Although decanted for 3 hours very disappointed. Totally closed at the moment. High acidity and tannins. Lacking any aroma. We agreed to the potential this wine has but not for the next 1- 2 years. I had a bottle 2 years ago and it was muuuch better.
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Pretty decent. In a weird spot where its coming towards prime, no tertiary yet, and a little shut down - decanted for an hour made a big difference to expressiveness in the body.
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15-years old and in such a great drinking window right now. Black raspberry, dark plum, and black cherry fruit up front. Notes of savory herbs, dried fig, prunes, spice, red licorice, and earth. Still has some good acidity and tannins with a great long finish. So good right now but no rush...fantastic vintage for CdP.
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Dark, concentrated, smoky, blackberry and black cherry fruit, starting to show more mature notes, intense and long. A fine example which is still improving. Probably needs 3 to 5 years to reach its peak.
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Geniessen Sie diesen Wein zu Entrecôte Café de Paris, Kalbsbäckchen, Chateaubriand, Tournedos Rossini oder Lammkeule mit Rosmarinjus. Ebenso passend zu dunklen Fleischsorten wie Rindsschmorbraten, Lammfleisch und Wildgerichten.
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From a half bottle. Brief decant with an aerator. Beautiful ruby in the glass. Raspberries, raspberries, raspberries on the nose with a slight whiff of alcohol. After 30 minutes, nose transitioned into something a bit more smoky. Raspberries on the palate with a medium finish. Tannins very muted at this point, balancing nicely with a bit of acidity. Still fresh. Will sample tomorrow to observe changes.
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First impression is the powerful aroma... violets and Concord grape jelly, seriously powerful and intoxicating. The palate is silky, with smooth, resolved tannins, full of dark cherry and licorice. Body is medium. Finish has still some juicy acidity. After the decant, the wine is generous and open, delivering maximum flavor.
Initially paired with a muliticourse menu with truffle risotto and wild boar belly with polenta.
On the second day, plum notes are starting to show up and the acidity starts to slowly fade.
Superb.
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This took a while to open up, but once it did it was full, rich and complex, with spicy, dark fruit, slightly sweet, and with good length. A fine bottle.
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Nez ouvert de fruits rouges et noirs mûrs...même confits...d'épices, de fines herbes grillées...très beau ! Ample, rond, fondu, fruité...mûr, avec des tannins fins...umami, harmonieux et prêt à boire. Savoureux et sapide...un vin charmeur. Finale moyenne à longue sur des notes de chocolat noir et de poivre. Délicieux ! 94++
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This wine has aged and evolved in a very graceful way, and the wine seems to be in a perfect phase at the moment. The tannins have fully resolved and integrated, so the wine feels soft on the palate. However, there is still plenty of fruit left as well, and the wine leaves both a delicate, rich and intensive impression. The wine is displaying lovely notes of plum, dark cherry, other dark berries, blueberry, herbs and tobacco. All the components are wonderfully balanced and integrated with each other. Unlike with some other aged Châteauneuf-du-Papes, or also the recently tasted vintage 2011 of this wine, there is not any burnt or cooked taste at all, but the wine and its fruit still feels and tastes fresh.
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This wine may be at its peak. The nose is abundantly fragrant with black cherry, blueberry, old leather. The mouthfeel is silky smooth. There is still plenty of freshness. I scored it 96 points in 2015. It's an easy 98+ today.
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Nose: floral, tar, black cherry, orange peel, stewed fruit, cedar Palate: peppery plum and stewed fruit, leather, fennel, coffee
ALERT: DON’T BE A LEMMING. This is muted and boring AF if you PnP or decant 30 minutes. Maybe it was a pretty caterpillar to all those saying short decant, but who doesn’t prefer the butterfly? You will absolutely miss out on its best attributes without say 2.5 hours decant.
Popular wine so no need to rehash things. These 09s are a bit sus, because as much as they were well regarded, the whole no rain, low yield, hot and dry might have actually pushed them a little far into dried fruit dustiness and away from a juicier built-to-last vintage.
That said, I found this excellent, maybe slightly muted, just terse and dusty on the finish, but overall harmonious and drinking well now and for another decade, although the fruit won’t last.
It’s always hard to beat these at the price point. Beaucastel really doesn’t miss. Would score higher if the vintage hadn't cooked the fruit so much.
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Sweet and ripe with a hint of spice. Deep and complex flavor with lots of black and red fruit. Rich. Velvety smooth texture. Drinking well now, but no rush.
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new and aged Rhones: dark ruby with garnet rim and opaque core. aromatic nose of violet, lavender and rose petals mingling with the dark cherry, red berries and bouquet garni. full and juicy in the mouth, fruit flavours glide over polished tannins. notes of earth, meat and leather add depth and give the black fruit a somewhat savoury, macerated feel that is accented by peppery spice. long persistence.
this bottle was showing remarkably well… and likely to hold for a handful of years still.
14.5% AbV; 30% Grenache/ 30% Mourvèdre/ 10% Syrah/ 10% Cunoise/ 5% Cinsault/ and 15% a smattering of the other allowed varietals (including whites); each was harvested and vinified separately; the final blended wine aged in foudres for a year.
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Supper at Noi (Noi Restaurant, Petersham): This bottle performed considerably better (perhaps it was the company?) than last nights. Dark hued fruits had a sense of generosity, savoury spice, baked earth but not overtly overripe. Plenty of grip on the mid palate felt more grape than wood derived. Yum.
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Minor sediment. Medium red. Restrained nose on opening, builds a little but still restrained after 90 minutes. Some funkiness. Rich, complex, long, red fruited flavours. Initial acid balanced out with food. Wonderful complexity. Has possibly decades ahead of it. Surprisingly little devt at 14 yo. A wonderful example of Beaucastel.
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Not an Ordinary Monday (Lorenzo's , London): Ok this is young and for now its very much ideal for those looking and enjoying young bright fruit. Especially comparing it with the beautiful 2005 we had just before ( Papies 92-93) this just felt juicy and ripe and all in fruit. Really this needs 10years for the proper side of herby/secondary to kick in. For now this is a joy for fruit fwd loving palates. Not so much ours. 91 from us now and with a lot of future for higher marks. Patience will be rewarded.
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CdP blind tasting. Illuminating evening, while there were some nice and complex wines there were also quite a few misses. Issues revolved around either not aging well and becoming pruney, oxidative with cooked fruit aromas or just being too heavy/sweet/alcoholic. TN: This has aged very well with good freshness especially for the warm vintage, dark fruit mixed with red fruit, earthy elements.
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Still plenty of fruit on the palate—blackberries, in particular—enveloped in a robe of sunbaked garrigue and tar. Some smoky, meaty undertones. Still so fresh; I would never guess this was nearing the fifteen year mark. The tannins are nicely rounded at this stage, the acidity still so lively. Such a pleasure to drink at this stage.
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Beautiful — drinking very well now but has many years to go yet. Nose is replete with freshly crushed star anise, espresso, cured meat, bay leaf, menthol, brambly red currant and wet moss. Palate shows rich peppery fruit with silky timeworn tannins and a perfectly honed compliment of bright acid that teases out an opulent finish. Not quite poetry-inducing yet, but clearly very well made.
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This is a fantastic wine. Beautiful nose, great body, and an everlasting finish. However, I don't think it has reached its peak yet. Balance was good, but I believe it will integrate even more in the next few years. This is my last bottle of the 2009. I wish I had more.
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Purchased on release and stored ay 55 degrees. PNP from a 375. I thought Zweder's note was spot on. This can be enjoyed now or cellared for 10+ years. 93 points
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I loved this wine. Classic example of well made Rhone wine. The nuance of this wine is what made it so enjoyable. Great balance and beautiful long finish. Many years ahead of it. Enjoy.
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Some desiccated orange, some clove and some vanilla pod on the nose with some peppery confit red fruits. Palate has a lifted red fruited charm. Tannins need another few years to fully resolve but in a decent place, with some structurally balancing acidity offsetting the fruit. With time a little walnut sponge cake character appears on the nose.
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Monthly Tasting Group HWS; Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape (By VD and @ VD): Beautiful bouquet with dark berries, cherries, rose hips, sweet licorice and garrigue. On the palate dark berries, salty licorice, juicy acidity, some pleasant sweetness, round tannin with a pleasant bite, a good length and a beautiful harmonious balance. Early maturity stage now, but this wine can probably be cellared until 2030 at least. 93+
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Coravin fun - Ch. de Beaucastel (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Pretty red fruit complete with a little peppery spice, cedar, oaky sweet spice, touch of plum. Juicy, fleshy, red fruit complete with a savoury blackberry and slight plum underpin, plenty of slightly chalky tannic grip, a little meaty and earthy underpin in support. Balanced. Lovely.
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Medium(+) ruby, translucent, widely spaced slow moving legs @14.5% abv. Nose initially closed with black fruit, licorice, dry forest floor and garrigue notes. Dry-off dry, medium bright acidity, medium(+) tannin, high alcohol and full body. On the palate initially blackberry jam, licorice, chocolate, pepper, grilled meat and pepper emerge with great definition. There is a lot going on here. Very long finish, mouthcladding texture, wide-ranging flavors, concentration and finesse. Dense, powerhouse wine, enjoyed it with hare and roasted vegetables. Drink now.
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Very complex. Nose at first had tart cherry, raspberry, blueberry. Then the leather and chocolate showed up. The palate: red popping fruit which as the night progressed gave way to leather, and mushrooms, green vegetables, dark chocolate, and salty meat. Full body, great balance, some acidity throughout.
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BlindFaith.Online Blind Tasting Competition Season 5: France vs ROW.
Wine 3 Notes: Medium ruby with a touch of garnet - showing a bit of age. Meaty, garrigue, earthy nose. Medium tannins and still good acidity - definitely a hit of alcohol in there. Lovely balance and mouthfeel. Black fruits - slight touch of raisin in there too. Long and layered. Still feels like it has plenty of time to go. Lovely.
My guess: Instantly went to the Rhone on the nose, once tasted I was fairly confident on C9DP because of the alcohol level. My guess was 2009 (yay) Clos des Papes - pretty pleased with that!
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Pronounced and super complex on the nose with blackcurrant, black plum, blackberry, raspberry, licorice, olive, black pepper, milk chocolate, charred wood, leather, dried fruit, dried herbs, prune, forest floor, and tobacco.
Pronounced and dry on the palate. Medium plus acidty, medium plus almost resolved tannins, medium plus body, long complex evolving finish.
Phenominal wine. Great intensity and complexity. Very prolonged finish. Want to try again in another few years.
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Pronounced on the nose with raspberry, strawberry, black cherry, black plum, black olive, dried herbs, licorice, vanilla, clove, caramel, chocolate, dried fruit, prune, fig, cooked raspberry, tobacco, mushroom and earth. Developing.
Pronounced and dry on the palate. Medium plus acidity, medium tannins, high alcohol, long finish.
Fantastic wine. Great to drink now but can wait.
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Popped and poured. Drank over 2 hours. Well integrated with good fruit. Quite enjoyable. Based upon this bottle a short 30-60 minute decant is all that is needed. Should drink well for 10+ years
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Someone whose palate I respect said this was ready to go. I disagree. It’s certainly enjoyable to drink, but it’s much more primary/fruity than I prefer my Chateauneuf. It took nearly 48 hours for it to reveal some herbal, earthy and leathery characteristics, and still was more fruit than savory. It’s a very good wine, just not ready as far as how I prefer my Southern Rhône wines.
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Drinking nicely with a short airing in the bottle. Enjoyed with baked chipotle salmon and roasted vegetables. Not much in barnyard funk. Big and silky, dark cherry, plum and provencal herbs. Also opened a '12 Booker Ripper which I expected to be bigger than the Beaucastel but it was a bit of a disappointment.
