Decanted 1.5 hours. Dark garnet, suspended sediment. Stewed dark fruit compote nose. Palate is the same - little ability to parcel out different flavours here - this is deep into tertiary territory. Some glints of leather and dusty rose complexity on the relatively long final. Quite big bodied, tannins fully resolved.
There is a sweetness and a general melting pot character to this wine. I've experienced that with Les Safres as well and although it may be a reflection of the vintage I think I am not a fan of the house style here. Too hedonistic, not enough poise and vibrancy. After we finished this off we shifted to Chapoutier's 2007 Croix de Bois which had much greater polish, delineation and most importantly for me was refreshing.
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Quintessential aged southern Rhone, all warm and seductive with pillowy cherryish fruit, a little bit of grip, and the suggestion of leather and tobacco. Nicely full-bodied, and tannins well dissolved, so an excellent match for a lamb curry, but for my taste a little more tertiary development would make this intrinsically more interesting.
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Monthly Tasting Group: Northern Rhone and a Couple CdP's (A - Side Public House, St. Paul, MN): Dark red color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour. This was my back up bottle after the flawed the Delas Hermitage. This was is in beautiful spot, having evolved so nicely shedding some ripeness and fleshing out to be oh so pretty, reminiscent of the '00 version. Oh my, smoke and tar, very earthy with touches of funk, pencil, raspberry and blackberry with floral and Provencal overtones. The palate is full bodied and suave, well integrated and sleek, not weighty, a mix of pristine red and black fruits, damp earth and leather, dried herb, pencil and ferrous minerality, and round soft tannins on a lengthy finish. Damn, I wish I had more of these now.
So what does a 15+ year old CNDP taste like today. If it is Clos du Caillou Les Quartz, it is lovely - aromatic, balanced, rich (but its does not overpower the mouth) and with a wonderful long finish.
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Color: opaque ruby core -> medium-deep ruby/garnet rim. Roasted cherries and beef as well as a bit of iodine and garrigue on the nose. Wonderfully concentrated palate of blackberries, macerated cherries, forest floor, graphite, tar and plums. This stops short of being over-the-top to my mind with a great midpalate and acidity helping to hold the structure in place. Tannins are present but in the background; I'd say this has easily another 5-7 years in hand. For those in favor of the bigger (but structured) side of CDP, drink this now and into reasonable future as this is at peak.
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This reminds me of the first time I tried this a few years back. Wonderful wine. The bottles in between have somehow not been as good but this one, yes.
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This wine was exceptional. Very long finish, beautiful depth in the nose. Could last another 15 years. The fruit was particularly special - deep dark cherry with mineral overtones. Shared this with friends and all sipped this treasure for a long time.
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Excellent. Everything you would expect in a nicely aged CDP. Big but very well balanced. At peak now and probably for another couple of years. Agree that it needs to breathe an hour in the decanter.
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Had a bottle of this with grilled pork loin chop. Really concentrated with dark fruit, licorice, tar and earth. Open about an hour before drinking this. Drink or hold.
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Brooding wine that is a dark pen ink on opening. Aromatically presents garrigue, warm ganache notes, black fruits, alcohol, and black licorice. On the palate this is very vibrant with balanced acidity, presenting pepper notes on the entry, dusty black fruits, iron, crushed rock, and pepper in the mid palate. The finish dries out a bit with chalk, black licorice, and smoked meats. Persistent but not overpowering. After 45+ seconds this presents a faint note of heat. Great stuffing wrapped into a powerful yet refined frame. Day 1 93-94.
Day 2 - This is holding on very well - better aromatics on the fruit side, more iron on the palate (which I enjoy), and retained acidity. I would reiterate the great stuffing comment. Great stuff, especially at the $40 price point.
No need to rush this, but enjoyable now. Estimated window now through 2025.
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Still deep, primary color. Strong whiff of licorice to accompany black and red fruit. Just an iota of brett as well, although this didn't amount to much. Medium to full bodied. Coffee/chocolate richness without any overripeness. Succulent blackberry and black raspberry with herbal complexity and fine acidity. Fresh and strong at age 13.
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Opaque rosewood color. Came out of the bottle a little punchy. Decanted 2 hours, which turned out to be a mistake. The nose was completely nondescript, while the muddled flavors on the thin palate fell over entirely on the vanishing finish. Totally different from my prior bottle, this instead seemed dilute and tired. Unidentifiable as Châteauneuf-du-Pape, a Rhône wine, or even French. Disappointing.
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This is a CNDP that I really like - fragrant nose, smooth on the palate and a very nice finish, well balanced, just the right amount of sweetness (to balance against chili and Bar-B-Q), red & dark fruit. It was up against an equally good but different 2010 Château Capbern-Gasqueton....so, I will call it a draw for WOTN.
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Dang, I thought this would be further along. Checking in after a long hiatus; per CT, my last bottle was from 2013... well, this is not a disappointment in any respect. Youthful, fresh and showing abundant fruit. Bright n the glass with a ruby red complexion. This, my advice is to leave them alone for perhaps four more years. The drinking window here is 2011-2025. I would suggest pushing that out another five years. This wine won’t peak until 2020 or beyond. Room for another point at that time.
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Deep ruby to the rim. Red berry, blueberry, espresso. As it warmed, fig and some surmaturité notes. Round, large scaled, noticeable wood imprint, but the depth of fruit at age 12 is remarkable. Some black licorice. Keep on the cooler side since as it warmed, it lost focus and showed an alcoholic edge. Modern wine with very strong material.
