Blind Tasting Challenge

I’ve been giving JC blind tasting quiz for years, but recently he started to test me with blind tasting.

I was nervous when he gave me the blind tasting first time, but after some months of training now I can taste with ease although I hadn’t got the answer right yet.

Today’s wine was red wine with medium ruby color and purple hue.
The wine had fresh cherry, cranberry, blueberry, lavender, rose, spearmint, dry rock.
Medium intensity, medium acid and medium+ tannin.
It was a thick skin grape but didn’t have the greenness of Bordeaux varieties so I thought it was Syrah, and judging from the aromas of fresh fruit, it was from cooler region, Northern Rhone.
It didn’t possessed the quality which Cornas or Hermitage has, so this must have been from the larger area like Saint Joseph or Crozes-Hermitage.

The answer was: E. Guigal Saint-Joseph 2012

It was a vague answer but I was right!

It wasn’t a clear answer: I reached it with the process of elimination, but I was still right!

I didn't think I would ever get it right, but perseverance took me here. If I keep trying, I wonder how far I can go. Even if I don't get too far, at least I still can enjoy wine.!