Chapoutier Crozes-Hermitage "Petite Ruche" 2006 - Printable Version +- WineBoard (https://www.wines.com/wineboard) +-- Forum: TASTING NOTES & WINE SPECIFIC FORUMS (https://www.wines.com/wineboard/forum-200.html) +--- Forum: Rhone/South of France/Wines/Varieties (https://www.wines.com/wineboard/forum-31.html) +--- Thread: Chapoutier Crozes-Hermitage "Petite Ruche" 2006 (/thread-11594.html) |
- Thraz - 12-13-2008 $18 at Costco. The last of my Costco run on Rhones and Loires. A very good wine, and a nice change of pace from the southern Rhones I have been drinking of late. A fine representative of French syrah, a bit of leather on the nose, covers your mouth and tongue with strong subtelty if there is such a thing, and gets a good grip on your throat for a while, all in a very friendly but manly way. Also, it clearly shows why the world should be thankful you did not become a poet (even after 12 hours, in a completely sober mode). Great value, I would have believed it if I had been told it was something from one of the more expensive neighboring appellations, maybe Cornas. - wondersofwine - 12-15-2008 What's this about becoming a poet? - Thraz - 12-15-2008 The wine gave my pen a poetic streak, what with the strong subtlety and the friendly but manly way and such nonsense. Just be glad I did not, in fact, decide to become a poet, and that only that rarest of wines will force me to inflict my bad prose on the world! Also, I was wrong about the price, it's $21, not $18. Still a good deal though. |