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When I used the Coravin on this bottle back in February, my thought was that it needed a lot more time to round out – it was still big and fairly primary, while I tend to like my CDPs in the 15-20yr range with much more in the way of tertiary flavours and depth. Little did I know, the Coravin would do the trick – whatever little bit of air it allowed in during the four months since sped up development significantly, and had this wine showing much more advanced than its 12 years would imply. What a treat! The balance between bold, ripe fruit (raspberry, cherry, plum, blackberry) and age-induced fruit (prune, raisin, stewed tomato) was on point, as were the contrasting (and seemingly countless) savoury elements: earth, gravel, pine, black licorice, and charcoal among others. A wave of tertiary notes brought with it plenty of meat/iron, burnt cigar, and barnyard. The finish provided touches of burnt sugar and molasses. All in all, my kind of CDP! For those with completely unopened bottles, I’d say this still needs three to four years to come into its own – but rest assured, it will be worth the wait! 93+
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Il y a un bel équilibre dans cette bouteille, que je trouve rarement dans les 2005 jusqu'ici. Pas trop tannique ni extrait, c’est puissant mais bien maitrisé, un peu moderne, avec tout de même un peu de fruit rouge plutôt que le sempiternel fruit sec (dattes) que je trouve souvent dans ce millésime. C’est goûteux et agréable, avec toutefois une finale un peu rustique. 91 pts
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Inky and fairly youthful for a 12 year old CDP; dark berry and dry on the palate, fairly pleasurable; not a lot of aromatics. Overall enjoyable and I look forward to opening its big brother in a couple of years (Caillou CDP '05)
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Tasted blind. A core of murky gaminess surrounded by chocolate and ripe blueberries and black cherries with hints of black pepper and other spices. Lovely garrigue on the nose. Big tannins on the finish, like highly extracted black tea. The kind of wine Robert Parker would love.
Guess the wine: Rhone blend. Chateauneuf du Pape?
Rating: 93
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My first bottle of this delicious CdP. This is a big wine and should be opened an hour or more before drinking. Spice, dark fruits, tar and some some big tannin that is tame enough to be a positive. I would say this is just now entering prime time. Drink now or over the next 5+ years. Happy to have a couple more.
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This is just great. It's hard to write tasting notes for a wine this complex and savory. The nose reveals roasted meat with a fruit reduction sauce, black pepper, anise, and camphor. French oak also asserts a presence. The wine is thick and mouth-coating with an integrated, but somewhat coarse, tannic structure. I have a firm impression of cereal grains--a repeat entry in my CdP tasting notes, likely from the tannins.
Is there any California wine that tastes anything like this?
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Bouquet and taste profile of ripe plum, fig, rocks, and earth. Serious acid, palate-coating, generous finish. Came away with the impression that this is just a bit muddled at present and probably needs another two to three years to show its best. Recommend holding. 92-94.
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Notes from CDP tasting - one of my favorite cdps and was a late add to the tasting after I revealed it to be a favorite and a friend and brought it as a back up. A bigger notes with coco dust, iron, musk, figs, plums and earth. Rounder on the palate and still drinking with verve. Not youthful but still packing a punch.
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This is a fantastic wine driving on a powerful graphite texture and beautiful flavors. Nose has spice, leather, and red and black fruits. Palate is beautiful with balance and that fantastic texture. The wine has a feminine quality that I don't expect from a Chateauneuf du Pape...but just love it!
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I've had two bottles of this wine, (one remaining) and I can't align my tastes with the reviews. I find the wine sharply alcoholic with thin fruit on both the nose and the palette. It is saved only by having, despite its major flaws, the mineral, flinty, identifiable taste of a CDP, which even the mere suggestion of can make me happy.
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Mainly grenache and that surprised me, because the acidity was quite high (although acceptable), very ripe, good body, lots of alcohol in the aftertaste; nice wine but with a certain unbalance.
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This is a really dark and inky, beautiful wine that actually needs some time to open up. The nose is shy but shows deep black fruit, nutmeg, pepper, baking spice, and cigar box. Palate brings all of these notes together with a silky dark graphite texture that's just beautiful. Let this wine breathe a lot, or keep laid down another three to five years. This currently brooding wine is going to be gorgeous when it relaxes a bit.
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Medium ruby with some fading. Oh goodness, this has the most vivid scent of lavender, like running your hands through a mountain field in southern France. Medium to full bodied with a tarry, tannic core. Around this core is a mixture of about 70% non-fruit elements (herbs, licorice, and tobacco leaf) and 30% sappy black fruit. Marvelous complexity, a small amount of alcohol also comes through. My assessment is that it is several years away from complete maturity.
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Opaque with crimson rim. Opulent nose of potpourri, garrigue and barbecue sauce, with a faintly sweet aroma of hot cocoa. Palate is full and jammy, balanced with a stony underpinning that persists through the long finish. This is very smooth in the mouth, with a hint of residual tannin. Delicious now, this will likely continue to mature through the end of the decade.
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Weekly tasting group #145; Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2005 (@ VD): Beautiful bouquet and complex with ripe red and dark berry fruits, garrigue, sweet licorice, tobacco and vanilla. Lush and luxurious. On the palate the same impressions; beautifully ripe fruits, good spiciness, some salty licorice and minerals like graphite. A touch of chocolate as well. Beautiful balance between acidity and sweetness and tannin with still a good bite. Early maturity now and this beautiful wine will drink nicely until well into the 2020's. 93 - 94
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Beautiful hints of plum with a solid backbone. Tannin levels were perfectly in balance. It was gorgeous with smoked brisket. Although it was great last night, it could easily have been held back for 5+ yrs. Decanted for 4+ hrs and consumed over another 2.
