E. Guigal

Hermitage Syrah

9.131 ratings
9.18 pro ratings
Hermitage, Northern Rhône, Rhône, France
Syrah
Lamb
Top Notes For
Shay A
9.2

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
William Meznarich

Texas distributor

9.6

Gorgeous.

Gorgeous.

Nov 19th, 2014
Joseph Ngo

Wow blood iron wet oak fruit good still intact crispy acid a bit rough on tannins finish is deep mineraly. A little more advanced than other big names.

Wow blood iron wet oak fruit good still intact crispy acid a bit rough on tannins finish is deep mineraly. A little more advanced than other big names.

Mar 25th, 2014
Doug Powers

Leather, lovely balance, clean with a long finish, very good!!

Leather, lovely balance, clean with a long finish, very good!!

Apr 22nd, 2022
Jeffro Beaudeen

Holy moly, drink me now and for the next 6-20 years at least . . Accompanied by black truffle pasta some elk sirloin and a prime grass fed steak charred asparagus blah blah blah . . Could not be much better as far as the secondary characteristics probably another 10 or 15 years would develop tertiary more earthy shroomy, gamey scents, but drinking fabulously now don’t hesitate

Holy moly, drink me now and for the next 6-20 years at least . . Accompanied by black truffle pasta some elk sirloin and a prime grass fed steak charred asparagus blah blah blah . . Could not be much better as far as the secondary characteristics probably another 10 or 15 years would develop tertiary more earthy shroomy, gamey scents, but drinking fabulously now don’t hesitate

May 13th, 2020
Larry Frierson

Drink up. Nicely aged, rounded. Good with steak

Drink up. Nicely aged, rounded. Good with steak

Oct 10th, 2019
Michael Phillips

Fading but still some lovely red fruit

Fading but still some lovely red fruit

May 29th, 2019
Andy Mc Nees

Home run. Earthy. Mineraly. Smoke. @Winebiddotcom bottle Impressed

Home run. Earthy. Mineraly. Smoke. @Winebiddotcom bottle Impressed

Aug 20th, 2017
Bob Boyle

Color a little brown in the edges, Tobacco box, leather and tennis ball nose, body s of leather and cherry smoothly integrates into a nice food wine

Color a little brown in the edges, Tobacco box, leather and tennis ball nose, body s of leather and cherry smoothly integrates into a nice food wine

Dec 22nd, 2015
Jonathan Owen

Tastes like scotch. Bandaids!

Tastes like scotch. Bandaids!

May 1st, 2015