Great Northern Railway

Rene Rostaing

La Landonne Côte-Rôtie Syrah 2019

2019 vintage. Last tasted 3.8.25 (9.6) and 8.19.23 (9.5). Excellent fill and great cork. Decanted and tasted after 30 minutes. Small amount of chunky sed. Medium-heavy body but starting to slowly thin out. Excellent colo(u)r. Alongside the roasted nuts and smoked meats flavors, this drops a current cola-nut driven finish. Smooth and harmonious. Love this producer along with a nod to consumers/wine trade for keeping these ridiculous pricings down. 10.10.25. — 12 days ago

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E. Guigal

La Mouline Côte-Rôtie Syrah 1983

Wow. Intense and pure in the nose. A hint of tang with an amazing fresh core given the age. Dark tang fruit with underbrush and mineral/ iron/ iodine notes. Pure and delicious. A great bottle. — 3 months ago

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Domaine Jamet

Côte-Rôtie Syrah 2012

Great vintage for Jamet showing dark cherry, berry, meat, graphite, olive, savory spice, mineral & violet — 5 months ago

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Domaine Vincent Paris

Granit 30 Cornas Syrah 2020

Nice spice, great Syrah. — 14 days ago

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

Hermitage Syrah 2005

Great vintage that is drinking well at 20 yrs with many more yrs ahead. Dark, inky, polished showing red & black cherry, berry fruit, mineral driven with sweet spices, graphite & violet. — 2 months ago

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E. Guigal

La Turque Côte-Rôtie Syrah 1991

Intense. BlackBerry and a touch of tar. Iron and minerality. Dried herbs. Savory and powerful and young. Great — 4 months ago

David SchachterWalker Strangis
with David and Walker
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Paul Jaboulet Aîné

La Chapelle Hermitage Syrah

I was going through my La Chapelle section today and my eyes got stuck on this 1999 - bottle looked absolutely pristine and I decided it was a perfect age to drink. Cork was in great condition and the wine was powerful and youthful with no signs of oxidation. Could have kept the bottle for a few more years, but it was probably perfect today. All the complex leathery earthy goodness you expect from this wine was there. — 7 months ago

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Thierry Allemand

Chaillot Cornas Syrah 1993

Mary H
9.4

Beautifully tamed tannins, smokiness, garrique, blackberry, black olives. Goes great with olive tapenade. There’s something wild below the surface about this wine. — 2 months ago

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Pierre Gonon

Saint-Joseph Syrah

Great vintage that is open showing black cherry, berry with crushed rock, mineral, spice box, licorice & violets — 3 months ago

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Emmanuel Darnaud

Les Trois Chênes Crozes-Hermitage Syrah 2020

Youthful medium-dark color, great red and blackfruit aromas and flavors, excellent balancing acidity, still shows quite a bit of structure, but tannins are not harsh, I’d guess 3-5 more years of further aging is merited, but it may last much longer than that, long, lingering finish, excellent Crozes!! — 4 months ago

Jim Powers
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