Archive for 'Hermitage'
2000 Chapoutier Hermitage La Sizeranne
AC: I still remember there was a time that I tried a Crozes Hermitage. It wasn’t anything as ‘classic’ as I expect it to be. This time is quite different. This M. Chapoutier Hermitage brings me back to the arms of classic french wine. Without much fruit, yet this slightly concentrated wine has a very, [...]
Posted: September 8th, 2008 under France, Hermitage, Rhone, Shiraz / Syrah, tasting note.
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2000 Guigal Hermitage
VW: This wine is difficult to access at this stage. Very little on the nose but with a huge palate. Very ripe, almost a salty sensation. IntenseĀ and still rather tannic but difficult to identify any particular flavour components. It may evolve into something amazing, but with such ripe fruit and low acidity, it is difficult [...]
Posted: December 2nd, 2007 under France, Hermitage, Rhone, Shiraz / Syrah, tasting note.
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