2010 Domaine Grand Veneur Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (38) Avg Score: 94.9 points

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  5/12/2024 - grapenomad wrote: 94 Points

  Popped and decanted for about 5 hours. Very modern style of CdP - open and approachable right off the bat, with a sweet-fruited nose and palate. Tertiary notes just starting to show on the palate. Full-bodied with ripe tannins and moderate acidity. Smooth texture, almost creamy from the oak. Everything in check. Drink now or leave for 15-20 years.

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  4/6/2024 - whitmanlholt Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Popped and poured. This is a vibrant ruby wine with a darker core and material sediment cake on the bottle. The nose is shy at first, but opens nicely into brush, cherry sauce, coffee grounds, and orange peel. In the mouth, I get black cherry, smoke, and plum aspects, which fold into a long and dark-fruited finish on which the tannins are completely integrated. Overall, I found this to be a rich, dense, and satisfying wine. It is a nice all-around hitter that shows yet transcends the appellation. Given the density of the wine, the significant retained sediment, and how this opened up favorably over time, I would recommend decanting for a few hours. Very nice indeed. 93 points.

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  9/29/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 88 Points

  CdP blind tasting. Illuminating evening, while there were some nice and complex wines there were also quite a few misses. Issues revolved around either not aging well and becoming pruney, oxidative with cooked fruit aromas or just being too heavy/sweet/alcoholic. TN: Shows how much my taste has changed. I found this really heavy and extracted with pruney characters coming through. Very modern.

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  6/4/2023 - Vancouver wrote: 94 Points

  Deep ruby in appearence -still opaque at age 13 or so.
  
  Finally some evolution on the nose after a decade plus in the cellar- blueberry liqueur, vanilla, herbs (garrigue) and even some cut flowers. Very impressive and fresh.
  
  Lots of structure , acidity and flavor concentration on the palate. Atypical for a CDP of this age. The finish is long and savory.
  
  Overall-drinking very well but this has the stuffing to last for another decade if stored properly.

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  2/5/2022 - Vancouver wrote: 94 Points

  Deep ruby in appearance- the wine is still totally opaque with only a hint of lightening at the rim at age 12 or so.
  
  I have always found the nose reticent on this wine and this bottle was no exception. However after an hour in the decanter the wine opened up for business with a pronounced nose of black fruit , blackberry liqueur , charcuteries and herbal elements. Very impressive.
  
  The palate is full bodied with terrific structure , acidity and flavor concentration. Mostly black fruits on the palate which suggests plenty of evolution to come. The finish is medium plus.
  
  Overall this continues to be a structured and "backward" 2010. Fine to drink now , but I will hold off on the rest of my bottles for another 5 years or so.

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