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Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

L'Hermitage Syrah 1990

Ooh. Super fresh. Dark tangy fruit with a slightly medicinal edge. Plum and iodine. Dried herbs and a bloody, feral intensity. Amazing — 4 months ago

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M. Chapoutier

"Le Pavillon" Ermitage Syrah 2007

Damn. This is delicious and in an amazing spot 😍

It has effusive aromas & flavors black cherry preserves, dried fig, prune, rose, graphite, coffee grounds, blackberry bramble, licorice, leather, tobacco, peat, clove, star anise, cardamom, cured meat, black peppercorn, wet earth, mushroom, potting soil, balsamic glaze..

On the palate it’s dry with high - barely so - alcohol (14% ABV). The acidity is lovely and energetic. Tannins are silky and well-integrated.

100% Syrah from Hermitage hill, biodynamic and lower intervention in the winery. Textured and deep.

Delicious !!!!

— 5 months ago

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Vanessa

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@Dave Clinton It is very nice, indeed! 😆 Generous and complex. Cheers, my friend!
Dave

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They say you are what you drink, right? Generous and complex 😎 Cheers!
Vanessa

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@Dave Clinton Hear, hear! 😆🥂

Rene Rostaing

Côte Blonde Côte-Rôtie Syrah 2019

2019 vintage. Last tasted 07.30.23 (9.5). Good lord. This is still (unsurprisingly) effing ridiculous. Explosive and giving without being compliant. Every time tasting this, attempt to renounce Cabernet Sauvignon/BDX blends forever. Hopefully someday, I'll make it stick. 02.28.25. — 8 months ago

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Rene & Pierre are a hell of a team. A great Rhône producer more should become familiar.
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Let’s enjoy both Scott!!! Need to try this

Domaine Faury

Vieilles Vignes Saint Joseph Syrah 2018

Great drinking SJ — 9 months ago

Tom, Rob and 8 others liked this

Domaine Faury

Saint Joseph Syrah

Max
9.2

Amazing! Fruity yet not too sweet. Medium body. Easy to drink — 5 years ago

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Domaine Alain Voge

Les Chailles Cornas Syrah 2013

Nate Wall
9.2

Dark berries, violets, forest floor and pepper leap from the glass. Blackberry bramble, leather, plum and roasted meat fills out the palate. The 2013 is still pretty tight - I'd say should really come into its prime in 2019-2020. — 9 years ago

Domaine Lionnet

Terre Brûlée Cornas Syrah 2021

My Loup anniversary dinner. Much better than the Grenache ;) — 4 months ago

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Patrick Jasmin

Côte-Rôtie Syrah 2021

Nose: some vegetal as opens.

Palate: tight. Vegetal. Good structure. A bit tart.

$53.33
— 4 months ago

Domaine Auguste Clape

Le Vin des Amis Syrah 2020

This baby has teeth, about as good as a Cote du Rhone I have ever had and me thinks can be! Between this and Jamet hard to beat CdR! Textbook N Rhone Syrah — 6 months ago

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Domaine Alain Voge

Les Vieilles Vignes Cornas Syrah 2010

Very smooth, juicy and clean. Some would call it modern. — 7 months ago

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Yves Cuilleron a Chavanay

Les Vignes d'à Côté Syrah 2022

Best of the night…. $26…. It should be drank now — 8 months ago

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Noël Verset

Cornas Syrah 1990

Lovely aromatics of earth, smoke and redfruits, very solid core of dried red berry and super savory flavors, still great balancing acidity, a little less of the rustic notes in this one compared to the 1985 Verset from last Saturday, long, lingering finish, another great Verset Cornas!! — 10 months ago

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Tom, David and 7 others liked this

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

Offerus Saint-Joseph Syrah 2014

Upfront and transparent and confrontational. Strong posture. Wears a leather jacket in the summer. Blood and rust and repressed tears and a grainy black and white western. Cigarettes that he rips the filter off of to make them stronger. — 7 years ago

Yves Cuilleron a Chavanay

La Petite Côte Condrieu Viognier 2019

Oiliness, wool, lemon oil.

Citruss fruits (lemon), stonefruit (white peaches), white flowers, dandelions, viscous and textured like lemon oil. Waxy.

A bit of honeycomb and then a slight bitterness of almost like biting into an herb or like dried sea buckthorn, even.

Interesting and memorable.
— 4 months ago

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@S.S. Mandani I love the description!
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Thanks 🙏🏽 @Dawn E.

Bernard Levet

La Chavaroche Côte-Rôtie Syrah

I'm in new territory and I really like the offering here. Nice smoked meat and big dark berry . Fairly approachable out of the gate and will only improved with time. — 6 months ago

Ira, Jan and 2 others liked this

Michel & Stéphane Ogier (d'Ampuis)

Côte-Rôtie Syrah 2011

This had black fruits, spice, meat & floral notes that needed some air to develop — 7 months ago

Ira, Shay and 8 others liked this

Domaine Jamet

Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah 2019

Classic Northern Rhone — 8 months ago

Matt ReedAndrew Tai
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M. Chapoutier

Chante - Alouette Hermitage Blanc Marsanne 2019

I can’t get over this wine! The first word that comes to mind is luscious!! Ripe peaches and pear, smoke, pineapple, chamomile, tree bark and limestone. I need a case and now I can’t find it - should’ve bought more!!! — 10 months ago

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E. Guigal

Condrieu Viognier

A beautiful Condrieu! Very floral and mineral. Honeysuckle and fresh grass, lovely legs and an oily appearance, but it’s light and spicy at the finish. Perfect for summer and paired with fish or Asian food. — 6 years ago

Alex Lovasz
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E. Guigal

Hermitage Syrah 1994

Dark fruit. Bacon. Delicious. — 12 years ago