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amazing. tons of plum, hints of hot stone. layers of fruit. jammy but balanced. minerality infused in the finish. maybe it gets even better in the next 2-5 years? regardless, very enjoyable today.
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Decanted for an hour, large-framed wine in every respect. Perfectly ripe fruit, no signs of age yet, moderate tannins, a bit high in alcohol - just a very new-age CNP that is at its best right now. We wanted to love it, but only liked it. It left me longing for an older, earthier CNP. If you like big fat california-style wine you'll like this.
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This is an amazing wine. I don't write as much as I did, but---this is really the wine to look for. Simply sublime, approachable and ready to go. Now---you can bank it for the decade and your cellar won't mind, nor your palate. But, once tasting the ethereal goodness than pours from the bottle--you will be hard pressed to stay away. take it from an a vowed Pegau lover---this is really terrific! My best wine of 2013.
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we initially thought this was amazing. nose of red fruit and crushed rocks. layers of lush plum. tannins are soft. but the considerable cheese we had had coated out palates. as it opened the tannins were clearly there. but boy, its a really big wine with layers of plum. could prob age another 2-4 years to soften the tannins. very enjoyable
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This is a big, big CdP. Big tannins, big alcohol, etc. Decanted about 30 minutes prior to serving helped smooth it out. This wine had interesting minerality in a long finish. The rest will stay in the cellar for a few.
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red, orange, in color. cherry, dark berry, earth, pepper, spice, on the nose. oak, vanilla, blackberry, licorice, pepper, on the palate. mild acid, big tannins, on the finish.
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A little monster, still difficult to approach.. Nose of crushed rocks, soy sauce, plums and figs. A tough tannin is combined with a very hot and ripe (maybe overrripe) fruit, dried rainsin, figs; fruits preserved in rum and sugar, black fruit, licorice - but overall with enough acidity an tannin to become a superbe CdP. Still young.
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Good but definitely needs more cellar time. If opened now try a long decant. Good structure but a bit awkward as others have noted. This should continue to improve.
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Still a huge wine. Decanted for 2 hours before it even tried to open up. I'm holding my remaining bottles for quite a while, but this was a good check in.
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What a beast! Decanted and drunk over 4hours. Dark deep red color with pink on the rim.
BIG nose of black peppar, lush ripe red and black fruits smoke, soy sauce and dark chocolate, licorice, eucalyptus and a vitaminpill note and crushed rocks, cigarbox and tobacco leaf, and a butterscotch thing. Beautifull minerallity.
Palate: black tea and black peppar, plums and blackberry, black licorice, rosemary and a medinal play, crushed rocks. huge firm tannins, big and beautifull minerallity and a loooong mouthwatering finish.
This wine needs food and another 5-10 years in the cellar at least. Loved every last bit of it and got better with more airtime.
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My goodness it's as black as night and seems thick enough to stand a spoon in. Surprisingly subtle on the palate and finish that goes on for decades. Fab and will last, and improve, for yonks.
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D.C. Dinner for Greg Golec (Toscana Cafe - DC): Incredibly dense and spicy wine that is nowhere close to being ready. Thought the palate was awkward at this point and didn't have the harmony that aged CdP's can achieve. This should be a long-lived vintage in the Southern Rhone, so I'd stay away from these for awhile.
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Lots of heat and some funk when opened. Decanted an hour and softened wonderfully. Light bouquet of dark berries, floral and musky earth. On the palate, a surprise that the tannins are fully resolved. This was our first bottle of 2005 CdP we opened, thinking we would be tasting a young wine. But it is drinking like a matured one instead. The wine was mouth filling with integrated dark berries, spices and earth with a subtle sweetness and a bit of acidity underlying. Matured fruit, not fresh or bright as we had expected from a young wine. Medium body, great balance, fine tannins. I had seen TN’s that the wine was “overoaked” but it seems this has resolved with time. Really enjoyed and looking forward to more in the future. (Doris really enjoyed.) (Steve B. 90 - tannins resolved, fruits matured, very smooth and tasty)
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This is in a good place right now. The nose explodes from the bottle. Flowers, red fruits, and meat. The tannins are resolving and this is drinking smooth. It went well with a nice BBQ tri-tip.
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Grenache goodness. Meat, red fruit, and licorice on the nose. Minerals, red fruit, game, tobacco, rocks, herbs, underbrush, olives, and thai basil on the palate. Went well with three-meat meatballs and an assortment of cheeses. Drinking well with a pop and pour but improved with air. Nice fruit, not over-done and alcohol held in check.
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Dark as night in color. A bit muted on the nose. Massive and layered on the palate. Perfect pair with JAR pot roast. Long, long, long on the finish. Superb CDP.
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Enjoyed this bottle a lot even though I thought it was Italian while tasting it blind. It had the Grenache nose of red fruit, olive, game, cherries galore, stone, minerals, and herbs...but I was also getting a huge cigar ash/tobacco and dried cherry thang that had me thinking Italian. Well balanced, nice long finish, dry as a bone, and went well with a ton of cheeses, Salmon, pork, lamb, and hummus. Have a lot of life left but drinking extremely well now.
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This was served blind and I nailed it! I did think it was a little older vintage since it was drinking so perfectly and I had brought another CDP of the same vintage but needed more time. This was classic CDP that was hitting on all cylinders for me. Beatuiful melted licorice, dry herbs, olives, tart raspberries, hot stones, smoke and pepper. It was as if you can almost smell the hot summer air of the southern rhone in the glass. All transfered to the palate with perfect balance and a nice dry finish. Went perfectly w/everything we threw at it from dates to olives to triple cream cheeses to hummas and finally roasted rack of lamb (not to mention fresh bread and olive, garlic, lemon and rosemary infuse EVOO, YUM). A friend of mine said he was getting gobs of cherries and tobacco that I wasn't honing in on then he said he said "cigar ash". Man that was the perfect description of the finish. Such a cool secondary characteristic. Hard to believe this would do any better with time, if I had more of it I'd be drinking it down but it would be interesting to see what it would do with age too, but why wait!
