Community Tasting Note

que syrah syrah wrote:

Sunday, January 12, 2014 - I opened this one with a bit of trepidation. The night before we had a 2009 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau and I was very underwhelmed and in November ('13) a 2009 Xavier Châteauneuf-du-Pape which was undrinkable. My concern was the '09's were just in a bad place. My fears were unfounded.

The bottle opens to a classic CdP nose dominated by Grenache. First taste, a bit tannic but a short decant clears that right up. Not as much of the Mont-Olivet forest nose that you find in many of their wines, just enough to appreciate and enjoy; great color, nose and palate of black fruit, herbs and spice with a subtle, delicious peppery finish, not significantly long but long enough. For those who have had a bottle earlier and found it less than stellar, definitely approach it again now. Backbone and acidity to age but I think the 2020 current outside drinking window is a bit too far. Drink now and over the next four years.

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