense nose of black fruit and some pepper. Initial flavor was a bit subdued, mostly primary black fruit. After an hour of air started to open up and became much more expressive. Fine tannins, some pepper on the finish. Drinking well after an hour+ of air but will wait before opening remaining bottles.
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Dark ruby. Complex nose with dark fruits, black olives and tar. Good acidity, chalky, tart blackberries palate. Develops nicely in the glass, should improve in the next 2-3 years.
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Dark color. Aromas of red and dark fruit, herbs and evergreen needles. Medium- to full-bodied with a lovely mix of red and dark fruits, black raspberry and spice on the palate. Guessed CA CS/CF blend. Most of us agreed- a very nice wine but not at all typical of its place.
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Nice fragrance and red fruit, there's ripeness and oak here but it's controlled in my opinion and the character of the wine does show through, better in five years.
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decent nose of raspberry and cherry and cut grass or flowers. mouth was pretty flat, fruit on the front of the palette and tight tannins but not much else going on. it gained a little complexity of flavor with a couple hours of air, but still not very deep or interesting. this might improve a bit with some age or a long decant... there are some other timid flavors hiding in there.
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Lean, with lots of tobacco and earth. A friend noted "cigar ash." I'm not very familiar with Northern Rhone syrahs, but I can imagine what this is going for.
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This was a nice little wine, full of raspberry and cassis fruit and a hint of herbs... but this was mostly fruit driven. I didn't really get any Syrah character, or any sauvage elements. A bit too polished for me. Certainly well balanced, with good, easily accessible structure, but this came across and more as a well-made new-world Grenache rather than a Northern Rhone Syrah.
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Opaque rosewood core with magenta rim. Nose of raspberries and graphite. The palate is quite tart, with taut tannins and a short finish. Several hours of decanting did little to loosen this up. The wine seems decently concentrated but is too youthful to drink; I'd recommend a few years in the cellar to allow this to mellow out and develop some tertiary flavors.
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Friday Night Double Blind Tasting $40+ (Bin 75): Very dark core with thin purple rim; vanilla, juicy dark fruit, glycerin; fatter palate, Old World, hint of pepper, some grainy tannin but there is a definite Syrah plushness to it, red apple skin, redder fruit on the finish; good but lacked some harmony compared to other bottles.
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Hermitage and other N. Rhones (Jeff K's.): I really liked this wine. Great value. This is a wine to purchase in great vintages. Purple in color. Black raspberries, Five-spice powder and maybe some black olives on the nose. On the palate, chalky with black raspberries. Nice acidity. Seems like it should age a bit. I think some see this label and under value it. It can be found for under $20, great QPR.
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Very nice, I love Northern Rhones. Meaty and smokey, well balanced with dark fruit and a smooth finish. Definitely drinking well, no need to sit on this one.
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Rote Früchte, viel Säure, zwar gut eingebunden, aber dadurch wesentlich frischer, als ich ihn erwartet hätte. Dazu Holz, welches aber auch gut eingebunden ist. Mehere Stunden dekantiert, bis sich alles ineinander fügte. Ein sehr guter Wein, aber irgendwie hatte ich mir ihn anders vorgestellt. Da es mein erster Crozes-Hermitage war, kann ich nicht beurteilen, ob er so schmecken muss, eventuell gehört das ja so ...
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Monopole: Bright, ripe raspberry, blackberry puree, vibrant, juicy; medium body, intense, concentrated for this level; 2nd tasting revealed pepper, a bit more wild, garrigue notes after the Cote-Rotie. This is a spectacular Crozes, especially considering the price. Grown on the best hillside vineyards, not the plains.
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Dark color. Nice nose of red fruit. A bit shut down on opening. Plum and blackberry seem to dominate. But overall rather simple and straightforward to me. Pleasant, but nothing special.
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Closed down on the first day. Really opened up the second. Deep ruby colour. Very aromatic. White flowers, white pepper, cured meat, boysenberry, thyme and kalamatta olive. Gorgeous stuff. Everything is fleshing out nicely. Medium-full body with Medium+ acidity. This will cellar nicely, but is quite approachable now given a 1-2 hour decant. Sweet, sweet tannins. 91+
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I starten lidt kedelig næse af tjære og svovl, men derefter en superlækker duft af jordbær og hindbær samt toner af vanille og oliven? Dejlig rund smag og relativ let i smagen med fint afstemte tanniner i en god lang og let peberagtig eftersmag.
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Paired very nicely with Mr Meow's fantastic grilled venison. The marinade's Provence-inspired herbs were a great compliment to to somewhat rustic nature of this Syrah. Pepper, olive, and nice acidic streak pulled this together nicely.
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Deep dark. Wonderful fleshy nose. Tar, berries smotheness and a touch a minerals. 2 hrs decanting and large glasses does wonders . Exiting development in glass. Great wine .
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A little hot and overripe, but does bring some caper, black pepper and olive complexity. Swirling reveals some farmyard aromas. Palate comes across a bit sweet and round but is fairly structured. Not bad, but I wish it was less ripe.
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13% d'alcool, 100% Syrah Oeil : profond, opacité 7/10 Nez : très compact à l'ouverture, il a eu besoin d'un bon 90 minutes pour s'exprimer pleinement. Projection 4/10, fumé, boisé, fruits noirs compacts et confits rappelant la mûre, le cassis et la myrtille, graphite, minéral, l'élevage domine l'ensemble pour l'instant... plutôt simple à ce stade-ci Bouche : sec, ample à grasse, acidité rafraîchissante, tanins charnus+, amertume moyenne-forte marquée par l'élevage, persistance moyenne+, rétro boisée, fumée, fruitée, amère, minérale Conclusion : joli vin fortement maquillé pour le moment, mais qui semble avoir une bonne épine dorsale pour digérer ce bois et s'affiner dans les prochaines années. Intéressant. À revoir en 2015. 88-90(?)
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Munskänkarna 1-betygskurs, del 4 (Tyresö): Kraftig, tät blåröd färg. Stor doft av stall, charkuterier, björnbär, mörk choklad och lite gummi. Vissa stjälkiga toner. Fyllig, stram smak med björnbär och annan mörk frukt. Hög syra, lång men lite torr i slutet. 149kr på SB
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Nice aroma, red berry, hint of pepper, medium body, medium acidity, m+ tannic , m- after taste, a little alcohol texture while temperature increasing, it's a good wine
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Un Crozes bien typé, sur les olives et la viande fraîche. Corps relativement massif pour l'appellation, texturé, avec un fruit sucré et croquant qui rappelle le millesime. La finale me semble encore un peu brouillonne et rustique, avec une amertume un peu trop prononcée. Sans grand frisson, il s'agit d'une belle bouteille de Syrah pour le prix.