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2005 CdP and others (Alex's place): My favourite CdP of the night. Nose had some glycerin, but that was quickly overtaken by traditional garrigue, along with sun-dried prunes, plums, dried cherries and savoury roast meat along with a sprinkle of pepper. Very classic CdP on the nose, rather more modern on the palare, which was dense and rich, but had decent freshness and firm, chewy tannins. I got olive tapande, dried herbs and cherries on the attack and mid-palate along with a touch of dried cherry fruit and white pepper wrapped in drying tannins as we got into the nice, satisfying finish. Very nice.
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Horizontal of 05 CdPs and more (My House): Very big on the woodspice, five spice and spice box! The most dense and overloaded with sweet morello cherries with slightly chocolatey texture. The lushest of the lot tasted but some people threw up the suggestion that it was overoaked which explains all the woodsy aromas. But I thought it added character to the wine and given the concentration and concealed power of the fruits, it definitely wasn't OTT.
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I liked this wine it was juicy, dense and delicious with concentrated dark berries, anise, current and chocolate. Fine grained tannis with a plush and long finish. Very solid Chateauneuf - I’m sorry I only bought one.
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Moderately dark color. Forward nose of whole dark berries. Excellent fruit carries through on palate. The most viscous and weighty of these 5 wines, but much simpler than the Cailloux and Chapoutier. Impressively round, long, tannic finish, but could use more acidity to give it more verve. As is, it comes across as a bit soupy. Will appeal to the fans of big, rich Chateauneuf.
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Châteauneuf du Pape 2005 (FOF): Clear dark red color. Very nice complex nose, with raisins, chocolate and lots of warm fruit. The taste is even more refined with huge fruit feel, black berries, blue berries and other wild, dark berries. Long taste with lots of pepper and heat, but even more tannins. Great structure leaves my expectations very high for this one.
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Uncorked DK: Chateauneuf 2005 Report: Dark color with the usual purple nuances for very young wines. Very good dense dark fruit on the nose. Meaty and spicy, dense, intense and long. This is classic CNDP. Not as many minerals as I've experienced with this in previous vintages, but they will probably emerge with time. 93+.
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Nose of black fruit, with a little bit of volatile alcohol and a hint of smokiness. "Cerises du nord" in the mounth with powerfull tannins... this wine needs a couple of hours of aeration to integrate the tannins... To be retasted, as the wine had just been bottled a couple of days ago (92-95+/100)
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2/29/2024 - Philippe_C wrote: 95 Points
Superb nose of roasted strawberries, loads of roasted meat... Very nice integrated and silky tannin, loads of concentrated cherries fruit, very nice!!
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1/5/2024 - sababa1022 wrote: 88 Points
Clunky. Thick. Lacking in balancing acid. But flavorful and some will like it.
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4/6/2023 - David Meddings Does not like this wine: 89 Points
Decanted 1.5 hours. Dark garnet, suspended sediment. Stewed dark fruit compote nose. Palate is the same - little ability to parcel out different flavours here - this is deep into tertiary territory. Some glints of leather and dusty rose complexity on the relatively long final. Quite big bodied, tannins fully resolved.
There is a sweetness and a general melting pot character to this wine. I've experienced that with Les Safres as well and although it may be a reflection of the vintage I think I am not a fan of the house style here. Too hedonistic, not enough poise and vibrancy. After we finished this off we shifted to Chapoutier's 2007 Croix de Bois which had much greater polish, delineation and most importantly for me was refreshing.
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2/10/2023 - Labrador Likes this wine: 90 Points
No formal notes but very enjoyable.
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6/4/2022 - Two Winos Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drinking incredibly well right now. I think it has room to improve even more. A few more years and this could be a 96 point wine.
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2/12/2022 - NickA Likes this wine: 92 Points
Quintessential aged southern Rhone, all warm and seductive with pillowy cherryish fruit, a little bit of grip, and the suggestion of leather and tobacco. Nicely full-bodied, and tannins well dissolved, so an excellent match for a lamb curry, but for my taste a little more tertiary development would make this intrinsically more interesting.
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1/23/2022 - rocknroller wrote: 94 Points
Monthly Tasting Group: Northern Rhone and a Couple CdP's (A - Side Public House, St. Paul, MN): Dark red color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour. This was my back up bottle after the flawed the Delas Hermitage. This was is in beautiful spot, having evolved so nicely shedding some ripeness and fleshing out to be oh so pretty, reminiscent of the '00 version. Oh my, smoke and tar, very earthy with touches of funk, pencil, raspberry and blackberry with floral and Provencal overtones. The palate is full bodied and suave, well integrated and sleek, not weighty, a mix of pristine red and black fruits, damp earth and leather, dried herb, pencil and ferrous minerality, and round soft tannins on a lengthy finish. Damn, I wish I had more of these now.
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6/11/2021 - Labrador Likes this wine: 90 Points
So what does a 15+ year old CNDP taste like today. If it is Clos du Caillou Les Quartz, it is lovely - aromatic, balanced, rich (but its does not overpower the mouth) and with a wonderful long finish.
