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2006 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Crozes-Hermitage Silene - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Crozes-Hermitage (6/5/2009)
nose: relatively forward nose with blackberries, black cherries, bits of pepper, spice, and some dark berry tones. Not extremely deep, and not really a classic northern rhone nose. Certainly smells like syrah, but doesn’t really have a sense of place to it, just a generic riper syrah nose
taste: good medium feel with good medium tannins and medium acidity. A bit ripe on the palate(well, ripe for the region) with tones of red cherries, black pepper, spice tones, and dark berries
overall: a solid crozes. Its well made, but it doesn’t really taste like a northern rhone. A good solid syrah and decent for the price(~$24). Comes across as rather standard and the tannins and acidity take over the mid palate a bit. not really what I’m looking for as I really want those northern rhone qualities to syrah, and this doesn’t completely provide it (87 pts.)
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