2001 Emmanuel Darnaud, Les Tres Chene, Crozes-Hermitage
A lovely honest Syrah. I've been working my way through a 6 pak of this over the past few years and it has consistently amazed me. That is, until the bottle I had earlier this year (note here). Well, I'm glad to report the wine is not going downhill and is still robust.
This is more like it. Lovely nose of bacon/black olives/smoked/roasted meat. Just a touch of 'yard. Plenty of dark Syrah fruit with plenty of acidity to make it refreshing. A rustic wine never to be confused with anything sleek, sexy, modern or over-manipulated. Just an pure expression of Syrah.
One bottle left to try next year if I can keep my hands off of it.
Bill