France

Hermitage

Medium

Cork

Brick red and looking very mature in the glass, it’s showing a lot of balsamic character now, with notes of cold ash, firework smoke, chicken stock and autumn leaves. There’s more of that chicken stock note on the palate; it's starting to dry out now and much of the fruit has gone. This still has some intellectual interest, if not hedonistic. It would have been better a few years ago. There's tannin and structure still, so would work with a piece of fillet steak. Drink up, as it’s past its best now.

Syrah / Shiraz

Cave de Tain, Classique, Hermitage, Rhône, France, 2001

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Brick red and looking very mature in the glass, it’s showing a lot of balsamic character now, with notes of cold ash, firework s

Cave de Tain, Classique, Hermitage, Rhône 2001

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