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Famille Perrin tasting @ Grand Cru. Big, dark, luscious and perfumed. Prunes, black tea, pepper and spice. Smooth tannins but not a whole lot of freshness detected. Thought this was already into its drinking window, albeit without any obvious tertiary development. 6 out of 7 tasters including myself preferred the 2014.
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Definitely in the Top 5 of wines I have had the privilege to enjoy this year, I can't wait to explore more Rhones in 2023. Complex, bold and so enjoyable...
High intensity aromas of mushroom, garrigue, ripe dark plum, blackberry, earth, cranberry, red cherry, fig, prune, cinnamon, caramel, vanilla and raisin.
Pronounced palate.
Full body, high acidity, long finish, medium tannin.
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Siggy's Annual BBQ (Chez Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN): Small glass. I thought this showed pretty well. Much better than a year ago. Still could use more air (had an hour of slow-O), but it is balanced and coming along nicely.
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Still has many years to go! Surprised this was as big as it was still. Decanted for 2+ hours and needed another two after to finally open up. Initially spice and pepper with tight tannins. Opened up and finally was well balanced with some spice, dark fruit and some tea like flavors. Excellent wine but needs some more time. Had with a Tablas Creek Esprit. Both showed well but the Beaucastel showed more depth and balance, but to be fair had 4 years of age.
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P&P. 801 Steakhouse in Drs Moines. Dark. Beautiful nose, small tight berries, ripe lucious. Bramble herb dry and touch of sweetness on the palate w those herby twiggy middle palate.
Even if the pop this has some weight, lovely out of the gate.
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Out of balance - rich, heavy and porty, without any of the freshness I was hoping for. Brettanomyces? Such a disappointment - other bottles from this case were very enjoyable. Why is it that so many French wines under cork are inconsistent, and wineries seem to accept it as just part of the deal?
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Drank at holiday house with bbq meats. Great wine. Really love this. Drinking very well now. Not overly tannic, but still a big and bold wine. Black fruits, cigar, but also some earthiness coming through. Into its drinking window?
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This has a dark, rich and inviting bouquet, mixing crushed raspberries and plum sauce with grilled sage, crushed rocks and sweet smoke. It's luxuriously soft and creamy on the palate, also dense, yet all is balanced by streamlined acidity, as inner violets give way to black currants, licorice, and exotic spice. This tapers off with a coating of sweet tannins, coming across as lightly structured yet completely open for business, repleting purple and blue inner florals. Glorious is the word and in a perfect place right now. This warming and charming southern Rhone beauty is the perfect accompaniment to a stormy winter night.
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Developing nose of black cherry, black raspberry, herbs and dried fig. Full body, smooth tannins, nicely balance acidity. Early maturity, open for business but with lots of time left ahead. Alcohol stuck out a bit, but it was still a lovely sip.
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Oh wow, this is gorgeous for such a 'young' Beaucastel. Black raspberry, black cherry, and dark plum up front. Silky texture to it on the mid-palate with notes of savory herbs, earth, dried fig, spice, and licorice notes. Firm acidity still, supple tannins, and long finish. This is just coming into a great drinking right now but will easily go the distrance.
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Elegant and fresh. Fragrant rose petal lavender plum and cherry. Exotic licorice. But the acid is fresh, and tannins fine. Well blended. Bitterness only on the finish. Prime drinking now in terms of texture but not a lot of tertiary development, so lacking in the aromatic complexity even though the palate is at peak
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The single best CDP I’ve tasted in years. Consumed from a half-bottle so take that into account on the drinkability window, but I think this wine is at its zenith. Medium weight, beautiful acidity, dark ripe fruit (plum, black cherry), silky tannins. We had this in a cold winter night with a vegetarian bean stew and lightly toasted French bread (no garlic bug that would have worked). Spectacular wine with the perfect complementary peasant meal.
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PNP at Chabran Cherry, tobacco , kirsch , anise, bramble, reindeer moss? Olive tapenade. This will be a better wine in five years, drinks a little hot.
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beautiful bright ruby color. Intense raspberry on the nose. Absolutely delicious red berry, dark chocolate, a bit of funk. Might improve over the next 3-5 years but ready to drink now.
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We first tasted several months ago via Coravin and the wine was off putting, perhaps even flawed. when we opened the bottle, I was not expecting much but the wine surprised us and actually drank very well. A dense wine with many good years ahead. Continued to open up in the glass over the course of 2 hours. Probably not at its peak yet. Cheers!
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Not a style I usually go for but undeniably well made. Granache provincial herb notes dominate initially which developed more complexity with air as the other Rhone grapes assert their respective characteristics. The tension provided intellectual interest. Good substabtial midpalate and density. The alcohol peeks through a little at the end
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Ripe raspberry fruit, some earth and peppery spice, with meaty mushroom notes. Densely rich palate, but with a lifted acidity that makes it taste supple. Long finish. Don't really notice the alcohol. Lovely wine.
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After a two hour decant, the wine showed wonderful balance and elegance. This is one of the most interesting CdP’s available. It is hard to identify the dominate grape and that is a good thing. Great depth and texture. An intellectual wine that is stimulating. Outstanding juice.
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Excellent wine. Upon opening, subtle leather and barnyard nose, which dissipated quickly to aromatic dark fruit aromas. Palate started with quite a bit of acidity, but over 30 minutes or so became nicely integrated. Beautiful silky finish. Drinking nice now, but will improve in the next few years.
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Saturday evening, pairing with US prime rib. Three hours decant. Deep ruby Color. Dark and smoked fruit, mushroom, actually truffles and wet forest floor, a bit of black pepper. Med+ acidity, full body, high alcohol, Med flavor intensity, Med tannins, long finish. Some green pepper / capsicum and dark fruits initially, feeling quite some Heath, pepper is quite prevalent, a bit less of the mushroom and truffles in the mouth, so the nose is actually better than the mouth. After more time in the glass, this is getting smoother. Still young, even after a three hour decant, so I will not open the next bottle for a couple of years.
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We were serving two Italian wines, Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino and Covallotto Barolo Risserva, with the tenderloin, but needed to serve a softer wine for some people. Normally the Beaucastel CdP is outstanding and lifts the evening. But it did not have a chance this evening against the other two. It became an "ordinary" wine, but did serve its purpose for the guests.
Excellent. Black cherry, meaty, spicy, smooth long finish. Great example of cdp, drinking well now. From a 375. Can go much longer. Makes me want to drink more cdp.
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Flawless. Drunk with a duck breast made with a long réducted port sauce. The Chateauneuf was complementing the fruity and slightly spicy notes of the duck sauce... It was a delight! We LOVE Beaucastel. I am sure it has several more years in itself , but at the moment at 12 years old it is just splendid.
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Nose - olive, cocoa, no brett whatsoever which is a big surprise Mouth - dark fruited, dark licorice, some suggestion of leather and tobacco. Flavorful more than refreshing. Slightly reminiscent of soy or Worcestershire. Paired well with lamb.
I have had other rather bretty bottles. Dunno if this is cask variation or what?
A wonderful CdP in every sense of the word. No one grape varietal stood out to me. Certainly not Grenache. Well balanced between fruit notes and earthiness. Garrigue and mineral notes accent blend nicely with the dark red and blue fruit. Layers upon layers of goodness. After a three hour decant, this wine was singing from the first glass. There is still some upside to this wine in my opinion. Great juice.
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PnP. This is deeply extracted. Purple with a little ruby at the edge. The nose is moderately expressive with dark fruits wrapped with spice and tobacco and savory meaty notesThe medium to full body is lovely with dark plum fruits wrapped with rounded tannins and balanced acidity. Beautiful finish.
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While the 09 from 375ml is outstanding, it is only outdone by the kind of Prime Rib you only dare dream about. The end cut has such flavor & complexity while the center cut is seriously savory & complex.
The 09 out of 375 is juicy, delicious complexity. Ready with another 7-10 years to spare in 375ml.
The Prime Rib 10+.
Happy New Year!
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A very good expression of a GSM blend that is entering its mature stage in life.
The nose was full with red fruits where the raspberry appeared more prominent. The aroma of prune and raisin was primary. The wine was dark purple with ample sediment.
The palate was full bodied and the flavors of raspberry, prune and some hints of woody oak are showing nicely.
The 2009 has moved into the aged category and drinking quite well.
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From 375ml bottle. Cloudy dark glowing ruby under the night. Strong alcohol and strong rustic blackberries on the nose. Intense mixed berries with a general woodsy note and a bit of a blood orange bite into the long finish. Very tasty.
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Tasted in conjunction with 2009 Vieux Telegraphe Great intensity and power in the bouquet: Ripe stewy fruit, cassis, tobacco and baking spices. On the palate, fruit-forward almost sweet, complex and round. Compared to the Vieux Telegraphe, this is the higher scoring wine. It is more powerful, intense and complex wit a medium-long finish. However, it is also significantly more expensive but it is living up to its expectation. Delicious now but will develop further as fruit intensity fades and tertiary notes will become more powerful.
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From a magnum. Two-hour decant. Deep crimson color; no bricking. Wine was clear, very light sediment. Initial nose of raspberries, cherries, green stems and slate. Tobacco and saddle leather arose later in the evening. In the mouth, deep black fruit, earth and plenty of alcohol. Notwithstanding the high alcohol, wine retained good balance. Tannins had softened but this wine has a long way to go before giving up the ghost. Long finish with a hint of pepper. Wonderful wine!
Double decanted and drinking well shortly after opening with penetrating dark red fruit, garrique, perhaps a hint of tobacco and some slightly stewy undertones that, in their subtlety, are adding an intriguing nuance. Quite nice.
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As close to perfection as you could hope. Gorgeous. Soft yet very present tanins. Brilliant as it is and could easily keep another 10 or 20 years, I think.
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PNP then tasted over two evenings. My first intersection with this wine was over 2 1/2 years ago, and, frankly, I personally preferred that experience to the present one. This bottle was very good but the fruit does not make the statement it did in its youth which felt like the palate being thickly painted on its way to a tannic fog. Some maturity and integration has mellowed out the extremes of fruit and tannin into a graceful delivery which I would normally applaud but in this case I find, at the moment, just too genteel.
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Sunday evening wine tasting with Charly, popping the 2009 after tasting the 2006. Short 30 min decant. Deep purple Color. Quite fruity, raspberry, Cherry, pepper, vanilla, a bit of earthiness and saltiness. Med acidity, full body, high alcohol, Med flavor intensity, Med+ finish, Med tannins. Very fruity and sweet, lots of Licorice, a bit of pepper, you taste the Heat and alcohol. This is a bit less subtle vs 2006 or 2003, really still a fruit bomb. Nice but young so give it some more time !
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From half bottle. This has years ahead of it still but enjoyable now with firm tannins and lengthy finish. Decanted. Gained complexity over an hour in the decanter. Better than expected.
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Give this a long decant. I found it quite closed after a few hours of slow ox. Barely any nose. Rigid, grippy tannins. I’ve found Beaucastel best at >15 years old.
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Chateauneuf du Pape lunch (Frank's place in Matraville): From Coravin. Wow, initially very oyster shell and salinity on the nose then jubey red and blackberry, a little black pepper spice. In the mouth it's juicy and fleshy with black hued fruits, drying talc textured tannins, black tea and black peppercorns on the palate. Mmm. Not as good as I remember this last time but still pleasant.
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Medium ruby in colour. An expressive nose that is very fruit-forward: red fruit (mainly cherry) is complemented by stewed fruit, fig and dried apricot. There are hints of cinnamon and pepper with some more tertiary notes developing especially leather and tabac but the is wine is still early in its transition. On the palate medium body, medium acidity and alcohol with tannins that are completely integrated. It is striking how easy drinkable this wine is. Complex and elegant rather than bombastic. Good finish. Overall, excellent fruit forward beaucastel that has plenty in the tank to develop further but is already a treat.
