{"id":8223,"date":"2013-09-27T15:42:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T15:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=8223"},"modified":"2013-09-27T15:42:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T15:42:23","slug":"some-rhone-treats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/northern-rhone\/some-rhone-treats","title":{"rendered":"Some Rh\u00f4ne treats"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Quite a few impressive Rh\u00f4ne wines at yesterday\u2019s Bunch tasting. Here are some I enjoyed a lot.<\/p>\n

Alain Graillot Crozes Hermitage 2011 Northern Rh\u00f4ne, France<\/strong>
\nIs this Graillot\u2019s best yet? It\u2019s sensational. Ripe yet fresh meaty, raspberry and cherry fruit nose with a hint of black olive and pepper. The palate is fresh and ripe with raspberry and plum fruit, some grippy tannins and black pepper spiciness. It could only have come from the northern Rh\u00f4ne and it\u2019s beautifully balanced, with good acidity keeping it fresh. 95\/100 (\u00a319.95 Yapp)<\/p>\n

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J-P Boisson Le Petit Caboche 2012 IGP Vaucluse, France<\/strong>
\nA blend of Grenache, Caladoc, Marselan and Syrah that is dangerously drinkable. Very sweetly aromatic perfumed nose leads to a pure palate of supple, sweet cherry fruit with real finesse and elegance, finishing spicy. An utter bargain. 91\/100 (\u00a38.95 Yapp)<\/p>\n

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Domaine Christophe Pichon St Joseph 2009 Northern Rh\u00f4ne, France<\/strong>
\nMeat and liqourice edge to the ripe black fruits nose, with hints of bacon. Very sweet yet fine palate with smooth grained tannins and some pepper and meat characters as well as the sweet black cherry fruit. Real finesse. 94\/100 (\u00a319.45 Berry Bros & Rudd)<\/p>\n

Domaine des Hauts Chassis Crozes Hermitage Blanc L\u2019Essential 2011 Northern Rh\u00f4ne, France<\/strong>
\nLovely floral, herbal pear and peach nose. Appealing weight and texture on the palate which shows pretty pear and white peach fruit. Real finesse and interest here. 93\/100 (\u00a318.45 Berry Bros & Rudd)<\/p>\n

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Raymond Usseglio Ch\u00e2teauneuf du Pape Imp\u00e9riale 2009 Southern Rh\u00f4ne, France<\/strong>
\nPerfumed, elegant nose is floral with liqueur-like sweet red cherry fruit and fine herby notes. The palate is supple, warm, soft and elegant with subtle earth and spice notes under the sweet fruit. It\u2019s warm (15% alcohol) but really elegant at the same time. 95\/100 (\u00a348 Berry Bros & Rudd)<\/p>\n

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Paul Avril Clos des Papes Ch\u00e2teauneuf du Pape Blanc 2005 Southern Rh\u00f4ne, France<\/strong>
\nComplex, fine nutty, waxy, pear and ripe apple nose. The palate is broad and nutty with powerful flavours of apple and pear, showing intensity and complexity. 94\/100 (\u00a385 Berry Bros & Rudd)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quite a few impressive Rh\u00f4ne wines at yesterday\u2019s Bunch tasting. Here are some I enjoyed a lot. Alain Graillot Crozes Hermitage 2011 Northern Rh\u00f4ne, France Is this Graillot\u2019s best yet?…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,14,32,111],"tags":[113,376,354,365,353],"class_list":["post-8223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-france","category-northern-rhone","category-rhone","category-southern-rhone","tag-chateauneuf-du-pape","tag-france","tag-northern-rhone","tag-rhone","tag-syrah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8223"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8236,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8223\/revisions\/8236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}