Opened 5 hours...on its downhill slide. Drink 'em if you got 'em. Not much left but a heavily tannic morass of rusty cherries, bit of smoke and maybe some cinnamon on the nose. This died out quickly in less than a year from my last bottle - did not age well.
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Deep purple with reddish tinge on the rim. Dark fruits and some smokiness on the nose. Taste: earthiness, leather, a touch astringent, dark fruits, black cherry. Long after taste, but the taste itself was merely good, not outstanding.
Wonder if it is at the end of its shelf life.
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A textbook southern Rhone. Gamey and spicey with rusty iron on the nose, just like it should be. The palate shows lamb fat, cherry and iron with some nicely chewy oak tannins. The finish is 30+ seconds but slighty awkward and drying; these will never fully integrate. This is a perfect weeknight Syrah based southern Rhone. Screams for lamb shanks.
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De mémoire, nez de cendre, de fumée et de bacon. Bouche assez structurée, aux tanins plus fermes, sans que ça soit dérangeant. Peut-être pas le plus fin, mais assez efficace et bon dans son style.
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3/27/2011 - tlinch wrote: 81 Points
Opened 5 hours...on its downhill slide. Drink 'em if you got 'em. Not much left but a heavily tannic morass of rusty cherries, bit of smoke and maybe some cinnamon on the nose. This died out quickly in less than a year from my last bottle - did not age well.
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9/30/2010 - baseballvino wrote: 87 Points
Deep purple with reddish tinge on the rim. Dark fruits and some smokiness on the nose. Taste: earthiness, leather, a touch astringent, dark fruits, black cherry. Long after taste, but the taste itself was merely good, not outstanding.
Wonder if it is at the end of its shelf life.
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5/6/2010 - tlinch wrote: 87 Points
A textbook southern Rhone. Gamey and spicey with rusty iron on the nose, just like it should be. The palate shows lamb fat, cherry and iron with some nicely chewy oak tannins. The finish is 30+ seconds but slighty awkward and drying; these will never fully integrate. This is a perfect weeknight Syrah based southern Rhone. Screams for lamb shanks.
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10/10/2009 - Partenaire wrote: 82 Points
De mémoire, nez de cendre, de fumée et de bacon. Bouche assez structurée, aux tanins plus fermes, sans que ça soit dérangeant. Peut-être pas le plus fin, mais assez efficace et bon dans son style.
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