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Tuesday Night Double Blind <$30 (Bin 75): Dark purple with thin bright purple rim; candied dark berry, violet, blackberry; some good body, fairly tannic, a little black olive, lots of black pepper, rocky, long finish; broad shouldered wine in need of some more bottle age; 90+
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Clear, medium purple appearance. Pronounced nose. I had leather, and pungent farmyard smells, which should sound awful, but was really funky and good. Red fruits. On the palate, tannic, long finish. A lot of complexity and interest at this price level.
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concentrated black over red berry, green peppercorns. In the mouth the wine is juicy with flavours of black peppercorn over slight red fruit and a touch of bitterness on the finish.
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Uncorked 4 hours before serving. The 2009 E. Guigal Crozes-Hermitage is medium purple in colour with a black currant and bretty nose of mint, black olives, thyme, dark chocolate and slight smokiness. On the palate, an initial entry of black pepper and alcohol heat that unfortunately sticks out a bit before progressing to dark chocolate with underlying dark cherries and smokiness on the mid palate. Towards the end palate, tannins take over with a heavy grippy finish. Acidity, nonetheless, still does it brings out the flavours on the palate rather well.
Over time with air, the nose and palate of brettanomyces definitely starts to broaden giving the wine a tad bit of its own character. A youthful Crozes-Hermitage to be drinking now or in a few years to come - wine has a decent structure.
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Very nice everyday wine. Lacks a bit of complexity, but has a really good qpr, that makes it very price worthy. Earth, some smoke and mortardella, quite deep dark sweet fruit on the nose, with some oak clearly present. On the palate the fruit it’s a bit thin & short, but has a nice sweetness and white pepper with a medium finish. Has lost some of the power it had about six months ago, so perhaps nothing for the longer cellaring perspective. Overall a brilliant daily wine.
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The wine looks Ruby to Purple colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like Black Olives, Blackberry, Mushroom, Stoniness, and Light toast. Really nice nose. It tastes like Stoniness, dark berries, Dust, and Black Pepper. The body is Medium. The wine has Bright texture. The wine finishes Short to medium. I think this is a bit of tease for greater northern Rhone wines, which I cannot afford. I like the wine but want more of all that is good in this wine - olives and spice. Good value and would buy again.
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Smoked flesh, black olives. A touch of toasted oak. Great balance with a superb acidity. Long complex aftertaste . Happy I just got 12 more of this. Sure it will develop further 3-5 years
Dark and earthy with a bit of sage to the nose. Fruit is abundant but not well structured throughout. Peasant tannins a bit of heat on the finish. Opened some 2nd day, will hold the rest and try in a couple of years.
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The wine is pleasant, round and smooth but lacks depth. Perhaps it needed decanting or some more age. It could still be closed in like other '09's. Disappointing to me. I don't understand RP's 92 rating. Almost no tannin. Seemed one dimensional.
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Ruby red. Nose of black pepper, sage, redcurrant, smoked bacon. A bit of heat/alcohol apparent on the nose as well. Palate is medium full, with more currant and spices, quite tightly wound. Somewhat hollow in the midpalate. The finish shows smooth and pleasant tannins but showing a fair degree of heat and finishes very abruptly without any reel perseverance. Day two it has filled out a little in the midpalate and aftertaste, but it remains completely monolithic and not very interesting. Maybe it is shut down and will improve, for now i dont understand the RP note on this one!
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Bright aromas of floral mixed berries with undertones of earthen black pepper and smoked game. Ripe, yet fresh dark fruit leads on the medium bodied palate, later adding to notes of violets, cured meats, and dried herbs. The finish persists with tart red fruited acidity, olive brine, and cigar box. Drinking very well now, but continuously got better with air. Wouldn't hesitate to keep these in the cellar for a few years. Hold. R&M89
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Pretty opaque, dark, bloody color. Quite fruity and opulent nose with meaty aromas, some smoke, hints of dried Mediterranean herbs and a hint of floral perfume with underlying hints of toasted oak and savory wood. On the palate the wine feels medium-bodied, quite tightly-knit and rather acid-driven. The flavors are dry, but also very juicy and supple with tasty notes of ripe blackberries, sour cherries, subtle black-pepper driven spice, hints of herbal bitterness, floral nuances of violets and a touch of smoke. The rich fruit seems to overwhelm that little oak lingering in the background, making the wine seem varietally really pure and clean-cut. The tannins are quite firm and grippy, giving the wine lovely structure and intensity along with the relatively high acidity. The peppery spice character becomes more dominant towards the finish, leaving a long and pleasant aftertaste of peppercorn, cherry, some cranberry, a little smoke and faint oak hints of vanilla and dry wood in the form of pencil shavings.
Quite polished effort for a Crozes-Hermitages, but also one that is very impressive and serious one. True to the region's style, this is not a big and bold Syrah - even when it is from a hot vintage - but instead a fresh, balanced and powerful with lovely intensity. Obviously very food-friendly and although drinking very nicely now, I can see this one developing for a handful of years in a cellar. Good value at 17,07€.
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Appearance: Ruby red. Lots of residue at the bottom of the bottle. Smell: Strawberries, cherries and some pepper. Taste: Somewhat drawn ack and unbalanced between fruit and acidity. Not nearly as good as the last bottle. Could this be the infamous Syrah tunnel? Will wait until 2015 before another bottle is opened.
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Var riktigt nyfiken på detta med tanke på hur uppskrivet det är. Fin doft av björnbär, nymalen vitpeppar, chark och lite rökigt. Fin stunns i tanninerna och bra syra men känns inte speciellt behagligt i smaken. Faktiskt lite av en besvikelse utifrån förväntningarna. Givetvis prisvärt, men inte mer än så.
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Crimson-purple; blackberries, blueberries, smoked meat, herbs, iodine; berry/cherry, medium body, good acidity, firm ripe tannins, decent finish. Shiraz-like notes of bacon/smoked meat, blackberries and spice but also herbs and minerals. Food-friendly acidity and somewhat harsh tannins. Agree with AlexGarner's note that it never seemed to settle or harmonize.
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Nice nose of plum, oak, and dark cherry. Smooth attack, dark berries, thyme and black pepper. Medium length and pleasant. Goes very well with red meat and spicy dishes.
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Once the wine has had a chance to open up, there is a dark core of black fruits and fragrant dried herbs. The minerality of the wine is given away with the wet rock and caper elements and there is also a pleasant earthyness of compost.
The palette is initially acidic but very quickly becomes tannic and is interesting, with the battle between the darker fruits and the bright, chewy mouthfeel never really being settled.
The finish has a little bitterness and is a bit too forward for my liking, although that could just be bottle variation. I don't have any more of these, so I'll read further reviews with great interest.
Probably not a wine for the long term, but is still probably a year off from its optimum drinking window.
