Monthly WTF wine group meet up. Theme was “bring something good”. All wines (minus the bubbles and SB) were tasted blind.
This was opened after the BS was corked. Needed only about 30mins to blow off some funk and then settled in as expected. Not funky, and not as much iron as I would have thought. The fruit is all stewed and muddled, mainly red and black fruits, with red clay, oregano, and chewy fig. Drink up.
Monthly WTF wine group meet up. Theme was “bring something good”. All wines (minus the bubbles and SB) were tasted blind.
This was opened after the BS was corked. Needed only about 30mins to blow off some funk and then settled in as expected. Not funky, and not as much iron as I would have thought. The fruit is all stewed and muddled, mainly red and black fruits, with red clay, oregano, and chewy fig. Drink up.
Jul 11th, 2019
1988 | Syrah
E. Guigal; Hermitage
Northern Rhone; Tain l'Hermitage, France
Crushed ripe cherry, bacon & fat, crushed Hemlock needles, granite, damp compost, slight barnyard; Ripe black cherry, dried blackberry, black currant, red pepper skin. Tannins persist. Drink 2025-32+
Much brighter on both nose/palate than my other Hermitage experiences. Perhaps I prefer the dried fruit/leather notes showing with more age...
(93-94 points)
Paired to lamb schnitzel, just wonderful together.
1988 | Syrah
E. Guigal; Hermitage
Northern Rhone; Tain l'Hermitage, France
Crushed ripe cherry, bacon & fat, crushed Hemlock needles, granite, damp compost, slight barnyard; Ripe black cherry, dried blackberry, black currant, red pepper skin. Tannins persist. Drink 2025-32+
Much brighter on both nose/palate than my other Hermitage experiences. Perhaps I prefer the dried fruit/leather notes showing with more age...
(93-94 points)
Paired to lamb schnitzel, just wonderful together.
1 person found it helpfulMar 5th, 2023
What a surprise! This hadn’t moves since release. Perfect cork, perfect night, almost perfect wine.
What a surprise! This hadn’t moves since release. Perfect cork, perfect night, almost perfect wine.
1 person found it helpfulOct 13th, 2018
Meat and bacon fat, some smoke, great depth of smoke and bacon fat flavors, long finish, this is terrific northern Rhone Syrah!
Meat and bacon fat, some smoke, great depth of smoke and bacon fat flavors, long finish, this is terrific northern Rhone Syrah!
1 person found it helpfulDec 13th, 2015
Hermitage, Northern Rhône, Rhône, France