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1/10/2021 - BVal wrote: 93 Points
Color: opaque ruby core -> medium-deep ruby/garnet rim. Roasted cherries and beef as well as a bit of iodine and garrigue on the nose. Wonderfully concentrated palate of blackberries, macerated cherries, forest floor, graphite, tar and plums. This stops short of being over-the-top to my mind with a great midpalate and acidity helping to hold the structure in place. Tannins are present but in the background; I'd say this has easily another 5-7 years in hand. For those in favor of the bigger (but structured) side of CDP, drink this now and into reasonable future as this is at peak.
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12/10/2020 - rm97 wrote: 93 Points
Took a couple of hours to open up but when it did, this was a lovely wine. Mature, balanced CDP. Last bottle. A shame.
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8/4/2020 - rm97 wrote: 93 Points
This reminds me of the first time I tried this a few years back. Wonderful wine. The bottles in between have somehow not been as good but this one, yes.
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11/7/2019 - omalley89 wrote: 95 Points
This wine was exceptional. Very long finish, beautiful depth in the nose. Could last another 15 years. The fruit was particularly special - deep dark cherry with mineral overtones. Shared this with friends and all sipped this treasure for a long time.
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11/7/2019 - rm97 wrote: 94 Points
Delicious
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10/29/2019 - BordeauxBoy wrote: 94 Points
Excellent. Everything you would expect in a nicely aged CDP. Big but very well balanced. At peak now and probably for another couple of years. Agree that it needs to breathe an hour in the decanter.
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7/19/2019 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 94 Points
Had a bottle of this with grilled pork loin chop. Really concentrated with dark fruit, licorice, tar and earth. Open about an hour before drinking this. Drink or hold.
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8/14/2018 - COWineLover wrote: 93 Points
Brooding wine that is a dark pen ink on opening. Aromatically presents garrigue, warm ganache notes, black fruits, alcohol, and black licorice. On the palate this is very vibrant with balanced acidity, presenting pepper notes on the entry, dusty black fruits, iron, crushed rock, and pepper in the mid palate. The finish dries out a bit with chalk, black licorice, and smoked meats. Persistent but not overpowering. After 45+ seconds this presents a faint note of heat. Great stuffing wrapped into a powerful yet refined frame. Day 1 93-94.
Day 2 - This is holding on very well - better aromatics on the fruit side, more iron on the palate (which I enjoy), and retained acidity. I would reiterate the great stuffing comment. Great stuff, especially at the $40 price point.
No need to rush this, but enjoyable now. Estimated window now through 2025.
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4/11/2018 - drwine2001 wrote:
Still deep, primary color. Strong whiff of licorice to accompany black and red fruit. Just an iota of brett as well, although this didn't amount to much. Medium to full bodied. Coffee/chocolate richness without any overripeness. Succulent blackberry and black raspberry with herbal complexity and fine acidity. Fresh and strong at age 13.
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3/17/2018 - Philippe_C wrote: 96 Points
Delicious ripe red cherries nose, good freshness, sandalwood, bacon and BBQ meat... Great concentration, loads of silky tannin, great feminine wine
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12/28/2017 - NineteenEightyTwo wrote: 83 Points
Opaque rosewood color. Came out of the bottle a little punchy. Decanted 2 hours, which turned out to be a mistake. The nose was completely nondescript, while the muddled flavors on the thin palate fell over entirely on the vanishing finish. Totally different from my prior bottle, this instead seemed dilute and tired. Unidentifiable as Châteauneuf-du-Pape, a Rhône wine, or even French. Disappointing.
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10/27/2017 - Labrador Likes this wine: 91 Points
This is a CNDP that I really like - fragrant nose, smooth on the palate and a very nice finish, well balanced, just the right amount of sweetness (to balance against chili and Bar-B-Q), red & dark fruit.
It was up against an equally good but different 2010 Château Capbern-Gasqueton....so, I will call it a draw for WOTN.
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10/25/2017 - BradA Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dang, I thought this would be further along. Checking in after a long hiatus; per CT, my last bottle was from 2013... well, this is not a disappointment in any respect. Youthful, fresh and showing abundant fruit. Bright n the glass with a ruby red complexion. This, my advice is to leave them alone for perhaps four more years. The drinking window here is 2011-2025. I would suggest pushing that out another five years. This wine won’t peak until 2020 or beyond. Room for another point at that time.
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8/21/2017 - drwine2001 wrote:
Deep ruby to the rim. Red berry, blueberry, espresso. As it warmed, fig and some surmaturité notes. Round, large scaled, noticeable wood imprint, but the depth of fruit at age 12 is remarkable. Some black licorice. Keep on the cooler side since as it warmed, it lost focus and showed an alcoholic edge. Modern wine with very strong material.