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Beautiful, bright rose red, almost clear at the edges. Cranberries and pomegranate and a touch of white pepper on the rich nose. Very rich stewed fruits with prunes, dried rose petals, and a confectionary hard candy note. Tasty but a bit muddled.
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Bu en parallèle d’un Beaucastel 1999 pour accompagner une cote de bœuf Angus maturé Dégustée à l’ouverture pour vérifier s’il avait besoin d’un carafage. Robe grenat assez soustenue et brillante. Au nez, c’est le grenache qui domine avec ses arômes de fruits rouges. C’est florale et légèrement poivrée. En bouche, c’est puissant comparé au 1999 mais très équilibré. Le vin est encore jeune et nécessité un passage en carafe pour se révéler. Après une heure de carafe, le profil aromatique du vin a changé et se rapproche davantage de celui du 1999 avec des notes balsamiques et mentholé. C’est encore un puissant mais très bon. On remarque clairement la filiation entre des deux vins, avec le style Beaucastel facilement reconnaissable. J’aime beaucoup ce style de CDP sur la délicatesse,la noblesse et la complexité qui ne tombent pas la caricature des vins chauds et puissants que l’on peut rencontrer sur de nombreux Chateauneuf du Pape.
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This is great, complex already. I Cite: Verb: 20/5/2020: "dark red, ruby rim - red fruit nose (cherry, cranberry) with aromatics of spice, leather and earth - round full mouth of red fruit and spice - good acidity, resolved tannins - long 20-30 sec finish - tasted alongside the 2010, this wine has a better structure and balance to last another 10 years easily, hopefully with even more development of complex aromas and flavors." I add: Tinge of bitterness at the end.
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Wonderful. Beautiful color. Long finish. Had with veal chops that had a cream sauce and mushrooms. It really went well with the food. Tasted some spice. Can be kept longer. Will wait a year to try a bottle
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From Coravin. Dense red and black berries, slight herbaceous underpin, caramel, a little leather (though still quite primary), biscuit on the nose. It's softly juicy with jubey, pretty, fresh red and black fruit with silky textured, though drying, tannins. The whole is balanced and harmonious and travels long with a little alcohol warmth on the finish. Nice.
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dark red, ruby rim - red fruit nose (cherry, cranberry) with aromatics of spice, leather and earth - round full mouth of red fruit and spice - good acidity, resolved tannins - long 20-30 sec finish - tasted alongside the 2010, this wine has a better structure and balance to last another 10 years easily, hopefully with even more development of complex aromas and flavors
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delicious strong syrah on the nose that faded after about an hour , replaced by an earthy undertone rich fruit with clay backbone on the palate that also evolved nicely over the evening in a good spot early in it's drinking life
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nose - wet hay, brett mouth - lovely underlying fruit, juicy, fresh, with a tinge of bitterness of the backend. beaucastel is one of the most consistently bretty wine that I know of (and like)
Red/purple color, not too heavy. Complex nose with plums, sawdust, floral notes, and some secondary aromas. Intense but balanced flavors with red fruits/raspberry and a long drawn-out finish. Old world meets new world, drinking well now but could easily go another 5+ years
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Pnp from 375, nose is immediately expressive with ripe almost jammy blueberry and boysenberry notes. After a few hours open develops some complexity and has a dried herbs de provence character added to the dark fruits. Palate matches with some warmth to the fruit, tight structured tannin, good acid, body is medium to medium plus but not sure the fruit matches the tannin at this point. Finishes a touch tart with moderate persistence. Overall very good wine and much more open than previous bottle 2 years back. If you favor a younger fruit driven profile these are probably ready to go (at least from 375) but if you are looking for leather and tertiary notes probably needs another 8 years or so.
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Tasted alongside the 06 and was drinking much the same with the exception that the fruit in the 09 was abit brighter. Quite nice after an hour or two of air.
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CNY Wine Night @ Chef Kang: Dark plums, liquorice, smoky herbs, with a tinge of candied figs at the end. Full bodied. Ok to open now but I will give this more time to shed it’s baby fats.
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C'est gros, ample et très fruité. Il y a là beaucoup d'extraction. Une masse de fruits. C'est toutefois un peu pâteux. Il manque d'acidité. De style Nouveau Monde. Il a été dégusté à l'aveugle avec le Coudoulet (30$), soit trois fois moins cher. Et le Coudoulet a été le préféré des deux. Ce châteauneuf sera peut-être meilleur dans 3 ou 5 ans. (http://vinquebec.com/node/15787)
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Medium ruby, and a slight fading, pinkish edge. Nose started rather rustic with hay and fern, red flowers, rose, cigarbox. Hugely intense, structured, high alcohol, full bodied, and very meaty, chocolatey flavours, with cigar smokes, undergrowth, roses, red cherry, sweetish raisins. A huge load of power! The roses, florals, leaves and raisins sure persisted a lot, for minutes! Seriously good! Highly recommended!
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To be honest, a bit of a disappointment and certainly the least good of all my bottles of this.
Enjoyed a brief glass of this with Christmas dinner when it showed well with lots of vigorous, attractive black fruit. Unfortunately, despite having been kept in my Eto, it had fallen apart when I returned to it two days later. A real shame this was my last bottle.
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Wonderful Charity Event (Arizona): It was a fun flight comparing this to the 2015 as well as the 2015 Keplinger Lithic. all three are wonderful wines that would be a welcome treat for small and large groups alike. This wine showed more tobacco and touch of earth with prominent red fruits with a secondary flavor element I was unable to put my finger one. enjoyed by all.
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i really enjoyed this. decanted for an hour; nose of some red fruit, tobacco leafy notes; body and mouthful is like a light bodied bordeaux in some ways - really terrific cherry and plum notes, asian spices - more bright red fruit notes than dark - and a nice finish - medium bodied. this is fresh and for an eight year old wine, its probably at its peak now through the next five years. i'd gladly have this again.
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WOW.... from 750ml, took to (new for us) french restaurant... drinking well from the moment it was popped, but got almost an hour in the decanter before we really went after it.... great bottle to celebrate a birthday!! Long life ahead.
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Decades of Decadence -- the '9' Edition (Our Favorite Spot in Buellton, CA): A beautiful bottle, displaying loads of concentrated cherry and black pepper notes, seamlessly, with a glycerined texture and rounded finish I really enjoyed. Slightly astringent on the finish, so there may be upside from here.
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A bit brooding and more evolved than I expected. Smoke, herb, cherry pit, and spice with a bit of barnyard. Sorta like the beauty and the beast all wrapped up in one. Lean and focused on the palate with mineral and acid with a persistent finish make this surely a winner.
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Retailer tasting. Medium ruby colour. Slightly artificial red fruit notes, fresh and dried herbs, spices and stony mineral notes, with medium-level acidity and superb length. Well-behaved and very smooth, with just a faint hint of heat from the high alcohol. I loved the underlying minerality. In a good place. Try one now if you are fortunate and have some.
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Very dark red. Intense blackberry/minty nose and lively, mouthfilling palate. Very young and will no doubt develop, but absolutely delicious right now. I won't be waiting long to drink up my final bottle. One of my wines of the year!
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Decanted for over an hour. Upon appearance this wine is starting to show its age. The nose was somewhat muted with stewed cherries and plums. Enjoyed this wine with coq au vin. This wine seemed somewhat balanced in acid, tannin and fruit however I was picking up more earth than fruit. Perhaps that is why it went so well with the coq au vin. Drink up as I only see the fruit continuing to diminish over time.
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Merchant blind tasting. This 1989 was served with a 2009 Beaucastel In a pair. The excellent 1989 threw many tasters off as wit was so tame and has fully absorbed the rich ripe fruit of CdP with savory notes, medicinal, licorice, could have gone for an old Burg some said (96Pt). The 2009 had of course much more vivid fruit with gingerbread, red and blue fruit (94Pt). The aroma profile and sweetness pointed towards CdP to me. Two very good showing of this great CdP which is luckily not an expensive wine.
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First time trying this wine. Bought the bottle 6 years ago and it’s been sitting in our cellar. Brief decant. Not much on the nose, even after some coaxing. Some red fruit on the palate, but straightforward and not very sophisticated. I’m disappointed having paid $90 for this, and letting this age for 10 years. Tastes more like a $30 wine. What am I missing here?
From Magnum. Decanted about 2 hours. Very dark purple. Blueberries, earth and forest floor on the nose. On the palate very smooth and mouth coating. Some heat, not much fruit, short finish. Nice but not very interesting. Perhaps the magnum needed more time. This wine was totally blown away by the 2009 Mas de Boislauzon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée du Quet which we drank along side.
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At 10 years old this is quite advanced in colour midway between ripe red plum and garnet. Quite spicy in the nose. Full of red leather, sour cherry, dried cranberry, pencil shavings, camphor, dried garrigue - especially bay leaves - and just an overall lifted freshness. A definite licorice note develops with time in the glass. Lush palate. Very round and full with gobs of sweet dried red fruits. Quite spicy on the palate as well. Awesome fruit extract! There is quite a bit of depth and complexity here. Finishes crisp and spicy with lingering dried red fruit flavour replays. Tannins are basically gone - just the slightest hint on the teeth. Beautiful wine! 95 points easy!
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3rd bottle, a few years since the last one: Now settling into a beautiful classic Chateauneuf, albeit on the riper side of the spectrum. Coravin sample needs to to breath about 40 min in the glass. Decant accordingly. Chill to 18C. I'd usually keep Beaucastel for 13+ years, but 2009 is more accessible. Should keep another decade or more.
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Another anniversary wine. 10 yrs on it. Still young in split. Had a 2016 that was more approachable but this was pop and pour, so still needs decanting. Tons of fruit. Tannins integrating well.
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This is a beautiful Beaucastel and it improved remarkably since my first tasting in 2015. Others who had more experience with this producer suggested waiting 10 years and yes that did the trick. This is the same bottle that I did a small Coravin pour a year ago and at that point rated it 92 but today I was able to decant the bottle and it opened up and drank very well, before, during and even after dinner. My dear wife commented that some wines seem to get harsh after dinner but this was smooth sailing. Wonderful bouquet of spices and roses. Long finish and velvet like on the palate. Very good QPR at the $55 I paid in 2012.
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Drank at BYO evening at District. The other bottle bought was a Clos De Pape 2006 white. Both were very high alc - the white was 15%- Too much. This was the more elegant of the two. Dark fruits, not much secondary tobacco yet - ageing well. Some sort of licorice and vanilla there. I’m liking these before too late on the drinking window.
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Tar, charcoal, tobacco, plum, herb, star anise, licorice. Finishes with strong vanilla bean. Heavy alcohol keeps this from being great. Will try 2nd bottle in 3 to 5 years.
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Bouche : l’attaque est douce et fondante – mais avec une certaine fraicheur – sur de la cerise. Corps assez ample à ample, le cœur de bouche se montre crémeux, onctueux grâce à des tanins veloutés. J’ai tout de même noté un équilibre intéressant. Palette aromatique autour de la cerise / cerise à l’eau, framboise, légère nuance de pruneau, garrigue et légère touche florale de violette. Finale de belle allonge, à l’aromatique charmeuse sur la cerise, la mûre, une touche florale et de sucrosité, de la ronce, quelques amers.
Note : 17,25/20 i.e. 94+/100
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Versatile for pairing, you can pull a lot of different nuances out of it with various foods. This was the “Swiss army knife” of wines in a tasting dinner tonight.
Ripe fruit, soft tannin, easy drinking but not simple. This is, in a nutshell, the total package. If you can find it at a fair price, buy without hesitation.
