2006 Dard et Ribo Crozes-Hermitage Les Rouges des Baties

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 94 points

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  4/5/2015 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Haven't had this since release. At the time I thought it was nearly as good as the Hermitage. As of this moment, it's even better than the Hermitage, or at least better than the bottle of Hermitage I opened a few months ago. It is still intensely meaty, more savory and even mealy than fruity, but it still has its vibrant ruby color and plenty of sweet flesh for all those flavors to seep out of. It is really amazing that this came from grapes.

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  11/18/2010 - cardsandwine Likes this wine:

  A terrific effort. Spicy, peppery bouquet. Soft and pure on the palate with a nice finish.

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  5/1/2009 - David Meddings wrote: flawed

  Decanted for 2 hours and drank at 14C over 2 hours. Murky aspect to the wine. Very little initially on the nose although with vigorous swirling and a bit of warming it gave off licorice, raspberries and some game notes. On the palate I was struck by what I felt was an acidic, vigorous attack whereas my wife immediately picked up pettilance. I didn't think it was pettilant but when I poured off the remaining half into a stopper bottle I saw microbubbles coming up so I think she was right.
  
  With all of this as preamble you might think the wine was pretty bad but the fact was behind the acidity there was a very soft and complex midpalate with loads of fresh fruit just bursting out all over and a long, lingering finish. While the acidity gave the wine an overall electrifying kind of a presence and did throw off the balance the other thing that was striking was that from a tannin perspective this was one of the softest reds I've tasted. So basically I'm a little mystified.....my guess is the bottle was flawed and I'm not scoring this....but the glimpse of what I saw was intriguing, if not excellent. I've got some of their Hermitage but unfortunately this was my only Les Baties. Don't know if I should try and pick up more of this or not...

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  9/5/2008 - Keith Levenberg wrote:

  Just like last time.

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  6/23/2008 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 93 Points

  This is probably the ugliest label that has ever appeared on a bottle of wine intended for commercial sale. It looks like the guy who designed the currency in Idiocracy did a t-shirt for a monster truck show or a Skid Row concert. Instead of "Crozes-Hermitage Les Rouges des Baties" it looks like it should say something like "Can o' Whupass." But the wine inside is totally awesome and a big upgrade in character over the regular Crozes-Hermitage or the St. Joseph from Dard & Ribo. This is so emphatically meaty it almost tastes like equal parts syrah and pork broth but feels easygoing and unstructured - not flabby, but comfortable, soft as silk.

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