Second Sunday Group: 2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape (R&D's): Double decanted off its sediment a few hours before dinner. Starts a touch green, along with black cherry and plum. Medium tannins, with vanilla, herb, cherry and chocolate flavors. Medium(-) finish. Pleasant. 87-88 pts.
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Medium body. Still has lots of dark chocolate and coffee flavors with some dark fruits. I enjoyed it more on day 1, the last glass on day 2 was showing a lot of sour fruits on the finish
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Dark red. Med red fruit, a herb and black pepper bite. the fruit is fright, red and the tannin perfectly walks the fine wine between athletic and bonny. This is vibrant with medium body. This will age well into the 2020s.
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dark plum red, little clarity, slight brickish hue Nose: blackberry, plum, white pepper, black pepper, cola, dark chocolate, touch licorice, vanilla, stem, bay leaf, oak Pal: blackberry, plum, white pepper, black pepper, cola, chocolate, touch licorice, vanilla, stem, bay leaf, oak Feel: full Finish: long TC8
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Cocoa, coffee and dark fruits on the nose. Black cherry, blackberry. Again, a lot of earth (like the rest of these Keenan wine). This is a good food wine and one of the few merlots I like.
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11/4/2019 - td1836 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still drinking well. Getting tart blackberry, cocoa, and black cherry. It is still quite tannic, and isn’t showing much age at all. Drink or hold.
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10/8/2017 - AllRed wrote: 87 Points
Second Sunday Group: 2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape (R&D's): Double decanted off its sediment a few hours before dinner. Starts a touch green, along with black cherry and plum. Medium tannins, with vanilla, herb, cherry and chocolate flavors. Medium(-) finish. Pleasant. 87-88 pts.
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11/5/2016 - td1836 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Medium body. Still has lots of dark chocolate and coffee flavors with some dark fruits. I enjoyed it more on day 1, the last glass on day 2 was showing a lot of sour fruits on the finish
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3/12/2016 - KVM wrote:
Dark red. Med red fruit, a herb and black pepper bite. the fruit is fright, red and the tannin perfectly walks the fine wine between athletic and bonny. This is vibrant with medium body. This will age well into the 2020s.
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11/1/2015 - garypn Likes this wine: 90 Points
The first bottle was OK a year ago, great one this one.
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10/2/2014 - Frijole wrote:
dark plum red, little clarity, slight brickish hue
Nose: blackberry, plum, white pepper, black pepper, cola, dark chocolate, touch licorice, vanilla, stem, bay leaf, oak
Pal: blackberry, plum, white pepper, black pepper, cola, chocolate, touch licorice, vanilla, stem, bay leaf, oak
Feel: full
Finish: long
TC8
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9/29/2014 - td1836 wrote: 92 Points
Cocoa, coffee and dark fruits on the nose. Black cherry, blackberry. Again, a lot of earth (like the rest of these Keenan wine). This is a good food wine and one of the few merlots I like.
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