Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
91
/100
Reviews
28
professional
Vintages
1
2000
Other
88/100
Syrah
NV
Community Reviews
2525
Reviews
88.2
Avg Score
94
Highest
Taster #3734
· Mar 20, 2025
93/100
Northern Rhone (Fort Orange Club, Albany, NY) : [Double-decanted for 15 minutes at about 6:15pm.] Another really tasty ready to drink wine tonight. Lots of smooth black fruit in the nose and mouth. Long and delicious.
2000 vintage
Taster #9635
· Mar 20, 2025
86/100
WCC: Northern Rhônes (Fort Orange Club, Albany, NY) : Not bad, mature red fruit tinged with savoury and smoky elements but it's also somewhat nondescript and dull at this point.
2000 vintage
Taster #2158
· Sep 7, 2024
91/100
I agree with IAMVINTAGE’s comments. Love the maturity, the characteristic Rhône savory and funky aromas. Good clarity to the ruby red color with a bit of bricking at the edges. Flavors of red fruit dominated by pomegranate, a hint of cranberry, subtle acidity, medium weight, and very long finish with a red fruit core. Great match for smoky grilled loin pork chops, pumpkin ravioli in nut butter sauce, and broccoli casserole.
2000 vintage
Taster #1664
· Apr 19, 2024
92/100
Double filteted/decanted. Loads of sediment & funky nose to start but quickly opened up. Perfect with duroc chop pan fried with shrooms & pancetta layered into mushroom ravioli. I sensed savory acidity ala pomegranate seeds that have started to ferment with a nice savory earthiness. Long red fruit finish with just a hint of absinthe. Past its prime? Not for me, evolving character of really well aged wines like this is a lovely unique experience.
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Taster #8569
· May 23, 2023
92/100
Vinnørd
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Taster #7841
· Nov 3, 2022
89/100
Tired
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Taster #7571
· Oct 4, 2022
91/100
This wine was excellent but when you drink Guigal La La's there is no comparison so the 91 score belies how good this was. Drank for son's baptism.
2000 vintage
Taster #8569
· Aug 17, 2022
92/100
Vinnørd
2000 vintage
Taster #7995
· Apr 29, 2022
Opened the bottle and let it sit for one hour. The nose was somewhat oxidized - lots of musky notes. Palate shows good structure, with vibrant acidity and cherries, blueberries that came out as the wine breathed more. Leather notes and wet forest floor - with still strong tannins - tinged the medium finish, which showed also some smoked meat notes. Overall a good wine, but I think this bottle was past its peak. I will give it 88, but …
2000 vintage
Taster #0250
· Apr 29, 2022
90/100
Decanted 30 min. Earthy forward on the 👃 — wet soil, leather, lemon, light ripe raspberries. Very dry, light structure , medium tannins. Light alcohol on the finish.
2000 vintage
Taster #5317
· Mar 20, 2022
ESTG Northern Rhône : Mmm, I love the basic Guigal Hermitage which seems to do so well with age. Dry, tannic, smoky, meaty, love the nose, dusky.
2000 vintage
Taster #0935
· Mar 18, 2022
85/100
Friday Group Brown Bag Tasting (Eagle Brook CC) : Blind. Earth, roasted game and tea with little fruit. Tea and game qualities follow through on the palate, which shows more fruit than the bouquet suggests. I had quickly double decanted this off its sediment and intended it to be in the first flight, but when the wines were randomly rearranged it was moved and I think it suffered for it.
2000 vintage
Taster #7654
· Jan 28, 2022
92/100
Chinese hot pot at home in Hong Kong. No restaurant open for diner. Normal life for the past 2yrs. Lucky this wine was still in the cellar. Had one last year and this one is still very similar. Deep ruby to purple, no sign of aging. Medium nose, developed, with aromas of dried blood, iron, tapenade, black berry liqueur. Medium body, soft, slight grip, coats well the mouth with sweet blueberry flavours, iron, dried meat and quite mineral. Good length. …
2000 vintage
Taster #2630
· Dec 2, 2021
Winebid purchase. Cooked/oxidized. Down drain.
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Taster #1041
· Oct 16, 2021
88/100
Subtle nose and palate. If I’m drinking mid-priced Rhône syrah, I’m looking for more than this. Maybe just over the hill.
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Taster #8242
· Oct 4, 2021
Med tawny. Pronounced. Only secondary and tertiary. Cinammon, clove, coffee. Plum, tobacco, mushroom, caramel, meat, soy sauce, olive. Med+ acidity. Med and ripe, soft but firm tannin. Med alcohol. Med+ body. Long. Outstanding: complexity, balance, length. Fully developed. Not varietal characteristics. D3
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Taster #8569
· Feb 17, 2021
91/100
Vinnørd. 91+
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Taster #7927
· Feb 7, 2021
94/100
Enjoyed very much with turkey chili and cornbread while watching the Super Bowl. Dark fruit with enough body to counter the spices of chili and a nice lingering smooth finish.
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Taster #0630
· Jan 6, 2021
92/100
Dark ruby with slight bricking. Lovely aromas of reddish black berries, licorice, smoky herbs and violets. A refined medium-bodied palate shows silky red berry fruits, hint of tobacco and pepper, medium acidity, full resolved oak and tannins and a nice lingering mineral and floral tinged finish.
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Taster #9534
· Nov 12, 2020
93/100
More towards the blue than brick. More perfumed than meaty. Can't believe this is 20 years old. Very impressive.
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Taster #4459
· Oct 30, 2020
92/100
Decanted for an hour. Nose of black fruits, currants. Beautiful clear reddish purple color. Ripe plums, cassis, a hint of minerals and dried herbs. Delicious.
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Taster #4102
· Aug 21, 2020
89/100
Consistent with my previous
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Taster #8970
· Jan 18, 2020
91/100
Still developing nice complexity. Nose of floral candied violets and fresh rolled cuban cigar- deep but with green overtones and slight barnyard funk - and ripe plumb undertones. Taste: smooth, really nice, juicy sweet citrus orange on the back sides of the tongue, a bit of tar and mineral elements up front. Good integration with a hint of green herbal, almost menthol/eucalyptus presentation. Worth the wait. Eminently drinkable!
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Taster #5419
· Nov 24, 2019
80/100
Too late.....not much fruit.
2000 vintage
Taster #6509
· Nov 20, 2019
50/100
Dead
2000 vintage