CH9 semi blind vertical tasting of Pegau, Beaucastel and Salon 1990-2009
Nordsjaelland
Tasted Friday, October 2, 2020 by Kim Gerner with 201 views
Introduction
7 Pegau Cuvee Reservee, 4 Pegau Cuvee Laurence, 1 Pegau Cuvee Da Capo, 2 Chateau Beaucastel, and 3 Roger Sabon Secret de Sabon served in sets of 2-3.
Flight 1 (17 Notes)
The best wine of the night was Roger Sabon "Secret de Sabon". More delicate and less rich (less extraction, alcohol and body) than the other CH9 domaines we tasted. Perfect balance. Not a typical CH9 to be honest. Extremely nice and well balanced tertiary aroma of caramel on both the nose and palate. One of the other vintages of Secret des Sabon, 2007, was heavily influenced by caramel - that wine was tired. The 2003 was on the other hand at the top. Drink now.
Closing
The winner from my personal point of view was Roger Sabon "Secret de Sabon 2003". Not a typical CH9
1998 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée Flawed
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Corked
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2000 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée 88 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
farmyard notes but lots of tannin
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2001 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée 88 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
tertiary farmyard notes
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2003 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée 88 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Too rich for me. Tertiary farmyard, notes
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2007 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée 90 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Mint, eucalyptus, minerality, and a little farmyard note. Not too rich. Excellent wine
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2009 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée 88 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
A warm year, very ripe, tertiary notes of farmyard. Too rich for me.
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2004 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée 88 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Flavours of Green bell pepper and lots of tertiary farmyard notes. High tannin
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1990 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Laurence 88 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Lacks fruit
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1998 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Laurence 92 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Still lots of fruit. potential for further ageing. Excellent wine
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2001 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Laurence Flawed
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Past its best. Much too much farmyard (WSET term...blocked drain)
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2004 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Laurence 88 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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2007 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée da Capo 90 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Almost youthful, very fruity with only a little farmyard note. However still, according to my taste, the balance is a little weak because of too much alcohol and too much body. Nevertheless still an excellent wine if you like that kind of wine, but a Score of 100 from WA is difficult to understand.
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2000 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Flawed
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
A little corked but only on the palate not the nose. At the same time heavy flavours of port (maybe related to storage)
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2001 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape 89 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Flavours of mint and licorice. High tannin
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2003 Roger Sabon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Le Secret des Sabon 93 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The best wine of the night. More delicate and less rich (less extraction, alcohol and body) than the other CH9 domaines we tasted. Perfect balance. Not a typical CH9 to be honest. Extremely nice and well balanced tertiary aroma of caramel on both the nose and palate. One of the other vintages of Secret des Sabon, 2007, was heavily influenced by caramel - that wine was tired. The 2003 was on the other hand at the top. Drink now.
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2007 Roger Sabon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Le Secret des Sabon 85 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Unfortunately heavily influenced by tertiary caramel - that wine was tired.
The 2003 was on the other hand at the top. The best wine of the night. More delicate and less rich (less extraction, alcohol and body) than the other CH9 domaines we tasted. Perfect balance. Not a typical CH9 to be honest. Extremely nice and well balanced tertiary aroma of caramel on both the nose and palate.
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2004 Roger Sabon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Le Secret des Sabon 88 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Lots of farmyard. No caramel at all like I found in the other two vintages from Roger Sabon. Seems like Secret de Sabon develops faster than Pegau and Beaucastel as the tertiary notes are more prominent
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