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7/10/2017 - Wine Ratings Likes this wine: 93 Points
When I used the Coravin on this bottle back in February, my thought was that it needed a lot more time to round out – it was still big and fairly primary, while I tend to like my CDPs in the 15-20yr range with much more in the way of tertiary flavours and depth. Little did I know, the Coravin would do the trick – whatever little bit of air it allowed in during the four months since sped up development significantly, and had this wine showing much more advanced than its 12 years would imply. What a treat! The balance between bold, ripe fruit (raspberry, cherry, plum, blackberry) and age-induced fruit (prune, raisin, stewed tomato) was on point, as were the contrasting (and seemingly countless) savoury elements: earth, gravel, pine, black licorice, and charcoal among others. A wave of tertiary notes brought with it plenty of meat/iron, burnt cigar, and barnyard. The finish provided touches of burnt sugar and molasses. All in all, my kind of CDP! For those with completely unopened bottles, I’d say this still needs three to four years to come into its own – but rest assured, it will be worth the wait! 93+
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4/16/2017 - d'Artagnan wrote: 91 Points
Il y a un bel équilibre dans cette bouteille, que je trouve rarement dans les 2005 jusqu'ici. Pas trop tannique ni extrait, c’est puissant mais bien maitrisé, un peu moderne, avec tout de même un peu de fruit rouge plutôt que le sempiternel fruit sec (dattes) que je trouve souvent dans ce millésime. C’est goûteux et agréable, avec toutefois une finale un peu rustique. 91 pts
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4/4/2017 - yinha Likes this wine: 89 Points
Inky and fairly youthful for a 12 year old CDP; dark berry and dry on the palate, fairly pleasurable; not a lot of aromatics. Overall enjoyable and I look forward to opening its big brother in a couple of years (Caillou CDP '05)
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12/25/2016 - rmalloy Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tasted blind. A core of murky gaminess surrounded by chocolate and ripe blueberries and black cherries with hints of black pepper and other spices. Lovely garrigue on the nose. Big tannins on the finish, like highly extracted black tea. The kind of wine Robert Parker would love.
Guess the wine: Rhone blend. Chateauneuf du Pape?
Rating: 93
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10/10/2016 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 95 Points
My first bottle of this delicious CdP. This is a big wine and should be opened an hour or more before drinking. Spice, dark fruits, tar and some some big tannin that is tame enough to be a positive. I would say this is just now entering prime time. Drink now or over the next 5+ years. Happy to have a couple more.
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10/10/2016 - Frank Schneider wrote: 92 Points
Nice to drink now , but may be a few points higher in 5 years ! Hold
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9/3/2016 - rm97 wrote: 92 Points
Could be higher score in 2-3 years
Still needs to come together a little more but even today a lovely wine
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8/12/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
Ruby. Substantial, chewy, ripe red/black fruit and licorice. Well balanced and long, just reaching maturity.
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7/3/2016 - rmalloy Likes this wine: 94 Points
This is just great. It's hard to write tasting notes for a wine this complex and savory. The nose reveals roasted meat with a fruit reduction sauce, black pepper, anise, and camphor. French oak also asserts a presence. The wine is thick and mouth-coating with an integrated, but somewhat coarse, tannic structure. I have a firm impression of cereal grains--a repeat entry in my CdP tasting notes, likely from the tannins.
Is there any California wine that tastes anything like this?
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6/14/2016 - Motz wrote: 93 Points
Bouquet and taste profile of ripe plum, fig, rocks, and earth. Serious acid, palate-coating, generous finish. Came away with the impression that this is just a bit muddled at present and probably needs another two to three years to show its best. Recommend holding. 92-94.
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6/14/2016 - bajayngo wrote:
Notes from CDP tasting - one of my favorite cdps and was a late add to the tasting after I revealed it to be a favorite and a friend and brought it as a back up. A bigger notes with coco dust, iron, musk, figs, plums and earth. Rounder on the palate and still drinking with verve. Not youthful but still packing a punch.
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1/14/2016 - Lobonick Likes this wine: 91 Points
This is a fantastic wine driving on a powerful graphite texture and beautiful flavors. Nose has spice, leather, and red and black fruits. Palate is beautiful with balance and that fantastic texture. The wine has a feminine quality that I don't expect from a Chateauneuf du Pape...but just love it!
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1/4/2016 - djreistr wrote:
I've had two bottles of this wine, (one remaining) and I can't align my tastes with the reviews. I find the wine sharply alcoholic with thin fruit on both the nose and the palette. It is saved only by having, despite its major flaws, the mineral, flinty, identifiable taste of a CDP, which even the mere suggestion of can make me happy.
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12/26/2015 - FransS wrote: 90 Points
Mainly grenache and that surprised me, because the acidity was quite high (although acceptable), very ripe, good body, lots of alcohol in the aftertaste; nice wine but with a certain unbalance.
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10/20/2015 - Lobonick Likes this wine: 91 Points
This is a really dark and inky, beautiful wine that actually needs some time to open up. The nose is shy but shows deep black fruit, nutmeg, pepper, baking spice, and cigar box. Palate brings all of these notes together with a silky dark graphite texture that's just beautiful. Let this wine breathe a lot, or keep laid down another three to five years. This currently brooding wine is going to be gorgeous when it relaxes a bit.
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6/7/2015 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium ruby with some fading. Oh goodness, this has the most vivid scent of lavender, like running your hands through a mountain field in southern France. Medium to full bodied with a tarry, tannic core. Around this core is a mixture of about 70% non-fruit elements (herbs, licorice, and tobacco leaf) and 30% sappy black fruit. Marvelous complexity, a small amount of alcohol also comes through. My assessment is that it is several years away from complete maturity.
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2/7/2015 - NineteenEightyTwo Likes this wine: 91 Points
Opaque with crimson rim. Opulent nose of potpourri, garrigue and barbecue sauce, with a faintly sweet aroma of hot cocoa. Palate is full and jammy, balanced with a stony underpinning that persists through the long finish. This is very smooth in the mouth, with a hint of residual tannin. Delicious now, this will likely continue to mature through the end of the decade.
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12/1/2014 - Zweder wrote: 94 Points
Weekly tasting group #145; Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2005 (@ VD): Beautiful bouquet and complex with ripe red and dark berry fruits, garrigue, sweet licorice, tobacco and vanilla. Lush and luxurious. On the palate the same impressions; beautifully ripe fruits, good spiciness, some salty licorice and minerals like graphite. A touch of chocolate as well. Beautiful balance between acidity and sweetness and tannin with still a good bite. Early maturity now and this beautiful wine will drink nicely until well into the 2020's. 93 - 94
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9/13/2014 - pauljr1121 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Beautiful hints of plum with a solid backbone. Tannin levels were perfectly in balance. It was gorgeous with smoked brisket. Although it was great last night, it could easily have been held back for 5+ yrs. Decanted for 4+ hrs and consumed over another 2.