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White pepper and cherries on the nose. Decanted for 2 hours. Initially a lot of fruit but unfortunately fading quickly. Quite thin at the end. Hopefully gets better with time, I´m not sure though...
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This is a really good wine at this level, from a great vintage in the region. Guigal always deliver, and this is no exception. A good everyday drinking wine, with good and powerful Syrah fruit. White pepper and lovely tannins!
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Fruity nose with some cinnamon. Still fresh on the attack. Nice strawberry and red cherry fruit with pronounced - but pleasant -young tannins. Hints of cinnamon, nutmeg and white pepper and slightly floral notes of roses. Length and after-palate are insignificant. A drinkable and pleasant companion.
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Swe: en elegant doft av friskhet med inslag av viol. Smaken är frisk och fruktig med inslag av granatäpple. Väl avvägda taniner och bra karaktär. Ngt pepprig ton som ger bra tryck i eftersmaken. Spännande och se vad som händer om 5-8 år.
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The 2009s are a cracking vintage, and this is one of my favourite of the bunch, and what amazing value. With a nose of back olives, raspberry leaf and blue fruits, this wine is super-interesting and layered. The palette has a nice spicy richness and great acidic balance with a long liquorice finish.
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11/11/2023 - PrivateJenkins Likes this wine: 88 Points
Musty leather on the nose, saltwater melded with dark, sweet blackberry, hints of black pepper spice, with a very earthy mushroom finish. Sweet and very robust with balanced, yet mellow tannins.
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8/26/2023 - StevieW Likes this wine:
Purchased in 2013. From memory, on the nose lots of raspberry liqueur, some earth, ? mushroom, just a hint of white pepper. Fairly fresh though with some tertiary notes. In the mouth, good fruit with a touch of resin, modest complexity, nice fruit/ acid balance, well resolved tannins, medium body, med intensity and med+ long finish.
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12/16/2022 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 85 Points
Faceless but good with Friday pizza.
A neither warm nor cold clime Syrah with avpleasant vibe to it.
Very much as expected.
If you have btls, no need to be stressed even if this wine is never going to surprise anyone.
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5/2/2021 - DoctoraK Likes this wine: 90 Points
I love this wine, but don’t hold any longer!
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4/18/2021 - tadams66 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Again, this is in a great place. Wonderful structure, fruit, and finish. Enjoy.
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3/5/2021 - wayfarer Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nice, dark berry, earth, light spice. Well integrated tannin, ready to go and probably not getting better.
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2/4/2021 - ccarter5181 wrote: 90 Points
20 min decant (significant sediment). Nice clear ruby color. Similar to last tasting note 4 years ago. Nice rich blackberry, smoked meat flavors. Good balancing acidity. Still drinking very well. Good value.
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10/23/2020 - swiftr wrote: 84 Points
Goodish light Syrah, with a bit of fruit but no depth or complexity. No off-tastes. A decent Australian at the same price would be much bigger.
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10/15/2020 - ChristyLeighNY wrote:
A good lesson in aging an inexpensive bottle ! We enjoyed this at this point. On the nose, blackberries, black olives, green herbs. Medium body, balanced acid, fairly light tannins now. Savory.
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9/4/2020 - swiftr Likes this wine: 85 Points
I thought it had dried out at first, but after airing in the glass a fair amount of fruit came through. Probably a bit last it’s best—drink it up soon.
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8/25/2020 - no leashes wrote: 91 Points
Delicious sweet red fruit, smoke, olive flavors. In a great spot right now, no need to wait to enjoy! Paired with well seasoned burger on the grill and it was perfect.
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4/5/2020 - tadams66 Likes this wine: 91 Points
This is in a wonderful place. Had with roasted chicken. Well integrated with fruit and structure.
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3/30/2020 - Altonplace Likes this wine: 90 Points
Past prime
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2/27/2020 - LightDancer wrote: 84 Points
May be over the hill. First day was a little austere, a characteristic I often find in mid-priced Crozes-Hermitage wines. A couple of days later, the wine had picked up sourness. That dissipated some with food, but I think this one is showing its age.
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1/25/2020 - Lars1974 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Last bottle felt like it's declining. This one doesn't. Fully matured but with enough tannins, acidity and fruit to make it a very pleasant wine.
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7/14/2019 - bjschmitt wrote: 87 Points
With pan sautéed wagyu eye of ribeye, roast carrot/potato medley.
Opened a hour before pouring, decanted 15 minutes before pouring.
Medium garnet, loosing intensity at the rim, with perhaps the slightest touch of brick.
Nose is a bit muted, dark fruit maybe, with a touch of earth.
Past its prime and starting to fade.
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6/7/2019 - timewithwine wrote:
Thinking I had only one bottle of this that I’d consumed years ago, I was surprised to find this hidden in a corner of the cellar. So glad I did! The color of a ripe purple plum at the rim with a nearly opaque core. The wow! the nose! The NOSE! Rich cassis, dark plum, driving leather, garrigue, violets, smoke and dark coffee lift from the glass distinctly and individually. Each pass of the nose is a delight. The richness on the palate with the attack is a wake up call. If your palate has been dulled and stunted with “ok”, “passable” and “satisfying” wines, then this will push all that to the side with a shout of, “Wake up! Life is too short for merely varietally correct” wines. A tint of iodine breaks through on the oh-so-long finish. Just a touch of sediment in the final pour. 13% alc. With blue cheeses (Gorgonzola, Stilton and ?) With crusty bread. Recommended leaning toward Highly Recommended.
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5/15/2019 - beatles wrote: 89 Points
Still alive and if not kicking, then certainly holding it's own, dark, concentrated, well balanced of not overly complex. While stilla commercial example, it has gained local feel.
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2/3/2019 - Sebastian80 Likes this wine: 90 Points
(tasted with a slight cold) Needs an hour of decanting to open up and lose that rubbery smell. Drink at 18C, not colder.
Nose: complex and perfume aromas of high intensity(-). Berries are not dominant although you find blackberries and raspberries. Herbs, mostly bay leaves, are present. Then you have the spices of pepper and licorice.
Palate: fresh and “cool climate” structure with noticeable acidity and tannins. Needs food. Medium+ body.
Can develop further for another 2-3 years.
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12/20/2018 - Mwkelly2 wrote: 89 Points
An interesting counterpoint to the Graillot Crozes from the same year. It has more life to it still, more body, more fruit, but it is at the same time simpler and less charismatic. I thought I had more than one bottle left and now I'm wishing I did
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10/17/2018 - Dylan Tyler wrote: 88 Points
Started tasting right out of cellar. Interesting nose. Earthy but some fruit coming out. However, on palate not much fruit. Earthy. Old world style. Slight tart fruit. Decent balance with the fruit, acid and tannins. Some spice.
Due to the fruit profile drink over the next 1-2 years.