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Wow, what a difference an hour makes. Ok out of the gate but starts singing after 45 minutes. Can’t wait to see how these develop. Enjoyed with Moroccan chicken.
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From a half-bottle. Nice see through yet dark ruby colour. On the nose, aromas of prunes, thyme, honey, liquorice, a touch of cocoa, kirsch, caramel and earth as well as garrigue herbs. On the palate, the attack is frank, fruity and tannic, carried also by a well dosed acidity. A very good concentration to this full-bodied wine. The flavours ressemble those of the aromas noticed on the nose, with the attack starting mostly on the garrigue herbs, transiting through an iron or beef blood profile and finishing on red plums and prune jam. Very good length. Solid in all cases and the tannins, though rounded, are still fairly present and slightly “fringant” indicating a quite youthful wine. A very good length. Unlike a previous taster, I feel this wine requires food as somewhat too full bodied to really be enjoyed alone, but by food, I mean food that tends to soften tannin, like a rare or better blue red meat. Can obviously still age, but already very interesting today. With a couple of hours open, extra notes of leather and woods smoke. 92-93.
Demie-bouteille. Belle robe rubis translucide mais sombre. Au nez, des arômes de prunes, de thym, de miel, de réglisse, une touche de cacao, kirsch, caramel, de terre et bien entendu les herbes de la garrigue. En bouche, l'attaque est franche, fruitée, tannique et l'ensemble sur une très bonne concentration gustative. On y retrouve les arômes perçus sur le nez, avec une attaque plutôt sur les herbes de la garrigue, passant par une pointe de fer et terminant sur une belle longueur sur la prune et la confiture de prune. Il y a une bonne vivacité portant le tout. C'est du solide dans tous les cas, et on y retrouve encore des tannins avec une touche légèrement fringante indiquant encore une belle jeunesse à ce vin. Beau vin, encore jeune, mais très agréable aujourd'hui. À l'inverse d'un autre dégustateur, je pense plutôt que ce vin a besoin d'être accompagné par de la nourriture, et typiquement une viande saignante ou bleue, car un peu trop massif (sans être surfait) pour être dégusté seul. 92-93 aujourd'hui.
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WH/TH at Giuseppe. Drank alongside a 2015 sassicaia, 2009 continuum, 2015 Chateau de Beaucastel, 2015 Bevan Cellars Pinot and 2016 Beven Ontogeny with a 2014 Caymus Special Select. Then home for 2012 Montez Cote Rotie and 2009 Chateau de Beaucastel. No notes.
PnP- great wine, still very young but very enjoyable. At this point of the night not many cells left for details other than highly enjoyable and look forward to watching it evolve over the next 10 years. Great wine. 1-2 points of upside.
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Cd5 Soirée CDP 2009, à l'aveugle. Superbe de finesse, de densité, d'élégance, il a rafflé tous les suffrages... Nous craignons des vins trop puissants, il n'en fut rien, Beaucastel tirant son epingle du jeu avec un fruité doux, des épices, de la fraicheur (salin, acidulé en finale), et un grain d'une très belle texture racée. 92/93
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Dark red cherry color. Dark fruits and black pepper on the nose. Notes of deep sweet cherries with coffee and loam. A bit of cocoa joins the aforementioned in the long-lasting finish along with intense red cherries. Drinking well but could probably use a couple more years of age, even in half-bottles. Tasty stuff. From 375ml.
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Still early but developing complexity, dense fruit. Very good young CdP. Anytime over the next 10-20 yrs as it will only get better--how old do you like your southern Rhone. Happy I have many more
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This was a majestic and enigmatic wine that is only entering its proper drinking window. The tannins of this full-bodied wine are still firm, and the overall appearance of the wine is still a bit shy. The wine is fairly, but not overwhelmingly fruity. There are layers and layers of different aromas and flavors of dark fruits and berries, and the aftertaste is really long. There are all the reasons to assume that the wine will become even more impressive during the coming years.
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Deep, plum bouquet. Dark fruits, ripe, shiraz-like. Medium-full bodied. Developed well. Slightly dry tannins, with leathery bitter aftertaste. Tasted this alongside the CDP Clos Des Pape 2011 which was better. Ready to drink but feel this will get better in a few years.
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Great wine. Still a little bit tannic but those tannins as quite "yummy". Dark fruit that becomes more and more complex after 1 hour of breathing. The best bottle of this I've had. Probably at its peak in 2 or 3 years, it has the structure to stay there for a while.
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A curious stage of development on the nose - Mourvèdre dominant? Reminds me of Mencia strangely; sweet, herbal entry. Full weight, a little drying. Licquorice on the finish. Still some way to go.
Tasted after the 2017. Sweet, generous, kirsch liqueur, fruitcake, spices, leather, earth - very layered and expressive on the nose. Ripe, dense and quite big on the palate. The alcohol is showing a little, the tannins are polished, but still quite grippy. Enough acidity, but a little heavy. Very long. Drink or keep. 91-93
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WOTN and it has miles to go before it sleeps. 2 hour decant and could have used longer. Deep rich flavors are extracted from the staggering 13 varietals used to produce this wine. Medium/heavy body with incredible mouth feel and silky integrated tannins. This wine is just a real pleasure to drink. I believe, based on how it is built, this wine has decades to go and will get even better.
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Deep ruby red with a gradual fading in colour to a thin clear rim. Medium bodied, medium alcohol and glycerine. No staining on the glass. Subdued nose. Clean with no trace of brett (unlike the 2008 I had a few weeks ago!). Dark red fruits, slight leather, pipe tobacco, mild spice and a trace of sous bois on the nose. Slight feral animal note. Quite dry with pronounced cedar, pot pourri, dark dried red fruit, brown spices on the palate. Slight heat from the alcohol. The fruit is not as ripe or sweet as some Beaucastels. Good acidity. Smooth dry long finish. Fine but tight drying tannins at the very end. Still a tad young and could use at least 5 more years to smooth out but very good with food now and sippable afterwards.
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Great C9dP again from Beaucastel, cedar wood, purple cherries, spicey note, blackberries, medium body, blueberries, soft note of cacao / espresso, nice long finish! A tad too sweat for me, is the only remark I have.
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Drank at Portside restaurant in Bayfield with Saturday Night Prime Rib. Maybe it was the atmosphere, but this wine was excellent. Good balance, complex flavors but no rough edges. Could get better, so no rush.
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Huge, meaty, overblown, overripe, hot; to the point of tasting like an amarone / vin de paille. I'm sure there are those who would love this wine, but I found it almost undrinkable. Chateauneuf is getting so hot (rumour has it that some recent vintages are approaching 16-17 percent potential alcohol) that it's only pleasant to drink in cool vintages like 2008. We had this wine side by side with the 2008 Pegau which was a model of restraint and balance in comparison -- I'm sure that the 2009 suffered by direct comparison.
Coravin fun - Beaucastel review (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. meaty, savoury initially…then pretty red berries, peppery spice, earthy, Garrigue, star anise, more of the same on the palate, tannins are slightly flour and it is , perhaps, a little reticent and bitter on the finish.
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Did a brief Coravin taste-off between this, the 2012 and the 2009. This improved dramatically from my first tasting in 2015, which is good news. The nose was the most interesting with some exotic spices and nuances not found in the other two vintages.
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Magnum stored in climate controlled cellar. Really disappointed. No heft or structure. Tannins are almost nonexistent. Doesn’t taste bad or corked...just flat...no finish.
Really in a sweet spot and drinking beautifully. Still plenty of life left in this one though. Went great with my grilled ribeye. Drank from 375ml split.
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Good Colour, reasonable nose (one bottle a little petroleum on opening but within in minutes OK). Strong wine, plenty of fruit - fresh red fruit, ripe. Went perfectly with shanghainese food. Long taste. Seemed like ready to drink but could last a few years
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Pnp from 375ml, still fairly tight, opened with air. Dark and ripe fruit, slight austereness to the wine. Based on a few prior notes thought this may have turned a corner but imo still needs more time. Will hold my remaining bottles.
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Decanted for four hours then consumed over the next four. Still young and unharnessed, the intense fruit lays down like paint across the palate turning into massive minerality at the finish.
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Last of 3 bottles in .375 format. All 3 are from the same retailer and stored in the same climate controlled condition. 1st one a few years back was the best and most complex, 2nd one was primary but still restrained, the 3rd one I had today was a hot mess. Stewed, prune fruit with noticeable alcohol on the palate. After the first glass I put a cork in it and placed it in the fridge overnight. Day 2 - was not any better and I poured the rest down the drain.
Day 1: Rich, stewed fruit, some funk, but no lift/low acid. I think I am a bigger fan of these wines when they exhibit more mature flavors. I don't find the primary fruit driven place this wine is in now all that interesting.
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0.375 L bottle, early Feb 2018: crimson color; cherry, pepper, wild herbs, spice, game; slight bitterness on the palate; medium/full body; smooth texture.
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dark, opaque with browned edges, full fruit, pepper, smoke and balanced tannins. Glad I'm having it now. very well balanced for me. still has some time but rich.
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Pretty glorious bottle here, with excellent ripe fruit and savory nuance. Shows effortless balance with good medium acidity, and the oak/alcohol barely noticeable, if at all. Well buffered tannins add interest on the back and into a medium, graceful finish. Excellent wine in a great place. Paired beautifully with steak.
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Tasted blind. Ripe, dark nose. Black tea, black cherries and berries, and gamey funk. Rich with glycerin, low with acid, tannins moderate — very Southern Rhone tasting. Relatively young. Drinkable now, but you might want to wait a few years for the tannins to soften and some more complexity to develop. Rating: 93.
Guess the wine: Southern Rhone. CdP, or perhaps Gigondas. I’m thinking a blend of mostly grenache and mourvedre. ~7 years old. 2010 CdP perhaps?
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Lush, round, ripe, opulent fruits, with a peppery edge, that only adds to the earthy, animalistic, garrigue and spice filled nose. The dark red fruits are ripe, plush and juicy. This is great today, right out of the bottle. And time will only make it even better!
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2017 New York Wine Experience Trip; 10/16/2017-10/25/2017 (New York City, NY): From a blend of 30% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah, 10% Counoise, 5% Cinsault and 15% other allowable varietals (Vaccarèse, Terret Noir, Muscardin, Clairette, Picpoul, Picardan, Bourboulenc and Roussanne ), this deep ruby wine is in a beautiful place. Dark bramble fruits, black plums, Provençal herbs, mocha and roasted meat aromas are followed by comparable flavors on a medium-to-full-bodied, fresh palate. The alcohol, oak and tannins are all integrated here, making the wine very easy to drink. Dense in the middle and finishing long, this will evolve over the next decade but should remain delicious. Drink now-2030.
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Second Sunday Group: 2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape (R&D's): Double blind. Reticent; needs more time to open than it received tonight (at most, about 3 hours with a quick double decant). Generic red fruit qualities with an underlying spiciness. There's a subtle raisiny ripeness to the fruit too. 89+ pts.
My #3, Domino's #5 Group #3, 38 pts Now seeing what this is, I would wait until 2025+ before opening a bottle.
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A terrible bottle, and not corked. I am hoping that this is either provenance (wholesaler and heat) or the need for more age. This bottle was out of balance, exhibiting sour tannic notes that overshadowed even the emerging kirch-like fruit that emerged after 60 minutes in the decanter and after 30 in the glass. Dark purple, though not quite as dense as the 2010 (which showed much more nicely). Worth holding for 3-5 years and keeping fingers crossed.
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A really big wine. Still very primary and fruit driven. Clearly has a lot of potential, but I'd wait at least 3 years before drinking any more. Yet to develop any leather/mushroom aged flavours. Give it time, but has the stuffing to go the long haul.
