Sweet blackberries, kirsch, earth, chocolate shavings, brown spices and lots of fresh herbs. Clearly built with the great Northern Rhones in mind, this has quite an elegant posture, lovely acidity, integrating tannines, some transparency and a wonderful balance between richesse and coolness.
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I shouldn’t have decanted an hour b4 meal. It tasted great, but I left 1/3 of it in the bottle and put a cork in it. After we finished the decanted portion, I poured the remainder in our glasses and it was much better. Our last bottle, but I suggest opening it an hour before and tasting it. Reidel Syrah glasses
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Delicious wine! Savory Northern Rhone palate with Cali nose of blackberry and a distant green mint. Slightly dusty tannins that seemed to mellow after an hr or so, even as wine gained weight. Dark fruit emerged over course of drinking. Pop and pour, consumed over a few hrs, stored in passive cellar since release (60-64). I’ll pop my last bottle in another year or two.
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9/1/2023 - jkoenen wrote: 94 Points
Sweet blackberries, kirsch, earth, chocolate shavings, brown spices and lots of fresh herbs. Clearly built with the great Northern Rhones in mind, this has quite an elegant posture, lovely acidity, integrating tannines, some transparency and a wonderful balance between richesse and coolness.
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9/1/2023 - LinChu Likes this wine: 91 Points
Lots of tanens, long finish, hint of fruit at the start. Smooth
Delicious
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8/21/2022 - Les Kangas Likes this wine: 92 Points
I shouldn’t have decanted an hour b4 meal. It tasted great, but I left 1/3 of it in the bottle and put a cork in it. After we finished the decanted portion, I poured the remainder in our glasses and it was much better. Our last bottle, but I suggest opening it an hour before and tasting it. Reidel Syrah glasses
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6/7/2021 - colima wrote: 92 Points
good - well aged and still strong
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12/28/2020 - Aunt Esther wrote: 93 Points
Delicious wine! Savory Northern Rhone palate with Cali nose of blackberry and a distant green mint. Slightly dusty tannins that seemed to mellow after an hr or so, even as wine gained weight. Dark fruit emerged over course of drinking. Pop and pour, consumed over a few hrs, stored in passive cellar since release (60-64). I’ll pop my last bottle in another year or two.
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