Cave de Tain
Grand Classique Crozes-Hermitage Syrah
Crozes-Hermitage, Northern Rhône, Rhône, France
I think this is my first French Syrah, so I don’t have a French comparator. Another reviewer notes that they decanted this wine for 1-2 hours and I would like to emphasize this as well. I took sips along the way and it is significantly better wine when you do this (I personally attacked this wine with vigorous swirling in the decanter. Once it DOES open up, it has dark chocolate bitterness, dark fruit, quite tannic, and spicy. Overall enjoyed it, but you need to take your sweet time with it.
I think this is my first French Syrah, so I don’t have a French comparator. Another reviewer notes that they decanted this wine for 1-2 hours and I would like to emphasize this as well. I took sips along the way and it is significantly better wine when you do this (I personally attacked this wine with vigorous swirling in the decanter. Once it DOES open up, it has dark chocolate bitterness, dark fruit, quite tannic, and spicy. Overall enjoyed it, but you need to take your sweet time with it.
Dec 2nd, 2019