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8/18/2018 - Southern Wine Buff Likes this wine: 91 Points
Enjoyed alongside an older Margaret River Shiraz from Australia, matched with slow roast lamb. The Guigal proved an elegant and beautifully structured wine, with raspberry and licorice flavours, and a long finish.
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4/23/2018 - robferguson1 wrote: 90 Points
Acceptable, a little flat after a glass of cnp
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1/31/2018 - tadams66 wrote: 90 Points
Really in a nice place. Give about 1 hr.
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12/14/2017 - RichD2 wrote: 89 Points
Medium red somewhat transparent appearance. Decanted to eliminate the substantial sediment. Nose of dark fruit, tar, raw meat, pepper, spice. Smooth with medium body palate, lightly tart fruit, with a thread of minerality a bite of acid, light tannin and pepper on the finish. Better with food to deal with the acid level. Better the next day!
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12/9/2017 - Sourdough Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very smooth. Probably near peak.
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11/12/2017 - LightDancer wrote: 87 Points
Took to M's (& P) birthday celebration. Seems to be considerable bottle variate, as this one was not nearly the quality of the one I had previously. Nothing wrong, but just wasn't blended. I'll look forward to the next bottle.
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7/29/2017 - MattB72 wrote: 91 Points
Much better the second day.
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7/28/2017 - Bing57 Likes this wine: 95 Points
As for the previous bottle, dense, full, beguiling with a lot of sediment deposited in the bottle. An absolute treat on a cold winter night.
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7/14/2017 - LightDancer wrote: 91 Points
Delightful bottle. At the start of its drinking window, imo. Good balance with fruit, tannins, acidity. Perfect with food. Dark fruit, wonderful syrah.
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5/28/2017 - Ajallo Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nice, feel this is in a good place right now. Very smooth, everything well integrated and in balance. Perhaps not the most complex of wines, but like it for what it is.
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4/29/2017 - tadams66 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Needed to decant for 1 hour but this really came around. Great red fruit and structure. Good finish. Really liked this for the price.
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2/13/2017 - Vince_chip Likes this wine: 91 Points
Juste une bonne concentration dans cette syrah. Excellent après un passage en carafe de 2-3h. Très bonne concentration et un excellent équilibre. Tapenade d'olive noires avec des fruits noirs. Une finale semi-longue avec une pointe ferreuse en finale. R
RQP ****
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1/11/2017 - Bing57 Likes this wine: 95 Points
I have a few of these and there seems to be great bottle variation. This one was outstanding, dark, inviting, pepper and liquorice, warm mouthfeel and perfect balance. Punching well above its weight! Hopefully the others will be as good (my previous one was thin and very unattractive).
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12/30/2016 - Bozekt wrote: 90 Points
Nice balance - nose displays blackberry and black cherry fruits, but lots of tertiary and herbal notes. Tarragon, black pepper, forest floor, cedar - these dominate after being open for an hour. Little rim variation suggests that there's still life left, and the moderate alcohol, acid, and tannin levels are well integrated. Maybe it's because of the vintage, but this is very well balanced and tasty right now!
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12/9/2016 - Curton Likes this wine: 91 Points
Delicious.. on top right now. Herbs, fleshy, smoke and berries. Last in cellar.
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10/29/2016 - ccarter5181 wrote: 90 Points
30 minute decant, lots of sediment. Nice nose of blackberry, smoked meat and pepper. Similar on the palate, fairly rich with nice full dark fruit flavors and some subtle secondary elements. Nicely integrated tannins, medium long finish. Drinking well now.
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10/16/2016 - JohLin Likes this wine: 90 Points
Dark, red colour. On the nose cherries, blackberry, game and blackpeppar. The palet is medium acidity, medium astringency, medium+ body and a taste of plums, blackberry, leather och black peppar. Lovely wine to red meat, pommes duchesse with a taste of goat cheese and thyme roasted celeriac.
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9/8/2016 - Elycohn wrote:
Dark ruby, nose is gamey with some leather and black pepper. Tastes of dark red fruit, more fruit forward than herbaceous with some tannic grip at the end
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8/25/2016 - Curton Likes this wine: 90 Points
Cherries and smoky meat. Seems optimal now
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3/1/2016 - Slaz wrote: 89 Points
Lots of plum (with noticeable sourness) and some black pepper on the palate. Short finish. Did not evolve much over several hours of decanting. A fairly simple wine.
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2/18/2016 - Kyle_Stewart wrote: 88 Points
Def a great wine at the $20 price range. Would buy more at that price wo question. No sediment, pop and pour is fine, plum and dark fruits, the only downfall of this wine is that it finishes kinda short, but really does taste good.
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1/17/2016 - Dalex Likes this wine: 90 Points
Plush and soft with plum flavors throughout. Tad bit of spices and the classic black pepper but everything has integrated and mellowed with time. It's Somewhat simple but really lovely at this time. Drink up as its mature.
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1/15/2016 - Swaggering Beaunie wrote: 91 Points
Excellent; black fruits, lavender, flowers, tobacco, cocoa, espresso, generous but fine and well-integrated tannins, etc; all the things you hope to find in a Northern Rhone.
I got these for $20 each. It is hard to imagine that one could get such a wine for that price; and hard to imagine that everyone doesn't hoard Crozes-Hermitages. Great QPR on this one.
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1/12/2016 - Z1nnfull Likes this wine: 90 Points
Exceptional Cotes Du Rhone, especially for the $$$. Time smoothed out any rough edges.
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12/6/2015 - H. Eugene Likes this wine: 88 Points
Gave to CJ For her birthday December 2015. This is the last bottle and I would definitely purchase more. Excellent.
The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like plum. It tastes like plum. The body is medium. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.
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12/1/2015 - anna.peter Likes this wine: 91 Points
very good
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11/8/2015 - maxmanx wrote:
Decent value at $20, but would rather have the base Bedrock for the same money.
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10/15/2015 - diegopia wrote: 89 Points
Not a round powerful wine but goes perfectly with our Indian chicken dosh Murg Mussalam
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9/13/2015 - DoubleMagnum Likes this wine: 90 Points
Smooth and supple. This is quite shy for being Syrah from the northern Rhone. But it's also quite young. I wouldn't touch it for at least 3 or 4 years if I had more.
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9/9/2015 - beatles wrote: 89 Points
A smooth operator and very well made as such; this is a syrah wine, that could join any party in the city and go unnoticed, there is no sauvage-style here, just creamy taste wine with olives, hint of bacon, sweetness from the oak and quite the polished exterior, if you consider the genre. (with PW, watching boring football)
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9/7/2015 - Swaggering Beaunie Likes this wine:
Well-balanced; toasty oak, coffee, fine well-integrated tannins, blackberry and pomegranate. In the middle of its drinking window now. A good deal at $19.
