Thomas’s Northern Rhone extravaganza (Cabotte): Characterful nose, with powdery bright red fruit, increasingly expansive and floral with air. A torrent of forest fruit on the palate, and some darker violet-ish notes too, yet all held well in check. Really tasty. My #4 wine tonight, and the group's #5.
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Syrah at Cabotte (Cabotte): Super brambley, super earthy on the nose. Surprising seam of acidity and also surprisingly mature fruit (or rather, primary/tertiary) profile. Tannis still very grippy. Really vivacious but for me it feels a bit like the fruit is advancing more quickly than the acidity and tannins are; i’m not convinced that this’ll make old bones. A little bit in the ‘neither here nor there’ stage.
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Grateful for samples from Tim. Tasted blind. About 2-3 hours of air in Voss bottle already. Drank in Grassl Cru. High toned nose, with whole bunch stems, floral violets, black pepper spices, olives, red fruits, mintiness, wild character. Palate fresh and good acidity. Silky medium+ tannins on a medium+ body. Slight green minty herbs to the medium+ finish. Very good quality. Silky elegant Cornas.
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4/5/2024 - NickA Likes this wine: 94 Points
Thomas’s Northern Rhone extravaganza (Cabotte): Characterful nose, with powdery bright red fruit, increasingly expansive and floral with air. A torrent of forest fruit on the palate, and some darker violet-ish notes too, yet all held well in check. Really tasty. My #4 wine tonight, and the group's #5.
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4/5/2024 - Jamieson12o Likes this wine: 92 Points
Syrah at Cabotte (Cabotte): Super brambley, super earthy on the nose. Surprising seam of acidity and also surprisingly mature fruit (or rather, primary/tertiary) profile. Tannis still very grippy. Really vivacious but for me it feels a bit like the fruit is advancing more quickly than the acidity and tannins are; i’m not convinced that this’ll make old bones. A little bit in the ‘neither here nor there’ stage.
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3/13/2024 - etyc Likes this wine:
Nice... more floral & elegant than the Robert Michel... just found it a bit "straightforward"...
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3/13/2024 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 92 Points
Grateful for samples from Tim. Tasted blind. About 2-3 hours of air in Voss bottle already. Drank in Grassl Cru.
High toned nose, with whole bunch stems, floral violets, black pepper spices, olives, red fruits, mintiness, wild character.
Palate fresh and good acidity. Silky medium+ tannins on a medium+ body. Slight green minty herbs to the medium+ finish.
Very good quality. Silky elegant Cornas.
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3/4/2024 - astroman wrote: 92 Points
Dinner with Franck Balthazar (Skai): From a magnum, rose, violet, touch of game, med body, full tannins, med acid touch jammy on the back
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