Northern Rhône

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Tasted Thursday, February 8, 2024 by lozatron with 49 views

Flight 1 - Roasted Pollock, Lemon Pilaf, Cuttlefish (2 Notes)

A truly extraordinary dish. It looked like something you might find at an ambitious gastropub, but didn't taste like it. The kitchen here is really doing good stuff right now.

Flight 2 - Open Lasagna of Wild Mushroom (2 Notes)

  • 2007 Pierre Gonon St. Joseph

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, St. Joseph

    Ready to drink but still a life ahead of it. White pepper, good acid. On the palate there's black olive, rocks, stone, some oil tones - this is proper stuff. An evening where you got to contemplate a few glasses of this would be a good one...but this was only the opener.

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  • 2010 Pierre Gonon St. Joseph

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, St. Joseph

    This is great - others (with more experience of this house) found more nuanced differences between this and the 07 - but to me this was just MORE - more taut energy, more substance, more clarity - there's no waffling here, no messing about - this is the real deal. Not my wine of the night, but perhaps the one I'd most like to try again.

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Flight 3 - Loin of Venison, Fondant Potato, Beetroot (2 Notes)

  • 1991 Dervieux-Thaize Côte-Rôtie La Viallière

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

    Stick your nose into this - it's serious business. A hint of brett perhaps? Earthy, meaty and some dark fruits. On the palate - perhaps a little plusher than expected - real energy here, and perhaps the faintest hint of VA? This all feels like damning with faint praise - this is delicious, the kind of wine that is a privilege to drink - my handwritten notes say "image of landing a plane" - no great rush to drink these, but my sense is that they will not get any better than this.

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  • 1998 Domaine de Vallouit Côte-Rôtie Les Roziers

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

    A generous backup opened at short notice. Energy here - earth, sweat, iron, blood. As time goes on the initial intensity fades and the bones of the acidity become more obvious - this is grown up wine for grown up people.

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Flight 4 - Slow-Cooked Beef, Pomme Purée, Red Wine sauce (3 Notes)

  • 1999 Clusel-Roch Côte-Rôtie Les Grandes Places

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

    An altogether larger proposition than what came before it. On the nose - the oak is there. A sense of posh parma violets and a hint of campfire. This is really well put together stuff - if you had a wine friend who said they didn't like Northern Rhone - this could well be the wine to convince them.

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  • 1999 Domaine Duclaux Côte-Rôtie

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

    The nose was a little funky, started off a little disjointed perhaps. The palate however has it all together - a high C syrah energy, but depth and complexity there too - there's soil, red fruits and a hint of nosebleed. I wonder if a different glass, or just more time would have brought the nose more in harmony with the palate? Either way - lovely stuff and just what I find exciting about syrah.

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  • 1999 Domaine Barge Côte-Rôtie Cuvée du Plessy

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

    Well clearly senses are dulled at this stage, and indeed my writing is hard to decipher, but let's have a go. A little volatility on the nose, and a bit like the wine before it, a palate which seems far more together. There's still that lovely zinging, singing acid and it keeps going.

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