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8/7/2015 - Raders Likes this wine: 88 Points
The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, black currant (cassis) and plum. It tastes like oak, stoniness, black pepper, blackberry and black currant (cassis). The body is medium. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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7/28/2015 - Swaggering Beaunie Likes this wine: 88 Points
Nice. Bit of Brett upon opening, which blows off quickly. The wine exhibits flavors of mixed black fruits, cocoa, and a smidgen of charred beef. Tannins and acidity are perfectly balanced with the other components, and I find delicate florals and moderate oak at the end.
If this bottle is representative, the wine is right in the middle of its drinking window now. Hard to find a fault with this one. Good QPR.
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7/26/2015 - MattB72 wrote: 91 Points
took 45mins to open and was a bit acidic to start, but settled down when it open. Saved 1/2 for the second day and that it where it really came through. Less old world Syrah notes than I excepted but was really good. I'd says it will keep drinking well for 5yrs.
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7/24/2015 - pgb67 wrote: 90 Points
Rich and savory with nice dried berry and dark plum notes. A bit of bottle age has given it depth and length, while maintaining a beam of fresh acidity.
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7/16/2015 - guchl wrote: 90 Points
Good, better on day 2.
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7/14/2015 - Curton Likes this wine: 90 Points
Reliable, improves with 1-2 hours in glass to show its true depth.
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5/26/2015 - Slaz wrote: 89 Points
Improved relative to the previous bottle from over a year ago. Good peppery notes with decent fruit. Tannins are becoming much more approachable but could still use a year or two of rest. Good value.
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5/14/2015 - Swaggering Beaunie wrote: 87 Points
Coffee, chocolate, toasted oak, blackberry, and blackcurrant. Good general C-H, and good weekday drinker. Drink now.
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4/20/2015 - Swaggering Beaunie Likes this wine:
Nice. A bit bretty upon opening, but this blows off quickly. The wine shows aromas and flavors of blackberry, blackcurrant, dark tobacco, toffee, butterscotch, and a lingering floral perfume. The finish is moderately tannic and moderately long. An excellent value, as are Guigal Crozes-Hermitages generally.
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4/18/2015 - spatchmo2 Likes this wine: 90 Points
great wine for the price. Needs a bit of time to open up.
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3/4/2015 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot wrote: 89 Points
Overripe red fruit, fresh cracked black pepper. Very complex on the palate and it becomes more fruit driven toward the end.
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1/9/2015 - Brsed Likes this wine: 92 Points
Black and red fruits with licorice and white pepper. Drinking well but many years to go.
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1/8/2015 - Kevincrouch Likes this wine:
A lovely, elegant Syrah with captivating savory notes on the nose and a full, fruit-forward palate. This is still holding up nicely and can hang on for some years yet, though the tannins are almost imperceptible other than providing a substrate for the fruit.
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12/21/2014 - DaddyNeedsPow wrote: 90 Points
Plummy nose backed by smoky notes: wood fire and burnt toast. Tart cranberry pulls the palette through its opening gambit of more plums and blue fruit, finishing dry and tannic. Drink 2017-2019.
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12/18/2014 - showard wrote: 89 Points
Very good. Black fruits, a little white pepper, beefy, opaque, a rich feel to it. Fairly silky considering it could use a few more years. No price on the shelf and I could not convince the employee at Osco that it was not the same wine as the Guigal CdR sitting next to it on the shelf. So I got it for the 13.99 CdR price! Unfortunately there were only two left and the other 4 Oscos in the area did not have any. Some kind of beautiful mistake.
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12/16/2014 - Bam_Man Likes this wine: 90 Points
A youthful-looking, semi-opaque, dark magenta in color, but lightening quite a bit at the edge. This needs a good hour of air time before its fruit fully emerges. Subtle, but complex aromas of crushed dark berries, sous bois and bramble on the nose. Full-bodied, rich and plush in texture. There's plenty of tangy blackberry and plum fruit character to this, along with a lively acidity. The polished finish shows good length and contains attractive notes of roasted game, crushed stone and spice. The velvety tannins are not quite fully integrated, suggesting this has quite a few years left in its prime drinking window. A very nice Northern Rhone - and at just $19, about as good a value as you are likely to find within that category.
50+5+12+16+7=90
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12/12/2014 - mattias_hansen@hotmail.com Does not like this wine: 86 Points
Rather confected and overripe both on nose and palate. prunes, stewed cherry with little acid, on a thin backbone. On day two some pepper and more structural elements emerges so maybe this will improve, but ultimately i think it is a very spoofed expression of syrah
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12/7/2014 - timewithwine wrote:
The color remains rather primary with bright cranberry at the rim and an opaque core. The nose evokes brined black olives, blackberry, iodine, tar, anise and licorice. On the palate, sweet dark fruits lead the attack with the other flavors falling in closely flanked by all the aspects of the bouquet. The finish is long, sweet and smoky. This is one of those wines where I wished I had packed away a couple of cases. Too bad this is my only bottle. With a shadow of sediment on the side of the bottle. 13% alc. With roast beef and cheeses. Recommended.
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11/14/2014 - Curton Likes this wine: 90 Points
Enjoyable, meaty and stringent.
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10/6/2014 - rbs1 Likes this wine: 93 Points
A delicious full bodied Syrah, with a bouquet that explodes from the glass.
Will have the rest of my bottles waiting several years to enjoy this wine for a decade. Great wine.
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8/7/2014 - Motz wrote: 92 Points
Drank over three days. A lot more wine that you might expect; it drinks like north Rhone wines, Cote-Rotie in particular, that are two to three times pricier. Great nose of pepper, herbs, smoke, and charcuterie. Silky and seductive mouthfeel. Delightful attack, even better mid palate, inky, great weight and texture. Structured back and long finish. A very satisfying north Rhone for under $30.
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7/13/2014 - Mootsie Likes this wine: 88 Points
Barnyard nose. Dark fruit, earth, subtle spice. Smooth, restrained.
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6/6/2014 - ccarter5181 wrote: 89 Points
20 min decant. Intense nose of black fruit and some pepper. Initial flavor was a bit subdued, mostly primary black fruit. After an hour of air started to open up and became much more expressive. Fine tannins, some pepper on the finish. Drinking well after an hour+ of air but will wait before opening remaining bottles.
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5/24/2014 - Frank&Steph wrote: 83 Points
beurk!! caoutchouc bien brulé!!!
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5/9/2014 - larsmello Likes this wine: 90 Points
Dark ruby. Complex nose with dark fruits, black olives and tar. Good acidity, chalky, tart blackberries palate. Develops nicely in the glass, should improve in the next 2-3 years.
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5/2/2014 - AllRed wrote: 91 Points
Dark color. Aromas of red and dark fruit, herbs and evergreen needles. Medium- to full-bodied with a lovely mix of red and dark fruits, black raspberry and spice on the palate. Guessed CA CS/CF blend. Most of us agreed- a very nice wine but not at all typical of its place.
