So tonight I hosted a north rhone tasting, and people were happier than wit h the burgundy tasting.
I'll list the wines with my 5 star score, my 100pt cellartracker score, and the average 100pt score of all 7 people; stars/pt/avr.pt
- Cave de Tain Prestige selection Crozes Hermitage 2013 */65/71
generic, supermarket wine red berry bitter finish, sodalike. could be a 5E salento wine. but is 3 times the price
- Belle crozes hermitage 2011 *** / 85/82
deep dark red, earth,tannins on the finish. revisiting it grew on us. longe r finish , not as astringent.
- Reynaud Crozes hermitage 2008 ****- / 88/87
unfiltered "nature wine" wierdest wine ever. olive tapanade, sour like nort h Italy orange wine. sour boysenberry, very unique. the french guy in the c ompany loved this. people exclaimed "ok, Im surprised!". we went back to it after the tasting and found the sourness transformed into a wholegrain bre ad flavour!
- Yann Chave La rouverre Crozes hermitage 2012 **** /89/88
some granit. red bery, tannins, fresh acids. really comes out with food, li corice, reminds of CdP.
- Dom. Gallet Cote Rotie 2010 ****+ /92/85
Better than Guigals Bruine. Ooh, Olives, granite, bacon, savoury, a mix of
3+4 dusty tannins, too young. revisiting later and it had a distanct orange peel. growing on me. wonder what happens in 10 years with this (adjusted f rom 88 to 92). Apparently everybody didnt agree.
- Alain Verset Cornas 2012 **** /92/90
Earthy, smoky, tangy, tannins, another ball park than the rest. people agre es this was much better than anything before it. yummy scent, can keep just smelling it and be happy. love it.
- Vincent granit 30 Cornas 2013 ***/ 85/81
disappointing. should have gotten granit 60 or Greynale. purple, olive, sho rt finish, dark fruits, tart.
- Courbis Sabarotte Cornas 2004 ***** /95/96!!!
wow! bacon, granite, olive, smoke, filling your head with joy just smelling it. people said " I can taste it from just smelling it". long finish.
Much more successful than my burgundy tasting.