Domaine Duclaux Cote Rotie La Germine 2019
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The wine opens with a dark plum colored hue, and a nose of kirsch and black berries. The moth is full and creamy with flavors of savory olives meshed with plump black cherries. A wine worthy of aging.
Ideal with red meats in sauce, small game, grilled meats and duck.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The 2019 Côte Rôtie La Germine also sees a splash of Viognier (3%) and is vinified with 20% stems before aging 20 months in demi-muid and barrel (20% new). Classic red and black fruits, loamy soil, flowers, and olive tapenade notes all emerge from this beauty, and it's medium-bodied, with a round, supple, elegant texture, terrific overall balance, and enough structure to account for 15 years of prime drinking.
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Wine Spectator
Throws off lots of bright, engaging red and black cherry, bay leaf and savory aromas and flavors, with a sleek feel and racy mineral edge on the finish. Features flecks of green olive and tobacco throughout,
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Atypically big and tannic, the 2019 Cote Rotie La Germine comes across as largely closed, although with air, hints of asphalt, black olive and blackberries emerge. It's medium to full-bodied, concentrated and velvety, with a long, dusty finish. Give it another few years in the cellar.
Rating: 91+?
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Marked by an unmistakable deep purple hue and savory aromatics, Syrah makes an intense, powerful and often age-worthy red. Native to the Northern Rhône, Syrah achieves its maximum potential in the steep village of Hermitage and plays an important component in the Red Rhône Blends of the south, adding color and structure to Grenache and Mourvèdre. Syrah is the most widely planted grape of Australia and is important in California and Washington. Sommelier Secret—Such a synergy these three create together, the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre trio often takes on the shorthand term, “GSM.”
The cultivation of vines here began with Greek settlers who arrived in 600 BC. Its proximity to Vienne was important then and also when that city became a Roman settlement but its situation, far from the negociants of Tain, led to its decline in more modern history. However the 1990s brought with it a revival fueled by one producer, Marcel Guigal, who believed in the zone’s potential. He, along with the critic, Robert Parker, are said to be responsible for the zone’s later 20th century renaissance.
Where the Rhone River turns, there is a build up of schist rock and a remarkable angle that produces slopes to maximize the rays of the sun. Cote Rotie remains one of the steepest in viticultural France. Its varied slopes have two designations. Some are dedicated as Côte Blonde and others as Côte Brune. Syrahs coming from Côte Blonde are lighter, more floral, and ready for earlier consumption—they can also include up to 20% of the highly scented Viognier. Those from Côte Brune are more sturdy, age-worthy and are typically nearly 100% Syrah. Either way, a Cote Rotie is going to have a particularly haunting and savory perfume, expressing a more feminine side of the northern Rhone.