Quinet Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah

Holding up so nicely. Nose of florals, game, meat, smoke, spice and earth. Nice red berry fruit as well. Juicy and grapey with nice granite and dusty earth. Good fruit purity. Great freshness and concentration. Punched way above its weight.

Big intoxicating berry nose: blackberry, blueberry, mulberry, cassis, graphite and charcuterie, some lavender and violet and butterfly bush. It’s leaner and mineral on the palate, and there are some young rough trade tannins that might resolve and the fruit might fill out a bit. Very much a forest wine.

Nose is fairly shy. Some granite, tart red berry, and green olive. Stylistically this is more on the lean and crisp end of the spectrum, a little thin on entry, but the finish fans out quite a bit and clings, with sandstoney minerality and savory flavors hanging on quite a bit. Needs food.

Great nose full of bloody, sunshine soaked Syrah goodness. Game, blueberry, granite, floral and has such a deep mineral imprint. This smells like Côte Rotie. Juicy and complex with terrific freshness and so so pure. Concentrated and intense with ripe and sweet tannins and wonderful persistent finish.

Beauty! Giant mouthful o’ raspberries! Sharp minerality. Stands up awesome with pizza. Plump and juicy. Oh it’s good.