2012 Domaine du Murinais Crozes-Hermitage Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (22) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  3/31/2024 - lake.vino Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This is a strong example of Crozes at its best. And for me, it is pretty close to peak drinking. Nose blackberry, olives, a bit of animale, a bit of lavender floral notes, heavy black pepper. Palate incredibly balanced - still showing fruit, but lots of secondary development of cacao, pepper, herbal and olive notes. Plenty of acid, plenty of fruit, great mineral, tannins largely resolved and integrated, though still very present. Hits way above appelation and price point. Paired wonderfully with gigot de sept heures for the holiday.

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  5/1/2023 - Raage wrote: 89 Points

  (37,5cl)
  Finalement avec le temps il a plutôt bien évolué, s’est assagi en perdant de sa rusticité et de son côté m’as-tu-vu.
  Le nez puissant de syrah bien ensoleillée possédait ce charme rhodanien typique : violette, mûre, cassis, avec du poivre et un côté végétal (rafles?), un pointe animale, camphrée. Tout cela là que je. Peu de pureté.
  La bouche est chaleureuse mais pas très massive, il reste qq tanins qui manquent de finesse; à la fin, une certaine fraîcheur rappelle que la syrah reste un cépage acidulé, surtout sur Crozes!

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  5/2/2022 - Francophile Likes this wine: 89 Points

  A little past its window but still drinking well and a nice Syrah.

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  3/28/2021 - pinoteer Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Best, and last, bottle. Vinturi'd into a glass and it was ready to go. Still, it improved with more time in the glass. Black berries, plums, olives, black pepper, bacon...this is just classic Syrah. Medium- tannins and medium- acidity. Nice finish. Prime drinking and can only go downhill from here. This bottle is just outstanding tonight. I could become a Northern Rhone fan based on this bottle alone.

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  1/2/2021 - pinoteer Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Providing this note a few day after initially opening this bottle and drinking a glass. This one needed a day in the frig after opening. Otherwise, an overwhelming animal funk/ Brett aspect persisted the first night (even after several decanter hours). Now, it's much more like the first bottle that we drank earlier this year. A good mix of fruit and other Syrah-typical flavors (olives, black pepper, meatiness).

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