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5/1/2014 - yofog wrote: 90 Points
Nice fragrance and red fruit, there's ripeness and oak here but it's controlled in my opinion and the character of the wine does show through, better in five years.
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4/26/2014 - mdefreitas wrote: 90 Points
A bit better than my last bottle. Still fruit driven, but this seemed to have a more meaty and beefy quality. In general, a bit more going on.
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4/18/2014 - andrewdodd86 Likes this wine: 89 Points
liked it, simple nice wine
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4/15/2014 - rrmcnees Likes this wine: 87 Points
decent nose of raspberry and cherry and cut grass or flowers. mouth was pretty flat, fruit on the front of the palette and tight tannins but not much else going on. it gained a little complexity of flavor with a couple hours of air, but still not very deep or interesting. this might improve a bit with some age or a long decant... there are some other timid flavors hiding in there.
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4/14/2014 - reubenshapcott wrote:
Lean, with lots of tobacco and earth. A friend noted "cigar ash." I'm not very familiar with Northern Rhone syrahs, but I can imagine what this is going for.
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3/30/2014 - mdefreitas wrote: 88 Points
This was a nice little wine, full of raspberry and cassis fruit and a hint of herbs... but this was mostly fruit driven. I didn't really get any Syrah character, or any sauvage elements. A bit too polished for me. Certainly well balanced, with good, easily accessible structure, but this came across and more as a well-made new-world Grenache rather than a Northern Rhone Syrah.
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3/21/2014 - Aleandrose wrote:
Needs to age. Beautiful color. Deep purple. Elegant but nose was flat and tastes were difficult to identify.
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3/7/2014 - NineteenEightyTwo Likes this wine: 89 Points
Opaque rosewood core with magenta rim. Nose of raspberries and graphite. The palate is quite tart, with taut tannins and a short finish. Several hours of decanting did little to loosen this up. The wine seems decently concentrated but is too youthful to drink; I'd recommend a few years in the cellar to allow this to mellow out and develop some tertiary flavors.
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3/1/2014 - richardkim wrote: 89 Points
Hoisin, tar and racy acidity. A bit closed at first but once it opens up it's a fun wine for northern rhone fans. Good value.
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2/21/2014 - Rezy13 wrote: 88 Points
Friday Night Double Blind Tasting $40+ (Bin 75): Very dark core with thin purple rim; vanilla, juicy dark fruit, glycerin; fatter palate, Old World, hint of pepper, some grainy tannin but there is a definite Syrah plushness to it, red apple skin, redder fruit on the finish; good but lacked some harmony compared to other bottles.
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2/13/2014 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 91 Points
Hermitage and other N. Rhones (Jeff K's.): I really liked this wine. Great value. This is a wine to purchase in great vintages. Purple in color. Black raspberries, Five-spice powder and maybe some black olives on the nose. On the palate, chalky with black raspberries. Nice acidity. Seems like it should age a bit. I think some see this label and under value it. It can be found for under $20, great QPR.
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1/25/2014 - hdchappy Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very nice, I love Northern Rhones. Meaty and smokey, well balanced with dark fruit and a smooth finish. Definitely drinking well, no need to sit on this one.
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1/20/2014 - Vino Me wrote: 88 Points
100% Syrah from vines that average 35 years old. 13% alcohol. Some iodine and citrus notes. 88 points
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1/17/2014 - hcl-1 wrote: 87 Points
Rote Früchte, viel Säure, zwar gut eingebunden, aber dadurch wesentlich frischer, als ich ihn erwartet hätte. Dazu Holz, welches aber auch gut eingebunden ist. Mehere Stunden dekantiert, bis sich alles ineinander fügte. Ein sehr guter Wein, aber irgendwie hatte ich mir ihn anders vorgestellt. Da es mein erster Crozes-Hermitage war, kann ich nicht beurteilen, ob er so schmecken muss, eventuell gehört das ja so ...
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1/16/2014 - Pedroel Likes this wine: 89 Points
very nice the first night, but a definite drop off on the second. Maybe past its peak. Former score was 90.
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1/16/2014 - peternelson wrote: 91 Points
Monopole: Bright, ripe raspberry, blackberry puree, vibrant, juicy; medium body, intense, concentrated for this level; 2nd tasting revealed pepper, a bit more wild, garrigue notes after the Cote-Rotie. This is a spectacular Crozes, especially considering the price. Grown on the best hillside vineyards, not the plains.
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1/15/2014 - Sourdough Likes this wine: 87 Points
Dark color. Nice nose of red fruit. A bit shut down on opening. Plum and blackberry seem to dominate. But overall rather simple and straightforward to me. Pleasant, but nothing special.
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1/10/2014 - J0R0 Likes this wine:
Deep in color. Fruit forward nose. Would not have guessed French if drinking blind. Very approachable with not a lot of structure.
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1/10/2014 - Hjellen wrote: 74 Points
Kjedelig, stram og lite fylde. Overraskende dårlig rett og slett, styr unna!!
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1/8/2014 - RogerG wrote:
Sort of funny taste. Not quite skunky but odd.
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1/5/2014 - shaftlet Likes this wine: 91 Points
Closed down on the first day. Really opened up the second. Deep ruby colour. Very aromatic. White flowers, white pepper, cured meat, boysenberry, thyme and kalamatta olive. Gorgeous stuff. Everything is fleshing out nicely. Medium-full body with Medium+ acidity. This will cellar nicely, but is quite approachable now given a 1-2 hour decant. Sweet, sweet tannins. 91+
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12/26/2013 - Dinamarca Likes this wine: 90 Points
I starten lidt kedelig næse af tjære og svovl, men derefter en superlækker duft af jordbær og hindbær samt toner af vanille og oliven? Dejlig rund smag og relativ let i smagen med fint afstemte tanniner i en god lang og let peberagtig eftersmag.
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12/18/2013 - WMWG wrote:
No formal notes although this seemed closed down at the moment.
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12/14/2013 - Haggis Likes this wine: 89 Points
Paired very nicely with Mr Meow's fantastic grilled venison. The marinade's Provence-inspired herbs were a great compliment to to somewhat rustic nature of this Syrah. Pepper, olive, and nice acidic streak pulled this together nicely.
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12/14/2013 - jpasmore wrote: 87 Points
A little thin, doesn't help that we drank a pretty rich cab just prior to popping this. Would try again.
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11/16/2013 - Curton Likes this wine: 91 Points
Deep dark. Wonderful fleshy nose. Tar, berries smotheness and a touch a minerals. 2 hrs decanting and large glasses does wonders . Exiting development in glass. Great wine .
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10/23/2013 - Wine Canuck wrote: 88 Points
A little hot and overripe, but does bring some caper, black pepper and olive complexity. Swirling reveals some farmyard aromas. Palate comes across a bit sweet and round but is fairly structured. Not bad, but I wish it was less ripe.
