Cave de Tain l'Hermitage

Esprit de Granit St. Joseph Syrah

8.824 ratings
8.63 pro ratings
St. Joseph, Northern Rhône, Rhône, France
Syrah
Lamb
Top Notes For
Shengli Hu

Meat, black pepper, purple flowers: violets. Fresh and balanced red/blue/dark fruits. Black olives. Intense purple color. Medium plus staining. Medium plus to elevated acidity, tannin and body. Smooth finish.

Meat, black pepper, purple flowers: violets. Fresh and balanced red/blue/dark fruits. Black olives. Intense purple color. Medium plus staining. Medium plus to elevated acidity, tannin and body. Smooth finish.

Mar 8th, 2018
Kevin Walsh

Wine blogger doxologywine.com; Freelance Sommelier (Court of Master Sommeliers) Doxology Wine Consulting

8.3

Very nice and ripe with a pepper spiciness that comes through on the finish. Alcohol rides through though even though there isn't much of it (12.5%)

Very nice and ripe with a pepper spiciness that comes through on the finish. Alcohol rides through though even though there isn't much of it (12.5%)

Jun 21st, 2015
Woong HwangBo

Nice Performance for Nose.
Drink now.

Nice Performance for Nose.
Drink now.

Dec 12th, 2014
Jerome Hunt

Earthy smell. Hint of smoke and tobacco

Earthy smell. Hint of smoke and tobacco

Aug 15th, 2015
Larry Au

Tannic

Tannic

Aug 3rd, 2015
Teresa Huang

Moldy smell at the nose but taste delicious!

Moldy smell at the nose but taste delicious!

Jan 8th, 2015
Martin Bergo

Martin had this 8 years ago

Martin had this 8 years ago

Feb 13th, 2017
Sheri Pattillo

Consulting Sommelier Texas Hill Country

8.5

Sheri had this 11 years ago

Sheri had this 11 years ago

May 6th, 2014
Sven-Åke Sundelius

Sven-Åke had this 3 years ago

Sven-Åke had this 3 years ago

Oct 17th, 2021
stephane brun

stephane had this 8 years ago

stephane had this 8 years ago

Apr 18th, 2017