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6/29/2014 - winelover1808 wrote: 93 Points
amazing. tons of plum, hints of hot stone. layers of fruit. jammy but balanced. minerality infused in the finish. maybe it gets even better in the next 2-5 years? regardless, very enjoyable today.
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3/15/2014 - jmay@live.dk Likes this wine: 95 Points
Outstanding, drank it with frinds with other CdP's. CdC is the top!
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12/28/2013 - surfcityusa wrote: 91 Points
Decanted for an hour, large-framed wine in every respect. Perfectly ripe fruit, no signs of age yet, moderate tannins, a bit high in alcohol - just a very new-age CNP that is at its best right now. We wanted to love it, but only liked it. It left me longing for an older, earthier CNP. If you like big fat california-style wine you'll like this.
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12/5/2013 - BradA wrote: 94 Points
This is an amazing wine.
I don't write as much as I did, but---this is really the wine to look for.
Simply sublime, approachable and ready to go. Now---you can bank it for the decade and your cellar won't mind, nor your palate. But, once tasting the ethereal goodness than pours from the bottle--you will be hard pressed to stay away. take it from an a vowed Pegau lover---this is really terrific! My best wine of 2013.
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11/23/2013 - winelover1808 wrote: 92 Points
we initially thought this was amazing. nose of red fruit and crushed rocks. layers of lush plum. tannins are soft. but the considerable cheese we had had coated out palates. as it opened the tannins were clearly there. but boy, its a really big wine with layers of plum. could prob age another 2-4 years to soften the tannins. very enjoyable
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10/20/2013 - Winetex wrote: 92 Points
This is a big, big CdP. Big tannins, big alcohol, etc. Decanted about 30 minutes prior to serving helped smooth it out. This wine had interesting minerality in a long finish. The rest will stay in the cellar for a few.
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9/30/2013 - 1961Vintage Likes this wine: 94 Points
This bottle sings! Beautiful harmony and in a superb place right now. Layers of flavor and fruit. Extremely well balanced. Everyone enjoy...WOW
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5/16/2013 - affordableCollector wrote: 89 Points
red, orange, in color. cherry, dark berry, earth, pepper, spice, on the nose. oak, vanilla, blackberry, licorice, pepper, on the palate. mild acid, big tannins, on the finish.
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1/25/2013 - MQuentel@web.de Likes this wine: 92 Points
A little monster, still difficult to approach.. Nose of crushed rocks, soy sauce, plums and figs. A tough tannin is combined with a very hot and ripe (maybe overrripe) fruit, dried rainsin, figs; fruits preserved in rum and sugar, black fruit, licorice - but overall with enough acidity an tannin to become a superbe CdP. Still young.
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3/20/2012 - Winetex wrote: 92 Points
Good but definitely needs more cellar time. If opened now try a long decant. Good structure but a bit awkward as others have noted. This should continue to improve.
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3/10/2012 - Two Winos wrote: 91 Points
Still a huge wine. Decanted for 2 hours before it even tried to open up. I'm holding my remaining bottles for quite a while, but this was a good check in.
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2/11/2012 - cliffkol wrote: 92 Points
(Elena, Gerome and Amy)
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1/24/2012 - Hecht_Pede wrote: 94 Points
What a beast! Decanted and drunk over 4hours.
Dark deep red color with pink on the rim.
BIG nose of black peppar, lush ripe red and black fruits
smoke, soy sauce and dark chocolate, licorice, eucalyptus and a vitaminpill note and crushed rocks,
cigarbox and tobacco leaf, and a butterscotch thing.
Beautifull minerallity.
Palate: black tea and black peppar, plums and blackberry, black licorice, rosemary and a medinal play, crushed rocks.
huge firm tannins, big and beautifull minerallity and a loooong mouthwatering finish.
This wine needs food and another 5-10 years in the cellar at least.
Loved every last bit of it and got better with more airtime.
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12/26/2011 - drunkstar wrote: 92 Points
My goodness it's as black as night and seems thick enough to stand a spoon in. Surprisingly subtle on the palate and finish that goes on for decades. Fab and will last, and improve, for yonks.
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10/25/2011 - tooch wrote:
D.C. Dinner for Greg Golec (Toscana Cafe - DC): Incredibly dense and spicy wine that is nowhere close to being ready. Thought the palate was awkward at this point and didn't have the harmony that aged CdP's can achieve. This should be a long-lived vintage in the Southern Rhone, so I'd stay away from these for awhile.
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8/24/2011 - cliffkol wrote: 92 Points
Lots of heat and some funk when opened. Decanted an hour and softened wonderfully. Light bouquet of dark berries, floral and musky earth. On the palate, a surprise that the tannins are fully resolved. This was our first bottle of 2005 CdP we opened, thinking we would be tasting a young wine. But it is drinking like a matured one instead. The wine was mouth filling with integrated dark berries, spices and earth with a subtle sweetness and a bit of acidity underlying. Matured fruit, not fresh or bright as we had expected from a young wine. Medium body, great balance, fine tannins. I had seen TN’s that the wine was “overoaked” but it seems this has resolved with time. Really enjoyed and looking forward to more in the future. (Doris really enjoyed.) (Steve B. 90 - tannins resolved, fruits matured, very smooth and tasty)
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4/4/2011 - bambam wrote: 93 Points
This is in a good place right now. The nose explodes from the bottle. Flowers, red fruits, and meat. The tannins are resolving and this is drinking smooth. It went well with a nice BBQ tri-tip.