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10/7/2013 - kosmik Likes this wine: 88 Points
13% d'alcool, 100% Syrah
Oeil : profond, opacité 7/10
Nez : très compact à l'ouverture, il a eu besoin d'un bon 90 minutes pour s'exprimer pleinement. Projection 4/10, fumé, boisé, fruits noirs compacts et confits rappelant la mûre, le cassis et la myrtille, graphite, minéral, l'élevage domine l'ensemble pour l'instant... plutôt simple à ce stade-ci
Bouche : sec, ample à grasse, acidité rafraîchissante, tanins charnus+, amertume moyenne-forte marquée par l'élevage, persistance moyenne+, rétro boisée, fumée, fruitée, amère, minérale
Conclusion : joli vin fortement maquillé pour le moment, mais qui semble avoir une bonne épine dorsale pour digérer ce bois et s'affiner dans les prochaines années. Intéressant. À revoir en 2015. 88-90(?)
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10/1/2013 - larseman Likes this wine: 87 Points
Munskänkarna 1-betygskurs, del 4 (Tyresö): Kraftig, tät blåröd färg.
Stor doft av stall, charkuterier, björnbär, mörk choklad och lite gummi. Vissa stjälkiga toner.
Fyllig, stram smak med björnbär och annan mörk frukt. Hög syra, lång men lite torr i slutet.
149kr på SB
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9/28/2013 - allencbk wrote: 86 Points
Nice aroma, red berry, hint of pepper, medium body, medium acidity, m+ tannic , m- after taste, a little alcohol texture while temperature increasing, it's a good wine
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9/12/2013 - ludwigbpm wrote: 90 Points
Un Crozes bien typé, sur les olives et la viande fraîche. Corps relativement massif pour l'appellation, texturé, avec un fruit sucré et croquant qui rappelle le millesime. La finale me semble encore un peu brouillonne et rustique, avec une amertume un peu trop prononcée. Sans grand frisson, il s'agit d'une belle bouteille de Syrah pour le prix.
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9/10/2013 - Rezy13 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Tuesday Night Double Blind <$30 (Bin 75): Dark purple with thin bright purple rim; candied dark berry, violet, blackberry; some good body, fairly tannic, a little black olive, lots of black pepper, rocky, long finish; broad shouldered wine in need of some more bottle age; 90+
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8/27/2013 - Ludwig Beethoven Likes this wine: 92 Points
Clear, medium purple appearance.
Pronounced nose. I had leather, and pungent farmyard smells, which should sound awful, but was really funky and good.
Red fruits. On the palate, tannic, long finish.
A lot of complexity and interest at this price level.
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8/24/2013 - chatters wrote:
concentrated black over red berry, green peppercorns. In the mouth the wine is juicy with flavours of black peppercorn over slight red fruit and a touch of bitterness on the finish.
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8/24/2013 - Curton Likes this wine: 90 Points
Consistent with prior notes. Great wine.
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8/18/2013 - Average Wine Guy (MH) wrote: 89 Points
Uncorked 4 hours before serving.
The 2009 E. Guigal Crozes-Hermitage is medium purple in colour with a black currant and bretty nose of mint, black olives, thyme, dark chocolate and slight smokiness. On the palate, an initial entry of black pepper and alcohol heat that unfortunately sticks out a bit before progressing to dark chocolate with underlying dark cherries and smokiness on the mid palate. Towards the end palate, tannins take over with a heavy grippy finish. Acidity, nonetheless, still does it brings out the flavours on the palate rather well.
Over time with air, the nose and palate of brettanomyces definitely starts to broaden giving the wine a tad bit of its own character. A youthful Crozes-Hermitage to be drinking now or in a few years to come - wine has a decent structure.
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8/17/2013 - Yostie Likes this wine: 90 Points
This was a great buy at $21. It has that barn yard smell and smokey taste. Yummy delish!
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8/8/2013 - naoli wrote: 80 Points
Could be very interesting but way too tanic.
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7/30/2013 - jay_hawk@yahoo.com Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted for 4 hours. Smooth, with some smokiness that complemented smoked ribs. Had some acidity and held up well to some spice.
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7/20/2013 - Ramberg wrote: 88 Points
Very nice everyday wine.
Lacks a bit of complexity, but has a really good qpr, that makes it very price worthy.
Earth, some smoke and mortardella, quite deep dark sweet fruit on the nose, with some oak clearly present.
On the palate the fruit it’s a bit thin & short, but has a nice sweetness and white pepper with a medium finish.
Has lost some of the power it had about six months ago, so perhaps nothing for the longer cellaring perspective.
Overall a brilliant daily wine.
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7/13/2013 - epiphany Likes this wine: 88 Points
The wine looks Ruby to Purple colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like Black Olives, Blackberry, Mushroom, Stoniness, and Light toast. Really nice nose. It tastes like Stoniness, dark berries, Dust, and Black Pepper. The body is Medium. The wine has Bright texture. The wine finishes Short to medium. I think this is a bit of tease for greater northern Rhone wines, which I cannot afford. I like the wine but want more of all that is good in this wine - olives and spice. Good value and would buy again.
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6/29/2013 - Curton Likes this wine: 90 Points
Smoked flesh, black olives. A touch of toasted oak. Great balance with a superb acidity. Long complex aftertaste . Happy I just got 12 more of this. Sure it will develop further 3-5 years
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6/7/2013 - ddmhunter wrote: 89 Points
Dark and earthy with a bit of sage to the nose. Fruit is abundant but not well structured throughout. Peasant tannins a bit of heat on the finish. Opened some 2nd day, will hold the rest and try in a couple of years.
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6/1/2013 - BillyT wrote: 89 Points
Agree with others, however, it did go well with blue cheese salad with walnuts and with Tomahawk Ribeye.
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5/20/2013 - GUS FIVE wrote: 82 Points
The wine is pleasant, round and smooth but lacks depth. Perhaps it needed decanting or some more age. It could still be closed in like other '09's. Disappointing to me. I don't understand RP's 92 rating. Almost no tannin. Seemed one dimensional.
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5/17/2013 - mattias_hansen@hotmail.com Does not like this wine: 87 Points
Ruby red. Nose of black pepper, sage, redcurrant, smoked bacon. A bit of heat/alcohol apparent on the nose as well. Palate is medium full, with more currant and spices, quite tightly wound. Somewhat hollow in the midpalate. The finish shows smooth and pleasant tannins but showing a fair degree of heat and finishes very abruptly without any reel perseverance. Day two it has filled out a little in the midpalate and aftertaste, but it remains completely monolithic and not very interesting. Maybe it is shut down and will improve, for now i dont understand the RP note on this one!
