1995 Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage

Community Tasting Notes (15) Median Score: 90 points

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  1/9/2024 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Fairly deep color with little browning after 29 years.
  Intense nose with evolved plum and white pepper notes.
  when first opened, it came across fairly rustic, in a positive sense, with earthy and spicy notes and still some tannin.
  Re-tasted the next day, it came across softer and more complex and less rustic. This suggests a decanting would be in order now.
  There is just a hint that the fruit will start to dry up, so I would say drink within the next couple of years.
  Quite extraordinary for a Crozes...

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  8/28/2023 - Wine Canuck wrote: 93 Points

  This pours light garnet in the glass with light bricking. The nose is just gorgeous blasting black peppercorn, green peppercorn, creosote, smoked meat, crushed slate, dried blueberry, dried plum, and dried cranberry. The palate comes across quite lean, but fans out with air showing cranberry on entry turning to medium plus, firm, green tinged tannin, and medium plus cranberry acid. The fish turns a tad green replaying the green peppercorn and in the end clipping the profile. All in all this is a nice and very alive and classically styled Northern Rhone. I absolutely love the aromatics with the intense pepper and smoke character. The fruit and the palate are quite lean which certainly detracts a fair bit, but is an aspect I can forgive given how complex the nose is. Notably, 24 hours of air really allowed the fruit to come forward, so I'd recommend plenty of air. Really enjoyable stuff.

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  5/19/2018 - FrancoNapan Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Great fill level and perfect capsule. New upon pouring that wine was in great shape. Sappy. Still very bright but lacquered. This wine is terrific for the age and appellation but no surprise for the producer. Exotic spice with just ripen plum. So good!

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  2/25/2018 - bobdobilina wrote: 88 Points

  Slightly cloudy mahogany color.
  
  High toned, quite feral nose. Touch of violets, smoke, bacon fat, under brush.
  
  Tart red fruits with a strawberry liqueur like finish. Tannins are resolved and fruit is starting to fall away leaving the wines acidity as its lasting impression. Good, but probably on a gentle downslope at this point.

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  12/5/2016 - DoubleMagnum Likes this wine: 91 Points

  The Syrah is quite evident. Lots of varietal character. There's a Niçoise olive note that is so good, along with earthy notes of garrigue, sage, lavender and dry cured meats. On the palate, it is bright, assertive but weightless, with a core of somewhat unripe red fruit. This rivals some hearty Burgundies I've had. Very good effort.
  PAIRING: Stuffed Bell Peppers with meat and rice. [A]

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