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3/6/2011 - Vinsant wrote: 93 Points
Grenache goodness. Meat, red fruit, and licorice on the nose. Minerals, red fruit, game, tobacco, rocks, herbs, underbrush, olives, and thai basil on the palate. Went well with three-meat meatballs and an assortment of cheeses. Drinking well with a pop and pour but improved with air. Nice fruit, not over-done and alcohol held in check.
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5/14/2010 - soyhead wrote: 92 Points
nose - licorice, oak
mouth - great fresh berry, solid minerality, suberb tannins. overall great balance.
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5/13/2010 - 1961Vintage wrote: 90 Points
started to open up after an hour...give it time and it expllodes
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12/24/2009 - the godfather wrote: 93 Points
A massive cndp, thick, dark, and delicious, killer with a nice braise
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12/23/2009 - JOsgood wrote: 93 Points
Dark as night in color. A bit muted on the nose. Massive and layered on the palate. Perfect pair with JAR pot roast. Long, long, long on the finish. Superb CDP.
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10/12/2009 - Vinsant wrote: 92 Points
Enjoyed this bottle a lot even though I thought it was Italian while tasting it blind. It had the Grenache nose of red fruit, olive, game, cherries galore, stone, minerals, and herbs...but I was also getting a huge cigar ash/tobacco and dried cherry thang that had me thinking Italian. Well balanced, nice long finish, dry as a bone, and went well with a ton of cheeses, Salmon, pork, lamb, and hummus. Have a lot of life left but drinking extremely well now.
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10/11/2009 - bajayngo wrote: 94 Points
This was served blind and I nailed it! I did think it was a little older vintage since it was drinking so perfectly and I had brought another CDP of the same vintage but needed more time. This was classic CDP that was hitting on all cylinders for me. Beatuiful melted licorice, dry herbs, olives, tart raspberries, hot stones, smoke and pepper. It was as if you can almost smell the hot summer air of the southern rhone in the glass. All transfered to the palate with perfect balance and a nice dry finish. Went perfectly w/everything we threw at it from dates to olives to triple cream cheeses to hummas and finally roasted rack of lamb (not to mention fresh bread and olive, garlic, lemon and rosemary infuse EVOO, YUM). A friend of mine said he was getting gobs of cherries and tobacco that I wasn't honing in on then he said he said "cigar ash". Man that was the perfect description of the finish. Such a cool secondary characteristic. Hard to believe this would do any better with time, if I had more of it I'd be drinking it down but it would be interesting to see what it would do with age too, but why wait!
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2/17/2009 - vinamok wrote: 91 Points
note as good as suspected. very nice at the first day but flaw down on day 2. good ch9 but not more than that. perhaps need time.
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12/27/2008 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
2005 CdP and others (Alex's place): My favourite CdP of the night. Nose had some glycerin, but that was quickly overtaken by traditional garrigue, along with sun-dried prunes, plums, dried cherries and savoury roast meat along with a sprinkle of pepper. Very classic CdP on the nose, rather more modern on the palare, which was dense and rich, but had decent freshness and firm, chewy tannins. I got olive tapande, dried herbs and cherries on the attack and mid-palate along with a touch of dried cherry fruit and white pepper wrapped in drying tannins as we got into the nice, satisfying finish. Very nice.
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12/27/2008 - Alex H wrote: 84 Points
Horizontal of 05 CdPs and more (My House): Very big on the woodspice, five spice and spice box! The most dense and overloaded with sweet morello cherries with slightly chocolatey texture. The lushest of the lot tasted but some people threw up the suggestion that it was overoaked which explains all the woodsy aromas. But I thought it added character to the wine and given the concentration and concealed power of the fruits, it definitely wasn't OTT.
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5/1/2008 - RetiredNavy wrote: 93 Points
I liked this wine it was juicy, dense and delicious with concentrated dark berries, anise, current and chocolate. Fine grained tannis with a plush and long finish. Very solid Chateauneuf - I’m sorry I only bought one.
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2/23/2008 - drwine2001 wrote:
Moderately dark color. Forward nose of whole dark berries. Excellent fruit carries through on palate. The most viscous and weighty of these 5 wines, but much simpler than the Cailloux and Chapoutier. Impressively round, long, tannic finish, but could use more acidity to give it more verve. As is, it comes across as a bit soupy. Will appeal to the fans of big, rich Chateauneuf.
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10/30/2007 - Terkel wrote: 94 Points
Châteauneuf du Pape 2005 (FOF): Clear dark red color. Very nice complex nose, with raisins, chocolate and lots of warm fruit. The taste is even more refined with huge fruit feel, black berries, blue berries and other wild, dark berries. Long taste with lots of pepper and heat, but even more tannins. Great structure leaves my expectations very high for this one.
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7/1/2007 - gorm wrote: 93 Points
Uncorked DK: Chateauneuf 2005 Report: Dark color with the usual purple nuances for very young wines. Very good dense dark fruit on the nose. Meaty and spicy, dense, intense and long. This is classic CNDP. Not as many minerals as I've experienced with this in previous vintages, but they will probably emerge with time. 93+.
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4/29/2007 - Philippe_C wrote: 92 Points
Nose of black fruit, with a little bit of volatile alcohol and a hint of smokiness. "Cerises du nord" in the mounth with powerfull tannins... this wine needs a couple of hours of aeration to integrate the tannins... To be retasted, as the wine had just been bottled a couple of days ago (92-95+/100)
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