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5/15/2013 - Sundbyberg wrote: 87 Points
Give it 24 hours of air or a 3-4 hours decant, at a minimum.
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5/10/2013 - Curton wrote: 90 Points
Wonderful balance. A great Northern Rhone and not too tannic.
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5/3/2013 - Rob and Meg wrote: 89 Points
Bright aromas of floral mixed berries with undertones of earthen black pepper and smoked game. Ripe, yet fresh dark fruit leads on the medium bodied palate, later adding to notes of violets, cured meats, and dried herbs. The finish persists with tart red fruited acidity, olive brine, and cigar box. Drinking very well now, but continuously got better with air. Wouldn't hesitate to keep these in the cellar for a few years. Hold. R&M89
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4/27/2013 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points
Pretty opaque, dark, bloody color. Quite fruity and opulent nose with meaty aromas, some smoke, hints of dried Mediterranean herbs and a hint of floral perfume with underlying hints of toasted oak and savory wood. On the palate the wine feels medium-bodied, quite tightly-knit and rather acid-driven. The flavors are dry, but also very juicy and supple with tasty notes of ripe blackberries, sour cherries, subtle black-pepper driven spice, hints of herbal bitterness, floral nuances of violets and a touch of smoke. The rich fruit seems to overwhelm that little oak lingering in the background, making the wine seem varietally really pure and clean-cut. The tannins are quite firm and grippy, giving the wine lovely structure and intensity along with the relatively high acidity. The peppery spice character becomes more dominant towards the finish, leaving a long and pleasant aftertaste of peppercorn, cherry, some cranberry, a little smoke and faint oak hints of vanilla and dry wood in the form of pencil shavings.
Quite polished effort for a Crozes-Hermitages, but also one that is very impressive and serious one. True to the region's style, this is not a big and bold Syrah - even when it is from a hot vintage - but instead a fresh, balanced and powerful with lovely intensity. Obviously very food-friendly and although drinking very nicely now, I can see this one developing for a handful of years in a cellar. Good value at 17,07€.
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3/29/2013 - Istari wrote: 85 Points
Appearance: Ruby red. Lots of residue at the bottom of the bottle.
Smell: Strawberries, cherries and some pepper.
Taste: Somewhat drawn ack and unbalanced between fruit and acidity.
Not nearly as good as the last bottle. Could this be the infamous Syrah tunnel? Will wait until 2015 before another bottle is opened.
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3/18/2013 - Tartiflette wrote: 87 Points
Decanted just after tasting it. Lots of fresh tannins and plenty of fruit. This is excellent value, when paying only 10 Euros.
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3/15/2013 - Dsa wrote: 86 Points
Nose; olives(tapenade), thyme, dark fruits. Hollow mid-palate... A pass for me.
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3/2/2013 - FamilyLarsson wrote: 86 Points
Var riktigt nyfiken på detta med tanke på hur uppskrivet det är. Fin doft av björnbär, nymalen vitpeppar, chark och lite rökigt. Fin stunns i tanninerna och bra syra men känns inte speciellt behagligt i smaken. Faktiskt lite av en besvikelse utifrån förväntningarna. Givetvis prisvärt, men inte mer än så.
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2/25/2013 - ColinR wrote: 88 Points
Crimson-purple; blackberries, blueberries, smoked meat, herbs, iodine; berry/cherry, medium body, good acidity, firm ripe tannins, decent finish.
Shiraz-like notes of bacon/smoked meat, blackberries and spice but also herbs and minerals. Food-friendly acidity and somewhat harsh tannins. Agree with AlexGarner's note that it never seemed to settle or harmonize.
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2/23/2013 - Sundbyberg wrote: 89 Points
Quite a bargain, with very typical syrah notes.
Great wine for those who wish to experience a good syrah at a very reasonable price.
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2/16/2013 - Fantomas Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nice nose of plum, oak, and dark cherry. Smooth attack, dark berries, thyme and black pepper. Medium length and pleasant. Goes very well with red meat and spicy dishes.
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2/15/2013 - AlexGarner Likes this wine:
Once the wine has had a chance to open up, there is a dark core of black fruits and fragrant dried herbs. The minerality of the wine is given away with the wet rock and caper elements and there is also a pleasant earthyness of compost.
The palette is initially acidic but very quickly becomes tannic and is interesting, with the battle between the darker fruits and the bright, chewy mouthfeel never really being settled.
The finish has a little bitterness and is a bit too forward for my liking, although that could just be bottle variation. I don't have any more of these, so I'll read further reviews with great interest.
Probably not a wine for the long term, but is still probably a year off from its optimum drinking window.
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2/14/2013 - Mon Cellier wrote: 88 Points
Difficile à définir son arôme. À un goût qui varie. Le cerner est une aventure.
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2/13/2013 - mikdal wrote: 88 Points
White pepper and cherries on the nose. Decanted for 2 hours. Initially a lot of fruit but unfortunately fading quickly. Quite thin at the end.
Hopefully gets better with time, I´m not sure though...
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2/9/2013 - Ramberg wrote: 88 Points
This is a really good wine at this level, from a great vintage in the region.
Guigal always deliver, and this is no exception.
A good everyday drinking wine, with good and powerful Syrah fruit.
White pepper and lovely tannins!
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12/1/2012 - Istari wrote: 91 Points
Nose: Red fruit, black olives, some herbs and iron. Taste: Good acidity and firm tannins. Very drinkable and lovable. I'm glad I bought 12 of these!
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11/30/2012 - philippe920 wrote:
Accord : Viandes rouges, gibiers, et fromages.
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9/25/2012 - Fantomas wrote: 88 Points
Fruity nose with some cinnamon. Still fresh on the attack. Nice strawberry and red cherry fruit with pronounced - but pleasant -young tannins. Hints of cinnamon, nutmeg and white pepper and slightly floral notes of roses. Length and after-palate are insignificant. A drinkable and pleasant companion.
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8/30/2012 - greven83 wrote: 90 Points
Swe: en elegant doft av friskhet med inslag av viol. Smaken är frisk och fruktig med inslag av granatäpple. Väl avvägda taniner och bra karaktär. Ngt pepprig ton som ger bra tryck i eftersmaken. Spännande och se vad som händer om 5-8 år.
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8/25/2012 - startinoz wrote: 92 Points
Much more pronounced tannins than the other wines in this range. Not that they are intrusive in any way. 92++
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8/25/2012 - AlexGarner Likes this wine: 95 Points
The 2009s are a cracking vintage, and this is one of my favourite of the bunch, and what amazing value. With a nose of back olives, raspberry leaf and blue fruits, this wine is super-interesting and layered. The palette has a nice spicy richness and great acidic balance with a long liquorice finish.
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6/24/2012 - didij wrote: 89 Points
Spicy, liquorice, dark berry with good tanins. Gains to be opened a while before drinking.
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