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enjoyed a bottle just like this one last week in Scotland at the Cameron House Grille - the service was poor the food was ok after too many mistakes but this bottle of wine was very good
Aerate to decanter, let sit one hour. Color medium red with lots of purple hues, full body. Bouquet came out to play the further we got into the bottle after a couple hours, with dark plum sauce, Kirsch, blackberries, herbs de provence, lavender and licorice. Beautiful smooth entry of generous black raspberries, red plum, garrigue, lifting notes of lavender, and shades of earth. Enlivening acidity and youthful tannins testify this has a long life ahead and upside potential given it is still somewhat primary. Nevertheless approachable now with sufficient decant, delicious, hard to keep hands off. Outstanding.
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Spectacular wine. Cherries and Rasberries - very smooth and incredibly well balanced. Not overly tannic. Drinking very well now. One of the best Chateauneuf-de-pape's we've had.
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Really good stuff, I'm not sure how wine gets much better. I am a fan of CdP, but this was especially good. Smooth, but complex. Full and round, great texture and body, lots of fruit without being cloying. Not much tannin, but what's left is slightly sweet and tasty. Can't say I've had much better wine than this. I'm getting Raspberries with a hint of cherries.
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On the nose, currants and camphor. On the palate, red and purple fruit, anise, iodine, and notes of iron and leather, with moderate tannins and good acidity. This is certainly in its drinking window, although it should improve for some years. Excellent, but only average to good value for money at about $80.
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Strong, sharp favors, of fruit and spice, tannin and tart acidity, earth and brush, each competing for presence before the others, resulting in a particularly assertive mouthful.
Plenty of material in this young bottle, promising much to be gained by cellaring, though if one seeks is a robust - take no prisoners - glass to accompany spicy foods, this would be your choice.
Rated 1 on a scale of -1 to 3.
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The producer site describes the blend as follows: Cinsault 5%, Counoise 10%, Grenache 30%, Mourvèdre 30%, Syrah 10%, and Vaccarèse, Terret Noir, Muscardin, Clairette, Picpoul, Picardan, Bourboulenc, Roussanne 15% For me, it was very stemmy and austere. Odd bottle? Not rated.
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Printemps Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2017; 4/7/2017-4/9/2017 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape): Couleur : grenat-violine assez sombre. Nez: beau, expressif et riche sur des notes de gibier, jus de viande, notes herbacées (garrigue), de prune, d’olive et de violette. Bouche : nous avons un très beau toucher dès l’attaque qui se révèle franche aromatiquement. Corps assez ample à ample qui s’exprime sur de la prune, des épices, de la garrigue et de la cerise noire. Riche, onctueuse et profonde, la matière offre un très beau velouté qui reste équilibrée par une bonne acidité. Tanins abondants mais enveloppés et soyeux. Finale d’assez bonne longueur sur un jus riche. Note : 17,5-17,75 (95+)
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45 min decant for a split which was plenty of time. Nice fruit up front. Above average balance. Average finish. Very pleasant. In prime and will hold for a long time.
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A lot of depth to the nose, and fairly quickly (within 30-45 mins.) Not just red fruit; spice, vanilla and a little bit of tobacco. Was looking forward to it developing even more, and from a pallete point of view. But it disspaointed in the sense that it didn't evolve from its initial promise, and by hour two had actually lost some of its luster. Not sure if it will get better from here. A good CNDP, but not up to its reputation as of yet. Will see how other bottles develop.
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First of a box of six that has been lying in my cellar for five years. Decanted & consumed over 3 hours. Floral & mild earthy nose. Flavors of dark berries, spice with a touch of dark chocolate. Medium/long finish - a very good wine that will be enjoyed for many years to come.
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Appearance: Bright and clear, it is deep ruby in color, with fading rim and legs. Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of red fruit of raspberry, black fruit of black cherry, cassis and plum, dried fruit of prune and fig, pungent spice of licorice, kernel notes of chocolate, sweet spice of clove, oak notes of smoke, maturity notes of savory. The wine is developing. Palate: Dry with medium (+) acidity, medium tannin of ripe and silky texture, the wine has high alcohol, medium body and medium intensity flavors of black fruit of plum, dark cherries and cassis, sweet spice of clove, oak notes of vanilla, kernel notes of dark chocolate. The wine has a medium finish. Conclusion: Very good quality CDP with an intense nose showing high complexity, the wine is powerful, full of flavors and masculine, with a robust structure, fair concentration, but less complex on the palate with a reasonable length on the finish. It is ready to drink now though can benefit from further ageing of another 3-5 years.
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Inky dark, huge and unctuous with ultra ripe dark fruit, cassis, licorice. Very youthful, more flashy in style and almost New Worldish (not a ton of oak tho), crowd pleaser for sure.
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Chateau de Beaucastel vertical tasting (Wine-Route, Hashalom Rd branch): medium-dark opaque red-purple quality fruity nose with floral notes full bodied, elegant rich fruity flavours, animal character, well balanced & harmonised, excellent structure & complexity, elegant finish & aftertaste. will age beautifully many more years.
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from 375. either shutting down or emerging from a dumb phase, but definitely needs an hour or two of air even from a 375. starting to develop nicely and acquire more secondary character while still presenting the complexity and depth that make beaucastel my consistently favorite cdp. fading black cherry, some iron-y, meaty flavors, and plenty of herbal notes (garrigue?). no rush, but completely drinkable now
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From a .375. 30 minute decant. Iron, raspberry, cherry and herbs. Balanced tannins and acid. Less expressive than the split I had about a year ago but still very nice.
Coravin fun - Ch. de Beaucastel (Kennards, Waterloo): From Coravin. This feels quite Grenache led at the moment. Pure red berry fruit and quite polished oak. more of the same on the palate but backed by some firm tannins underpinned by peppery spice. Perhaps a little simple but nicely done. With time the pepperiness comes more to the fore on the palate.
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Les tanins sont fondus, le vin est soyeux, mais étrangement il n'exprime pas grand chose. On ne retrouve pas la complexité aromatique qu'on attend d'un CDP. Assez surprenant. Le vin reste agréable, mais peu expressif. À regoûter dans 2 ou 3 ans pour suivre son évolution.
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A nice garnet color with little clarity. A warm nose with a punch of red cherry, plum and an earthy elements.
Medium+ body and nicely resolved balance. Still has a firm tannin grip but the red and dark fruits are showing well. Hints of spices and damp earth balanced with the fruits is making this a nice wine now and should develop for a few years more.
Glad I have more!
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Drinking great right now. Big red fruit with a little sweetness on PnP, but then evened out over next hour, and the earthy and spicy qualities came through. Drank from a 375ml.
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Gorgeous. In a great place right now. But will undoubtedly improve with more time in the cellar. Aromas of dark cherry torte with some earthy undertones. Medium body, with maximum impact. Deep and rich palate, filled with ripe red grapes, evoking impressions of savory sumptuous plums in a pie drizzled with dark chocolate.
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Tried it in 2014 and it was super (Even better than the 2010 vintage). Tried another bottle in August 2016. Not good. Not sure what was wrong here. Maybe the wine is in a bad phase. Then I hope the next bottle in 2018 will be better.
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Strikingly different from the Sophia! Similar colour but it ends there. The nose is sweet almost stewed fruit, cedar and only a hint of garrigue (bay leaf) and licorice. Super sweet rich entry, tastes very similar to the nose only bigger. The taste curls around and ends up on the roof of your mouth. Finish lasts and lasts with a tannic dry finish right at the end. Very, very good.
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dark opaque red-black; excellent fruity spicy nose; firm tannins, complex palate, structured, ready but with a long ageing potential, fungus, excellent finish and aftertaste
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From a split and decanted for 45 mins. Medium-dark plum-ruby in colour; first thing the nose noticed right away is the steak blood complimented with red beries and some kirsch and garrigue. Dark red and blue berries with some heady tannins and cocoa with a hint of licorice on the palate. Medium bodied with a medium+ finish. I'll give this a few more years before trying again; or give this plenty of air before tasting. 91+ for now.
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Beautiful deep ruby in the glass with wonderfully long and slow legs. The nose opens with garrigue, dark berry and wet limestone. Well balanced on the palate, perfect heat and acidity with a little spice. Floral bouquet and perfume give way to what I feel is a bit of a short, hot finish.
I desperately want to rate this wine higher, but it is leaving me underwhelmed. I mean, it's an 09 Beaucastel so it's great no matter what, but for only slightly more money I feel the Pegau 09 is a superior wine for the vintage.
In fairness, this is on the early end of the drinking range in my opinion. If you are holding these, I would let them rest another 5 years and reserve judgement until then.
Drank from 750 ml.
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Drank aboard the Constellation in the Gulf. Soft on the tongue, muted nose of Bing cherry. Harmonious, but nothing extraordinary. Palate one of darker black fruit and black cherry reduction.
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Consumed out of a half bottle several times over the past few months.
I love the 2009 Beaucastel CDP. It is relatively approachable now, and I have a personal preference to this vintage over the 2010, and I believe the 2009 will outpace the 2010 in the long run. Drink 2016-2028.
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Ouvert la veille, il était très expressif dès l’ouverture mais s’est rapidement refermé, et demeuré modérément fermé le 2e soir (gardé debout en cave avec le bouchon). Un vin probablement à ouvrir 2 jours à l’avance en l’épaulant ou à carafer tôt en journée? On devine le potentiel car il me semble stratifié, pas trop chaud, sur les fruits noirs et les épices, assez tannique. La note est donc provisoire, en son état actuel.
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Weekly tasting group #202; C9duP 2009 (@ VD): Beautiful and complex bouquet with dark forest fruits, garrigue and some brown spiced biscuit. On the palate juicy dark berries, garrigue, a pleasant touch of sweetness, beautiful acidity and tannin with still a firm bite. The wine is still a few years too young, but already pleasurable. Probably wise to wait until 2019 at least. For now 93++ and around 2020 this could easily give a 94 or 95 score.
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Blossoming bouquet of mature red fruits on the nose. On the palate, concentrated red and blue fruits, dark earth, smoke, minerals. Slightly acidic and tight tannins. A couple more years will help.
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From 375. Through vinituri, which seemed to help. Good color. Beautiful nose just explodes with a swirl. Red fruit with a delightful herbal hint flitting around in the background. Good juice.
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The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like strawberry, blackberry, flint, mineral, forest floor and stoniness. It tastes like fig, mineral, forest floor, blackberry and meaty. The body is medium/full. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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Rose petals, cherries, fresh tilled soil on the nose. Tastes like a classic chateaunuef-de-pape. Drinkable now but could be cellared a few years too. Glad I got a whole case of splits!
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Dark ruby/garnet that cleanly dissipates toward the rim with a transparent edge. The nose is buttery, with notes of fig, white pepper, dark berry, tobacco, smoke and earth. The palate is full bodied with a velvety texture. Flavors of blackberry, fig, plum, espresso, graphite, meat, embers, and a lingering spice that extends throughout the long finish. Powerful, copious, heightened, persistent. Keeps pushing forward. Drink now with a 2-hr decant or better in 2017 until 2029.
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I totally agree with Ex-Ray's notes about this wine and I should have checked CT tasting notes prior to popping this for a birthday dinner with my wife and parents. This was decanted for a couple of hours and right from the get go I found it to be very "ordinary" and pedestrian. There was no spark, no magic and worst of all it was hard to differentiate this from a $15 Cotes du Rhone that we also had uncorked. Will hold for a few years to see if things improve.
