| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
9/1/2007 - kidsmurf2000 wrote: 93 pointsChocolate cake and brandy! Blackforest! Has some sourness, needs more time. |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
7/7/2007 - mebydef wrote: 100 pointsTight and complex, with increasing complexity and weight over a couple of hours. Notes of minerals, currants, and mace/nutmeg. The next day: Wow, it’s got alcohol, a very good amount of alcohol. With a dinner of heavy garlic, the high alcohol became hot. I left the wine for dessert. So very glad I did. This is an excellent wine. It’s as close to 100 as I can imagine. Beautiful mouth-feel, complex palate. Over a day’s time, this came into focus with fruit, earth, acid, lushness, chocolate, balance. Even with the alcohol, it still managed to be balanced. I’ll try to get more. |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
12/20/2007 - Paul S wrote: 92 pointsDrank at a Booze CdP 2004 tasting. What a lovely wine. Fresh and approachable with a really pretty Grenache fruit dominated nose and palate. Pretty is a strange word to use for a usually masculine wine, but I found this less animale and savoury than other CdPs I have had. It is hard to find fault with anything in this wine, it is extremely elegant, possesses good structure for aging but is already approachable, has great poise and balance, with lovely notes of cherry and just that little bit of smokiness. It lacked a little oomph next to the fabulous Beaucastel I tasted next, but an excellent wine nonetheless. |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
12/20/2007 - Eric wrote: 94 pointsClos des Papes Shootout (Seattle, WA): Very faint aromatics at first with just fleeting notes of soy, something I tend to associate with oxidized wine. With air though this picked up a lot, getting much more spicy and expressive with a hint of lilac. Over time this takes on a pleasing element of pine resin, getting much deeper and more aromatically intense. On first taste this immediately grabs me as a big, meaty mouthful of Châteauneuf-du-Pape with lots of dried herbs, spice and structure. The personality is much more mineral and salty than the other wines in the lineup, again with the pine resin and savory element, quite grippy and dry on the finish. Really good stuff but somewhat forbidding and powerful at this stage. My notes finish with a plea: "GIMME SOME LAMB!!!!" One of 4 tasters picked this as a 2003 and complained that it seemed over the hill and oxidized from the initial pour (note my soy above), but he did agree on retaste that it had rebounded quite a bit. I correctly guessed this as a the 2004 since it shared similar weight and intensity with the 2003's and 2005 but seemed both less sweet (much more savory really) AND rather shut down in comparison. |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
12/8/2007 - PontetCanet wrote: 87 pointsUninspiring tonight. Mint, confectioner's suger, alcohol on the nose. Short finish. Decanted 8 hours. |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
12/7/2007 - popquizkid wrote: 89 pointsDecanted for quite some time. This must be closed. Nose is muted. There are some hints of licorice but it is missing that beautiful red fruit that I would expect from clos des papes. Very tannic and the alcohol is dominant with the fruit missing. There is definitely something there it just seems to be hiding. Great mouthfeel even with it being shut down. I have heard that the Avril's believe that this wine shuts down 2-3 years after bottling and I would suspect that this is the case here. |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
11/7/2007 - jivey wrote: 92 pointsBackstreet - Cedar, anise, red fruits, stone, big bright cherry complex finish. |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
11/29/2007 - Paul Lin wrote: 91 pointsLasher's Offline (Long Beach, CA): This bottle was much better than my previous one. Notes of raspberry, garrigue, rosemary, and white pepper. |
| Red |
2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
11/29/2007 - goldstein wrote: 92 pointshard to disagree with the experts, but i've overrated this wine at 92. drank it right off the ups truck after delivery. harsh licorice open that i find slightly repelling, but the remainder is superb. maybe another year is what this needs, and i will wait to revisit this. bg |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
11/26/2007 - PontetCanet wrote: 90 pointsFrom a 375. Initially, a little funky stank which eventually blew off. Some nice spice on the nose. Tasty. |
| Red |
2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
11/18/2007 - ove wrote: 96 pointsStunning wine, fruit packed, not as much tannin or acidity as I expected. What a fantastic nose! Will hold my other four bottles for a few years at least. |
