La Chavaroche Côte-Rôtie Syrah

More appropriate for dead of winter than May. Burly and jabs you in the face on open but showed so much better with aeration. Cured meats, dark blackberry, dried dark fruit came out eventually.

Delicious despite being young, berries on the nose specially blue and a lot of leather, cigar box, should evolve amazingly

Very traditional in style. Super earthy wine. Liquid soil and stems

Good but doesn't live up to the hype

Earthy and complex, but slightly shorter than its Syrah competitors tonight.

Tasted from Magnum. Fatty meats, stones, black currants and plums, and some sarsaparilla. Noble and rustic wine just entering a prime drinking window.

Lighter style coming from #2008 there were some pretty aromatics but after 1 hr open, it began to fade. Fine structure and moderate length. #coterotie #bernardlevet #rhonevalley #cafealtroparadiso #ctbucklinwine

Beef jerky, black olive, leather, tobacco, blueberry. Is very young, but should be amazing with some additional time in the bottle. So beefy now.

2007

Tight as nails but hinting at greatness don't touch till 2020-2022 at least.