update on 2003 Chapoutier Crozes Hermitage Les Varonniers

Checking in on the '03 Les Varonniers almost a year later with a fresh bottle.  Popped and poured with grilled ribeye steaks. Rockin' right out of the gate.  Delightful and perfect with the steaks & mushrooms.  
Blackberry with very tasty mocha and creosote. .. gotta love Northern Rhone wines, especially Chapoutier  :) 
Will see how it opens up.... day 2 notes to follow. 
Poured this alongside the end of the magnum of '01 Vina Tondonia ... folks really gravitated to the Les Varonniers .... the '01 Tondonia has a little ways to go , but really showed well this evening with the classicism typical of Lopez de Heredia