| Red |
2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
11/7/2007 - goofy Yno wrote: 94 pointsVanilla, plub. great soft feel in the mouth. ripe fruit, red. good finish. |
| Red |
2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
11/7/2007 - kstoddard wrote: 90 pointseRobert Parker Offline - Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Amarone (Backstreet Wine Salon, Phoenix): Raspberry, blackberry, Herbs of Provence, charred oak. Nice complexity. Good acidity with a touch of tartness on the finish. 14% alcohol. |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
11/3/2007 - cadamson wrote: 94 pointsClosed at first, opened up amazingly though after a couple hours. Classic CdP nose, very much perfume of leather, spice, dark fruit and barnyard. Good 30 second finish. Score to get much higher in years. |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
10/26/2007 - PontetCanet wrote: 90 pointsOpened for my b-day but my girl wanted the glass so I stuck the remainder in the fridge for the next day. Solid bottle. Did not floor me, however. Have two left and will hold off on the rest. Very bright nose and decent mouthfeel. Seemed to be well structured with a fairly long finish. |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
10/18/2007 - Pknut wrote: NRFrom a half bottle. This wine was seriously excellent. For one thing, it has gained considerable weight and depth from the summer of '06. Yet, for all of its depth and weight, it is light in the mouth and not heavy. When I smell it, it's like smelling a well-made grappa: essence of fruit notes (in this case, red fruits - cherries and berries), with a bit of alcohol around the fruit, but not too much alcohol. On the palate, there is a wide array of flavors - plenty of red and black fruits, animal fur, a bit of sea air salinity, mountain air freshness, liquorice - and both a richness and a purity that are remarkable. On top of all that, there is incredible balance. The tannins are so fine that they give structure with no dryness whatsoever. This wine, despite being very young, is drinking very well today. A/A+. |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
8/29/2007 - Paul Lin wrote: 87 pointsChateauneuf-du-Pape dinner (Canyon Lodge American Grill - Laguna Beach, CA): Based upon the other reviews on CT, I suspect that this bottle might be shut down as the fruit seems to be missing. In its place, notes of white and black pepper, soy, and herbs. |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
8/30/2007 - PatrikO wrote: 91 pointssome scent of disinfectant, ruby red, red fruit. Far too early to drink, leaves the palate very dry, needs time to mellow. |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
8/8/2007 - Weinlakai wrote: 94 pointsThis is really good. More balance and finesse than 2003. Very elegant and hedonistic at the same time. I should get more! |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
8/7/2007 - beachbum wrote: 91 pointstried a bottle to be able to complete the CDP 04 tastings that I wanted to do. a second to the Pegau, but as it was a bit warm, not decanted, and drunk outside without fanfare the bottle was very nice. the wine is very cherry, lots of tarry depth and showed clean flavors, not horsey. this will be v good with bottle age, not sure it is the penultimate vintage, but will enjoy my stash. second day the wine was better and bigger..... looks like a keeper. |
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2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
8/13/2007 - dbkitc wrote: 93 pointsDeep ruby – red fruit and a medicinal edge on the nose. The palate is smooth, sweet and delicious. Shows real character and is very long. I like this a lot. (93) |
| Red |
2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
8/10/2007 - KPB wrote: 93 pointsMedium ruby; somewhat muted nose shows varietal fruit, lavender, subtle aromas of leather, garrigue. Sweet and rich with light, soft tannins and a little mid-palate harshness that should fade with time. Somehow leaves a slight impression of "soap" right now.... Reminds me of the 2000. Don't drink this now, but if you hold it for a few years, could easily hit 93/94 pts. |
| Red |
2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
7/30/2007 - LianJet wrote: NRDrink another bottle with TKCheung at Yuca Hotel, Japanese Restaurant. |
| Red |
2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
7/27/2007 - LianJet wrote: NRConsumed with Phol, Chai and M at 海泉湾 Hotel, ZhuHai. Tasted with rack of lamb and angus steak with goose liver. Nicest with Steak. See note of previous bottle. Enjoyed wine with company. |
| Red |
2004 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
7/25/2007 - LianJet wrote: NRDinner with YuZhong and CSTeo |
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