2006 Delas Frères Crozes-Hermitage Domaine des Grands Chemins

Community Tasting Notes (43) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  5/7/2020 - acheng wrote: 90 Points

  My last bottle. Similar notes. Nutmeg, spice, and bacon. Getting leaner with sharper acidity than yesteryears.

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  8/15/2018 - SandmanRT wrote: flawed

  Three bottles opened one after another. All had volatile acidity flaw, smelled like turpentine, the one least affected was very corked. None was close to drinkability, even if one were to accept a less than perfect wine. What is annoying is that a bottle of Les Clos 2001 Delas Freres Crozes Hermitages opened today too also smelled of turpentine. A 2007 Chateaneuf du Pape Haut Pierre of Delas Freres also opened today is drinkable and needs overnight breathing to better judge tomorrow. In all my time of collecting and storing fine wines of over twenty years, I have had volatile acidity once prior and now four bottles from two vintages from the same producer is s bit much.

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  4/20/2014 - kosmik Likes this wine: 90 Points

  12,5% d'alcool, 100% Syrah
  Oeil : opacité 6/10, forte viscosité, larmes très lentes en parois, aucune trace d'évolution à l'oeil
  Nez : projection d'intensité 4/10, frais, fruité rappelant la framboise et mûre fraîche, fleurs rappelant la violette et la pivoine, touche épicé sur le poivre long, la cannelle et la muscade, pointe de résine, café, chocolat, touche viandée, boisée et de torréfaction, tout ça en équilibre, juste assez de tout mais sans trop sur aucun de ces aspects, superbe nez
  Bouche : sec, ample, acidité rafraîchissante, tanins encore charnus et fins, amertume moyenne, persistance moyenne-longue, rétro fruitée, épicée, boisée, florale, végétale, avec un petit quelque chose d'aérien fort agréable
  Conclusion : excellent, d'un superbe équilibre tant au nez qu'en bouche, il tiendra encore quelques années, mais par ailleurs excellent dès maintenant. Notre dernière.
  90-91

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  2/10/2012 - godx wrote: 88 Points

  No formal notes. Very good.

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  12/18/2011 - acheng wrote: 90 Points

  Served as part of a blind tasting of shiraz/syrah. Stood out immediately. Floral nose and sweet tobacco that is quite fetching. In the mouth a bit lean compared with the other new world shiraz in the tasting. Excellent drink.

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