Very ordinary and one-dimensional, definitely disappointing for what it is and what it costs. Medium color, some translucency, medium flavor, little aroma, short aftertaste. I can do better in the glass with several $15-20 wines. I'll try another before too long to see if it's an off bottle. A 2009 Domaine Pegau Reservee two nights ago was exponentially better! Ric
Same impression, blowing thru these as I have a lot of the 375's and we have liked so much that when I reach for the small format, my hand goes to the Beaucastel. Many of our 375's are Bordeaux and young-2005 and more recent- so letting them mature, but 09 Beaucastel is just remarkable for how well it is performing. That said, think I will leave the 750's to lie in the dark, because the promise is enormous.
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From 375 ml. Medium-dark rosewood color. Nose dominated by a sweet topnote of cassis. The palate on this is astoundingly smooth, with a rich mouthful of black fruit. There's nary a sign of tertiary development on this yet, with little of the hoped-for garrigue on either the nose or palate. Tannins on this are gentle and mostly resolved. Consistent with prior tasting notes, this might be a format-specific issue with the half bottles. Enjoyable to drink now, but I'd like to see more complexity evolve over time.
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Surprisingly evolved Prob because a split. Rich and full, palate pleasing feel, cherries, almost a note of peaches, - this had a "wow, take note, this could be exceptional.
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Way to young - but this was force majeure. It is dense, concentrated with a sweet core of fruit and with the sauvage, local character just developing. There is an edge for tannins, but the wine has the openess of the vintage - without it's heat. Much more complexity to come here. (with AD at Keens Chophouse, NYC).
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Very very young but surprisingly drinkable. Dark cherry and raspberry with charcoal; pure clean well delineated flavours on the palate; balanced; long finish.
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This is just a baby and will require plenty of time to show its stuff. This was drinking nicely but was drinking very young. Everything is there to ensure this will be long lived, great balance, good acidity, lovely depth and concentration. Will be a beauty in 5-10 years
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After 2 hours still closed on the nose and backwards flavours but towards the end of the meal it really started to come into its own - dark cherries, spicy old wood. This is gorgeous now but will be stunning in another few years.
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From half bottle. Really I wondered if this is just too young, but it really did not improve that much despite triple decant and attempts to finish the bottle over the next few days.
Nariz muy interesante, higos, finos tostados, flores. Voluminoso, con una tremenda sabrosidad y aun así tan equilibrado. Una maravilla que no puedo imaginar como estará en unos años.
Very interesting nose, figs, cedar, flowers. Full bodied, with such a great savory taste, but still so well balanced. A marvelous wine which should become incredible in some years.
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Expressive, lots of richness, sweet fruit, spices, pepper. On the palate rich with great power and presence, but still quite elegant and lifted with enough freshness. Slightly drying tannins, adding nice texture. Super finish. Better than the 2011. 93-94+
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3 hour decant, consumed one glass on day 1 and the rest with the wife on day 2. a very boring, forgettable wine. subtle to a fault, soft and unstructured. plum, a little pepper, soft cherries. my cdp experience is limited to pegau, vieux telegraphe, janasse and a few others, and this wine has been the worst so far. if scoring, 82-84. not my style.
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2nd bottle. 1 hour decant. Ripe, intense (slightly less than it was in Jan 2013; it seemed to have mellowed); cherries still in the forefront. Although room temperature was just 22C, I think it would have benefited from chilling a bit before decanting. The 2009 is very ripe and may come across as more elegant served at 17-18C. Consider drinking the next bottle in the winter at slightly lower ambient temperature.
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Beautiful perfume. Tannic and intense but ripe and beautifully omnipresent. Dark blue notes. Simpler than 10 Clos des Papes in a side-by-side ... but still.
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With an earthy, barnyard, garrigue and fresh fruit bouquet on the nose, in the mouth, the wine is ripe, silky and fresh, with good acidity and warm, plush fruit sensations from start to finish.
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2009 CdP is often my go-to on wine lists - it drinks so well young. This is somewhat different in style, for now lacking either the depth of most Beaucastels or the hedonism and richness of most 2009 CDPs. A little more dark cherry in this vintage, and less herbs than usual. Soft tannins make this very drinkable now, but I think this will improve for a few more years yet
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Needed more than 2 hours to open The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. The body is medium. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.
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Popped and poured. Reddish purple in color. Difficult to catch a scent - nose is closed. Medium body. Totally closed at first and got better after a couple of hours, but not much. Will leave it overnight and try tomorrow.
Much better after another 24 hours. Velvety smooth. Great mouthfeel and coats the palate. Longish tail. Cranberries and blackberries. Still way too young, but good now nonetheless.
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It's absolutely drinkable and enjoyable now. Everything seems to be in the right place, but on the other hand there is nothing really spectacular around it. Lovely wine - but it comes at a high price.
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Bright red. Cherry on nose and palate, nice balance, no complexity and very young, adds some weight after being open a few hours, medium finish, excellent.
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Aux Delaneys, offert par Sylvain, reconnu en pure aveugle. Un nez un brin mentholé, épices et anis, laurier, fruit noir. La bouche est enveloppée, d'une belle ampleur, richesse bien maitrisée. Trop jeune mais très beau potentiel. 92+ pts
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The great thing about 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape is, most of the wines are drinkable on release and Beaucastel is no exception. The nose is compelling with its kirsch, herbs, underbrush and jammy plum notes. Lacking the same level of depth and concentration found in the top vintages, the texture is lush, plush and round, leaving you with lingering kirsch flavors. With time, this could be even better as it ages and develops.
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35% Mourvèdre, 25% Grenache, 5% Cinsault, 10% Syrah, 10% Counoise (elegant with white pepper), the remaining 15% is Terret Noir, Pic Poul, Picardin, Vaccarese (rustic, balances the Grenache), Muscardin (fresh acid and floral), Clairette (acid/fresh), Bourboulenc, Roussanne. Biodynamic/Organic for over 50 years. Fresh aromas, no Brett, red and black fruit, a little pepper, mineral and spice. Med/+ body. No heat.
They utilize 'flash heating' to 60/80C to assist with reductive grape varieties.
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Drank as 375. Way too early. Would not open again for at least a year or three Fruit overwhelming at this point. Will likely warrant higher score down road.
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93+ pts. Superb. Loved this wine, and it improved so much with 1-2 hours of air. The nose is plush full of raspberry jam and cake, layered in some wet soil. Really big juicy mouth feel. Explosion of dark fruits, black licorice, meat juice, dark plums, and a lot of black tea towards the finish. So smooth and perfectly balanced. Delicious now, will certainly get better and fantastic with a lot of different meals/sauces. I am a huge Beaucastel fan and they just get better every time.
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93-95: Clearly drank this one too young, but it was still excellent. It still had some disjointed notes, and the tannins were fairly firm. Length was good but not great. Tasted lots of fruit, but also had some tobacco and grainy/earthy notes that suggest a few more years in the cellar would improve the wine even more. Great with food. Well balanced, but a hint modern.
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Colour: Ruby with a dark core. Was very suprising for me because I expected a much darker wine. Nose: A mix between dark & red fruits, leather, licorice, sweet spices, aromatic herbs and something like "crashed rocks". Palate: Not this big, fat, concentrat monster I´ve expected. First more on the red fruit (cherry) side, the wine shows more dark fruit components on the mid-palate. Full-bodied with already ripe, sweet, massive tannins which shows the big aging potential. But this Chateauneuf-du-Pape is more on the refinement, elegant and fresh side. Big suprise for me.
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McCarthy & Schiering - Chateau de Beaucastel Tasting (Seattle Wine Storage): Less forward than 2010. Will need more time. Very stylish though - offers more mineral character and leaner fruit profile - slate, chalky, lavender, tight black cherry, plums. Quite tannic, almost austere. Stick this in the back of the cellar!
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Alcohol :: 14.5% Purplish ruby. Similar to the 2007, this is seductive with its sweet fruits and floral scent but also showing touch of vegetal character. Medium - full bodied. The initial grip and punch is engaging with all the sweet fruits richness, sweet spices and licorice notes. The tannin is so sweet and ripe that almost fully integrated already. The transition from entry to the mid palate is impeccable but it falls a bit at the finished which causes slightly shorter finish that is sweet and infused with mineral. I hope additional bottle aging will he able to let the wine comes together. 88+?
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Surpringly expressive nose showing a brighter notes than typical. Approachable palate, a mix of red and dark fruit with good balance. There is a depth and purity to the red fruit that is atypical. It will be fun to see how this evolves, but definitely approachable now.
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Drank over the course of 2 days and it still underperformed. It seems that this "approachable" vintage is beginning to close down. Will wait a few more years before trying again. For now, drink the Coudoulet.
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Drank over 4 hours. Initially there was an insane amount of sulfur on the nose. I felt like it was a barrel sample. Deep and rich nose of blackberry, raspberry, meat and leather. Big, rich and creamy in the mouth. The sulfur blew off after a couple hours. Long rich finish.
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The vintage is meant to be one of those few that are also accessible when young . Well, the remaining 5 bottles will certainly have to wait another 5-6 years till 2018 or longer. Great potential for the medium and long term.
Starts with a lovely cherry nose (with a hint of something warmer and denser - perhaps a cherry clafoutis). After breathing for an hour and a half, it has a silky texture, with a lovely ripe, concentrated fruit notes. Typical grenache nose (the fruity one). Very precise and polished; prototypical. Substantially more focused than the more affordable Perrin et Fils 2009 Chateauneuf from the same family. At 3-4 hours it's going through a slightly unpleasant state (nose: grenache's darker side?). At this point it tastes like a standard young Chateauneuf that needs more air or a few more years to come together (afterall, it is young). At 5-6 hours it mellows. We'll see what tomorrow brings. At the very least this has been an educational experience.
My preliminary score is 92 in its current state with a potential to reach 94-95 by 2018-2022. If you are opening it in 2013, I'd suggest a 1 hour decant.
PS, After opening, some of it was stored in a small bottle sealed with very little air for 48hours, then allowed to breath. It continued to develop in the glass. Was really quite nice after an hour but not nearly as intense as on the first day.
Clean medium high intensity cherry red with ruby rim. Clean medium intensity nose, raspberries, strawberries, lots of licorice and sweet spices and aromatic herbs. Dry and complex in the mouth, good attack, medium-high body and structure, medium-high tannins, medium acidity, medium-high amplitude, long evolution, good balance, polished, tasty, round and silky. Long aftertaste of medium intensity.
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Nose: Very Briney and Funky. Notes of Plum, Fig, Clove, Salted Pork and Raspberry Sauce. Plate: More of the briney notes up front with a layered fruit compote style palate. Earthy sous-bois and fig flavors are accented by a charred element and some nice spice elements. This has a long way to go to come together. Finish: Quite penetrating and long with more of the dark berry and spice notes. Earthy funk that lingers as well.
From Half Bottle. Although this needs a lot of time it should turn into a fantastic wine as it ages.
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Big, but smooth. Very lush and easy to drink. Lot's of red fruit, not over ripe but approaching fruit bomb level. The purity of fruit is impressive. Like Rasberry Jam. Lovely nose with great secondary notes (barrel and fruit). Long finish. I kept coming back to tast and it never disappointed. PDQ94
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Aerated for an hour, really impressed with how easy drinking this is now, kind of tough to imagine that this will get much better with age but I know it is supposed to - Dark, full bodied with a nose of plum, cherry, kirsch, pepper, spice and vanilla, amazing structure and balance already, sweet, tart on the palate with excellent length, very tasty! (92 Points).
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Decanted and poured, this wine begins chunky, uneven and somewhat disjointed. Airing brings better overall harmony to the wine. On the palate the wine shows full body, extraction, ample fruit and sufficient tannins on a medium length finish. Based on this showing the wine will benefit from at least a few years of additional bottle age.
