I love Jaboulet's Crozes-Hermitage Thalabert and have consumed numerous bottles since the early 1980s. I find a consistent charm and depth that I identify immediately with Thalabert. But the wine also undergoes changes, and I see these as neither good nor bad but representative of the changes that are part of life. My last bottle, six years ago, was redolent of black and green olives, a trait I love in Northern Rhome Syrah. Those traits are not present tonight but replaced by hints of cured meats..
Lots of bricking seen on a small pour but deep and saturated color in a full glass. Bouquet is not as intense as it was six years, but flavors are full of the Thalabert charm ad complexity. Black fruits and a few red fruit tones. Hallmark Thalabert finish that captures my full attention and approval.
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