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Dark red; deep intense fruit nose, lots of power, full-bodied; soft powerful attack, licorice and lots of it, also in the long lingering aftertaste; between all the power some sharpness cutting through it all; a very good wine, drinking very well now and holding good promise for the future
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A very light beautiful crimson color with aromas of rose petal, currant, and red fruit. After 6 hours of decanting the wine was still evolving with more pork and earthy qualities finally surfacing. What began as a lighter more elegant wine finally expressed itself after 6 hours of decanting with flavors of smoked pork, raspberry, clove on the finish. This wine will age nicely and should lay down for maximum enjoyment.
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Pleasant perfumed nose with some clove and white pepper. Flavors are also pleasant but not particullarly complex and a little short and somewhat tannic on the finish. I just don't like this wine as much as I used too.
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intense floral,beefy,earthy,black fruits.a veri well structure wine here.rite nw all the slightly concentrated fruits r veri upfront.but it does hve sign tat wil b a nice bttl given time to cellar.drinking well nw??for me i dont like the style nw.for some other ppl may b yes.minus point:seems to me its new world style.overall comment:nt a bad bttl but nd time to tone dwn
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Strawberries on the nose, giving way to licorice after an hour. Tannins need another 3 years to soften and round out. Initial red fruit giving way to grassy undertones after an hour.
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An absolutely brilliant Chateauneuf, the 2009 Chateau de Beaucastel is a classy effort from this well-renowned producer. The nose exhibits massive dark fruit with a strong tone of the typical red fruits and 'freshness' associated with Mourvèdre. But do not be mistaken there is also a perfect balance in the nose: the oak and fruit are superbly integrated. The palate is full and lush with ample fruit, but also elegant with utterly refined secondary tones of violets emerging after a while. Acidity, oak and fruit all play in harmony. This wine is really dependent on the food it is served to, be sure to have ingredients with a rich and full taste - preferably red meat with a red wine reduction. (score is 95-96)
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Chateauneuf du Pape, France - Tasted at Domaine: Beautiful bouquet of dark red fruits, forest floor, smoke. On the palate, silky and elegant flavors of ripe red fruit, cassis, earth and spices. Flavors coming together well in this young wine. Medium bodied. Needs at least five years before reaching prime.
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Totally closed down tonight. I got a couple of hints of what is to come, but there just wasn't that much of it. 2007 is far superior, and I think the high scores given to this wine may be a bit too high, though only time will tell. A bit chalky, with not too much fruit showing on either the nose or palate. Hopefully it will emerge in a couple of years.
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Very sweet with cherries, cassis, raspberry. Vanilla, some oak, spice, licorice. Quite good but difficult to tell for the long run. Will probably last as well as all of them do.
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Dark red fruit, spice, earth and some green capsicums on the nose. Rich ripe red fruits, bitter cherries and dark raspberries. Some woodspice, herbs and candied notes on the finish. Well balanced and smooth. Good.
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Lots of spicy black cherries and cigarette smoke. Lots of bigness here with even some bitter stone. Alc still well controlled. Dark stony finish with black granite. A little cold and clinical.
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I was thrown by the new label design, but it's really more of a throw-back to the earlier label (from the 60's and 70's).
The wine is beautiful, and surprisingly accessible. It strikes me as a nice compromise between 2008's floral elegance and the powerful, dense 2007.
And the flavors are what you'd expect from this young wine; black raspberry, licorish, new leather, tobacco leaf, and dried fig. It's full bodied. The alcohol is surprisingly in-check, compared to other young Beaucastels I've had. And the finish goes on forever. ...longer than Superbowl coverage, or a Bill Clinton speech.
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Dense and backwards. In other words, typical Beaucastel. Needs time to soften and integrate. I'd love to try this in 10-15 years. Lots of dried blackberry and worn leather. Loads of structure.
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From 375ml. Obviously way too young for consumption right now, needs a decade in the cellar. Fairly tannic with dark, almost port like fruit. Licorice and spices as well. A big wine with the Mourvedre playing a big role here. Will need time to come around and will be long-lived.
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Trying a bottle of the current release to see if I should buy more. The jury is still out. Another clean but somewhat boring bottle. Soft, ripe, and hard to judge now. Yes, I should give it the benefit of 10-12 years of aging, but as the price has escalated over the years, it's harder to do.
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Much milder than other vintages I've had. I drank it yesterday, so I don't really remember what the nose was like. The palate had very strong preserved cherry/plum/prune elements. It wasn't overly acidic and didn't have a lot of earthiness at the outset, but some earth started to peek through after an hour or so. Drinking quite gently for a 2009. This will surely change as it ages. It was excellent and will no doubt continue to be so, regardless of any changes it might undergo.
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Drank at domaine. Dark. Spice, white pepper, floral, tea aromas. Minerality. Depth. Moderate tannins on the finish... This should develop into a great Beaucastel.
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The wine possess the mark of the 2009 vintage: concentrated, with big alcohol: 15-15.5%, but balanced and incredibly rich. Opaque, dark purple, almost black color, a rich and complex nose, full bodied, with depth and round ripe tannins, multiple layers of flavors on the palate, well mixed fruity and animal flavors, and a long finish. Young and restless for now, but will develop well. (92-93/100)
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Sweet smell, honey, very perfumed. Sappy, dark fruit taste. Delicious, a bit young of course. 91/92 for now...Tasted at Uncorked 2009 Rhone en Primeur.
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Similar to the 2008 at this stage last year. quite candied and confected. Lots of liquorice and spice. This has tons of guts to it. Dont touch until 2018.
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Farr Christmas Tasting 2010: Barrel Sample. More restrained nose than the '09 Coudoulet, but fabulous length & structure. Gorgeous. £480/cs (Sal 91pts)
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4/21/2024 - hessejames wrote:
Although decanted for 3 hours very disappointed. Totally closed at the moment. High acidity and tannins. Lacking any aroma. We agreed to the potential this wine has but not for the next 1- 2 years.
I had a bottle 2 years ago and it was muuuch better.
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4/19/2024 - Darbus123 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Not decanted which was an error as to me this needs air or another few years. The material is clearly there.
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4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
In a nice place right now. Generous of red berry fruits. Some licorice and spice too. Full and fleshy, very ripe. Some pepper and grip to the finish.
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4/9/2024 - Wino133 wrote: 94 Points
Pretty decent. In a weird spot where its coming towards prime, no tertiary yet, and a little shut down - decanted for an hour made a big difference to expressiveness in the body.
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4/8/2024 - Plabella Likes this wine: 95 Points
This wine never fails to disappoint.!
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4/6/2024 - brianofthevine Likes this wine: 93 Points
15-years old and in such a great drinking window right now. Black raspberry, dark plum, and black cherry fruit up front. Notes of savory herbs, dried fig, prunes, spice, red licorice, and earth. Still has some good acidity and tannins with a great long finish. So good right now but no rush...fantastic vintage for CdP.
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4/3/2024 - La Grappe Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark, concentrated, smoky, blackberry and black cherry fruit, starting to show more mature notes, intense and long. A fine example which is still improving. Probably needs 3 to 5 years to reach its peak.
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3/31/2024 - unrelenting wrote: 94 Points
Still very tight with plenty of potential. Do not try until 2029 at the earliest, if you like a mature profile.
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3/29/2024 - Widen Winery wrote:
Geniessen Sie diesen Wein zu Entrecôte Café de Paris, Kalbsbäckchen, Chateaubriand, Tournedos Rossini oder Lammkeule mit Rosmarinjus. Ebenso passend zu dunklen Fleischsorten wie Rindsschmorbraten, Lammfleisch und Wildgerichten.
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3/18/2024 - PB wino wrote:
Drinking well, pnp. Still hints of cherry, bramble, and earth.
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2/26/2024 - Jonny d Likes this wine: 93 Points
From a half bottle. Brief decant with an aerator. Beautiful ruby in the glass. Raspberries, raspberries, raspberries on the nose with a slight whiff of alcohol. After 30 minutes, nose transitioned into something a bit more smoky. Raspberries on the palate with a medium finish. Tannins very muted at this point, balancing nicely with a bit of acidity. Still fresh. Will sample tomorrow to observe changes.
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2/24/2024 - CondorKhan wrote: 95 Points
Decanted for 45 minutes
First impression is the powerful aroma... violets and Concord grape jelly, seriously powerful and intoxicating. The palate is silky, with smooth, resolved tannins, full of dark cherry and licorice. Body is medium. Finish has still some juicy acidity. After the decant, the wine is generous and open, delivering maximum flavor.
Initially paired with a muliticourse menu with truffle risotto and wild boar belly with polenta.
On the second day, plum notes are starting to show up and the acidity starts to slowly fade.
Superb.
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2/8/2024 - La Grappe Likes this wine: 93 Points
This took a while to open up, but once it did it was full, rich and complex, with spicy, dark fruit, slightly sweet, and with good length. A fine bottle.
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2/7/2024 - Swintonblade Likes this wine: 96 Points
Huge open nose, amazing spot right now to drink, still nice structure and tannins but great spice and sweet fruit there and very long!
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1/17/2024 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Similar to prior notes after a 2 hour double decant; delicious, drink or hold, no rush
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1/15/2024 - Slics wrote: 90 Points
Good with red fruits. Some secondary and pale adding tannin. Lacked the complexity of other vintages I’ve tried though.
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1/6/2024 - ChateauDutremble Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nez ouvert de fruits rouges et noirs mûrs...même confits...d'épices, de fines herbes grillées...très beau ! Ample, rond, fondu, fruité...mûr, avec des tannins fins...umami, harmonieux et prêt à boire. Savoureux et sapide...un vin charmeur. Finale moyenne à longue sur des notes de chocolat noir et de poivre. Délicieux ! 94++
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1/1/2024 - lkilpio Likes this wine: 97 Points
This wine has aged and evolved in a very graceful way, and the wine seems to be in a perfect phase at the moment. The tannins have fully resolved and integrated, so the wine feels soft on the palate. However, there is still plenty of fruit left as well, and the wine leaves both a delicate, rich and intensive impression. The wine is displaying lovely notes of plum, dark cherry, other dark berries, blueberry, herbs and tobacco. All the components are wonderfully balanced and integrated with each other. Unlike with some other aged Châteauneuf-du-Papes, or also the recently tasted vintage 2011 of this wine, there is not any burnt or cooked taste at all, but the wine and its fruit still feels and tastes fresh.
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12/22/2023 - Lion's Share Likes this wine: 98 Points
This wine may be at its peak. The nose is abundantly fragrant with black cherry, blueberry, old leather. The mouthfeel is silky smooth. There is still plenty of freshness. I scored it 96 points in 2015. It's an easy 98+ today.
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12/16/2023 - Honest Horse Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nose: floral, tar, black cherry, orange peel, stewed fruit, cedar
Palate: peppery plum and stewed fruit, leather, fennel, coffee
ALERT: DON’T BE A LEMMING. This is muted and boring AF if you PnP or decant 30 minutes. Maybe it was a pretty caterpillar to all those saying short decant, but who doesn’t prefer the butterfly? You will absolutely miss out on its best attributes without say 2.5 hours decant.
Popular wine so no need to rehash things. These 09s are a bit sus, because as much as they were well regarded, the whole no rain, low yield, hot and dry might have actually pushed them a little far into dried fruit dustiness and away from a juicier built-to-last vintage.
That said, I found this excellent, maybe slightly muted, just terse and dusty on the finish, but overall harmonious and drinking well now and for another decade, although the fruit won’t last.
It’s always hard to beat these at the price point. Beaucastel really doesn’t miss. Would score higher if the vintage hadn't cooked the fruit so much.
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12/16/2023 - Wine_Poobah Likes this wine: 93 Points
Sweet and ripe with a hint of spice. Deep and complex flavor with lots of black and red fruit. Rich. Velvety smooth texture. Drinking well now, but no rush.
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11/25/2023 - WindFlyer Likes this wine: 94 Points
new and aged Rhones: dark ruby with garnet rim and opaque core. aromatic nose of violet, lavender and rose petals mingling with the dark cherry, red berries and bouquet garni. full and juicy in the mouth, fruit flavours glide over polished tannins. notes of earth, meat and leather add depth and give the black fruit a somewhat savoury, macerated feel that is accented by peppery spice. long persistence.
this bottle was showing remarkably well… and likely to hold for a handful of years still.
14.5% AbV; 30% Grenache/ 30% Mourvèdre/ 10% Syrah/ 10% Cunoise/ 5% Cinsault/ and 15% a smattering of the other allowed varietals (including whites); each was harvested and vinified separately; the final blended wine aged in foudres for a year.
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11/23/2023 - chatters wrote:
Supper at Noi (Noi Restaurant, Petersham): This bottle performed considerably better (perhaps it was the company?) than last nights. Dark hued fruits had a sense of generosity, savoury spice, baked earth but not overtly overripe. Plenty of grip on the mid palate felt more grape than wood derived. Yum.
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11/22/2023 - chatters wrote:
First Wednesday Wine Club Rhone Dinner (One Penny Red, Summer Hill): Fruit tea, black hued fruit with a savoury underpin, sweet red berry fruit with agitation, smells quite hard. Juicy, fleshy, garrigue, dark and red fruit; quite hard, talc textured tannins.
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11/16/2023 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 92 Points
Minor sediment. Medium red.
Restrained nose on opening, builds a little but still restrained after 90 minutes. Some funkiness.
Rich, complex, long, red fruited flavours. Initial acid balanced out with food. Wonderful complexity. Has possibly decades ahead of it. Surprisingly little devt at 14 yo. A wonderful example of Beaucastel.
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11/13/2023 - Papies wrote: 91 Points
Not an Ordinary Monday (Lorenzo's , London): Ok this is young and for now its very much ideal for those looking and enjoying young bright fruit. Especially comparing it with the beautiful 2005 we had just before ( Papies 92-93) this just felt juicy and ripe and all in fruit. Really this needs 10years for the proper side of herby/secondary to kick in. For now this is a joy for fruit fwd loving palates. Not so much ours. 91 from us now and with a lot of future for higher marks. Patience will be rewarded.
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10/23/2023 - CDP4Me Likes this wine: 94 Points
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9/29/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 93 Points
CdP blind tasting. Illuminating evening, while there were some nice and complex wines there were also quite a few misses. Issues revolved around either not aging well and becoming pruney, oxidative with cooked fruit aromas or just being too heavy/sweet/alcoholic. TN: This has aged very well with good freshness especially for the warm vintage, dark fruit mixed with red fruit, earthy elements.
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9/4/2023 - VincentStThomas Likes this wine: 94 Points
Still plenty of fruit on the palate—blackberries, in particular—enveloped in a robe of sunbaked garrigue and tar. Some smoky, meaty undertones. Still so fresh; I would never guess this was nearing the fifteen year mark. The tannins are nicely rounded at this stage, the acidity still so lively. Such a pleasure to drink at this stage.
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8/21/2023 - KingsleyZissou Likes this wine: 95 Points
Beautiful — drinking very well now but has many years to go yet. Nose is replete with freshly crushed star anise, espresso, cured meat, bay leaf, menthol, brambly red currant and wet moss. Palate shows rich peppery fruit with silky timeworn tannins and a perfectly honed compliment of bright acid that teases out an opulent finish. Not quite poetry-inducing yet, but clearly very well made.
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8/11/2023 - wetlandwino wrote: 94 Points
This is a fantastic wine. Beautiful nose, great body, and an everlasting finish. However, I don't think it has reached its peak yet. Balance was good, but I believe it will integrate even more in the next few years. This is my last bottle of the 2009. I wish I had more.
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7/3/2023 - sastewart wrote: 93 Points
Purchased on release and stored ay 55 degrees. PNP from a 375. I thought Zweder's note was spot on. This can be enjoyed now or cellared for 10+ years. 93 points
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6/30/2023 - Wine Warrior 1 wrote: 94 Points
I loved this wine. Classic example of well made Rhone wine. The nuance of this wine is what made it so enjoyable. Great balance and beautiful long finish. Many years ahead of it. Enjoy.
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6/23/2023 - patrickomatic Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pretty jammin, great out the bottle not much need to decant imo
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3/16/2023 - sshayfin wrote: 93 Points
Dark red,
Black fruit, spices, tar notes, vanilla, coffee.
Full bodied cdp, very balanced, very young.
Will be much better in 10years ( 9 hours open)
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2/22/2023 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 90 Points
Some desiccated orange, some clove and some vanilla pod on the nose with some peppery confit red fruits. Palate has a lifted red fruited charm. Tannins need another few years to fully resolve but in a decent place, with some structurally balancing acidity offsetting the fruit. With time a little walnut sponge cake character appears on the nose.
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2/8/2023 - Zweder wrote: 93 Points
Monthly Tasting Group HWS; Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape (By VD and @ VD): Beautiful bouquet with dark berries, cherries, rose hips, sweet licorice and garrigue. On the palate dark berries, salty licorice, juicy acidity, some pleasant sweetness, round tannin with a pleasant bite, a good length and a beautiful harmonious balance. Early maturity stage now, but this wine can probably be cellared until 2030 at least. 93+
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1/18/2023 - chatters wrote:
Coravin fun - Ch. de Beaucastel (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Pretty red fruit complete with a little peppery spice, cedar, oaky sweet spice, touch of plum. Juicy, fleshy, red fruit complete with a savoury blackberry and slight plum underpin, plenty of slightly chalky tannic grip, a little meaty and earthy underpin in support. Balanced. Lovely.
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1/18/2023 - King Julien wrote: 93 Points
Decanted 30 min. Typical Beaucastel CdP, ready to go and pleasant to drink.
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12/30/2022 - scotty_b wrote: 91 Points
Burnt embers, smoke, herbs, garrigue, muted fruit. Complex, but lacked deliciousness.
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12/25/2022 - evjoh Likes this wine:
Fruit pie, graphite, and a bit of noticeable alcohol. This is in a great place right now.
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12/25/2022 - peeno Likes this wine: 91 Points
Rustic floral bouquet. Most complex compared to tonight’s world offerings of a NZ pinot noir, two California cabs and a Washington bordeaux blend.
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12/10/2022 - Barolo Raymond Likes this wine: 93 Points
Medium(+) ruby, translucent, widely spaced slow moving legs @14.5% abv. Nose initially closed with black fruit, licorice, dry forest floor and garrigue notes. Dry-off dry, medium bright acidity, medium(+) tannin, high alcohol and full body. On the palate initially blackberry jam, licorice, chocolate, pepper, grilled meat and pepper emerge with great definition. There is a lot going on here. Very long finish, mouthcladding texture, wide-ranging flavors, concentration and finesse.
Dense, powerhouse wine, enjoyed it with hare and roasted vegetables.
Drink now.
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12/3/2022 - patrickomatic wrote: 92 Points
Decanted for an hour which was perhaps too long. Very aggressive at first
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11/20/2022 - Ranjan wrote: 96 Points
Wow, a medium nose with graphite fruit. Very smooth, silky tannins, drinking very well now
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11/13/2022 - yaCellar Likes this wine: 95 Points
Much has changed in 2 years. 1 hour decant. Complexity nose to tail. Drink up.
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11/8/2022 - matiasox@gmail.com Likes this wine: 97 Points
Very complex. Nose at first had tart cherry, raspberry, blueberry. Then the leather and chocolate showed up. The palate: red popping fruit which as the night progressed gave way to leather, and mushrooms, green vegetables, dark chocolate, and salty meat. Full body, great balance, some acidity throughout.
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11/4/2022 - Biggsy wrote: 92 Points
BlindFaith.Online Blind Tasting Competition Season 5: France vs ROW.
Wine 3 Notes: Medium ruby with a touch of garnet - showing a bit of age. Meaty, garrigue, earthy nose. Medium tannins and still good acidity - definitely a hit of alcohol in there. Lovely balance and mouthfeel. Black fruits - slight touch of raisin in there too. Long and layered. Still feels like it has plenty of time to go. Lovely.
My guess: Instantly went to the Rhone on the nose, once tasted I was fairly confident on C9DP because of the alcohol level. My guess was 2009 (yay) Clos des Papes - pretty pleased with that!
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11/1/2022 - Irish_Wine wrote: 96 Points
Deep garnet.
Pronounced and super complex on the nose with blackcurrant, black plum, blackberry, raspberry, licorice, olive, black pepper, milk chocolate, charred wood, leather, dried fruit, dried herbs, prune, forest floor, and tobacco.
Pronounced and dry on the palate. Medium plus acidty, medium plus almost resolved tannins, medium plus body, long complex evolving finish.
Phenominal wine. Great intensity and complexity. Very prolonged finish. Want to try again in another few years.
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11/1/2022 - Irish_Wine wrote: 96 Points
Tasted as a vertical with the 14 and 19.
Medium garnet.
Pronounced on the nose with raspberry, strawberry, black cherry, black plum, black olive, dried herbs, licorice, vanilla, clove, caramel, chocolate, dried fruit, prune, fig, cooked raspberry, tobacco, mushroom and earth. Developing.
Pronounced and dry on the palate. Medium plus acidity, medium tannins, high alcohol, long finish.
Fantastic wine. Great to drink now but can wait.
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10/29/2022 - Oskiwawa wrote:
Popped and poured. Drank over 2 hours. Well integrated with good fruit. Quite enjoyable. Based upon this bottle a short 30-60 minute decant is all that is needed. Should drink well for 10+ years
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10/25/2022 - Rieslingfan wrote:
Someone whose palate I respect said this was ready to go. I disagree. It’s certainly enjoyable to drink, but it’s much more primary/fruity than I prefer my Chateauneuf. It took nearly 48 hours for it to reveal some herbal, earthy and leathery characteristics, and still was more fruit than savory. It’s a very good wine, just not ready as far as how I prefer my Southern Rhône wines.
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9/25/2022 - DrBad Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drinking nicely with a short airing in the bottle. Enjoyed with baked chipotle salmon and roasted vegetables. Not much in barnyard funk. Big and silky, dark cherry, plum and provencal herbs. Also opened a '12 Booker Ripper which I expected to be bigger than the Beaucastel but it was a bit of a disappointment.
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9/5/2022 - Isaac L wrote: 92 Points
Famille Perrin tasting @ Grand Cru. Big, dark, luscious and perfumed. Prunes, black tea, pepper and spice. Smooth tannins but not a whole lot of freshness detected. Thought this was already into its drinking window, albeit without any obvious tertiary development. 6 out of 7 tasters including myself preferred the 2014.
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9/4/2022 - SonnyChiba wrote: 92 Points
Drinking nicely right now. Solid wine.
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9/3/2022 - Juliansi Likes this wine: 92 Points
Definitely in the Top 5 of wines I have had the privilege to enjoy this year, I can't wait to explore more Rhones in 2023. Complex, bold and so enjoyable...
Blend of...
30% Mourvèdre, 30% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 10% Counoise, and 20% assorted varieties.
Seductive tannins, bold but balanced, then blackberries and mysterious hints of tea too!
CdP translates to Pope's New Castle, from when the seat of the Roman Catholic Church was in Avignon near Rhone over the 1300s!
Beaucastel is in the south of the Rhone valley, and has a firm reputation for long aged wines and elegance. I can confirm the latter!
This CdP is truly divine with an unforgettable mouthfeel and long finish too. Thanks bro Frankie!
Damansara Starling Mall, Malaysia - 3 Sep 2022
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8/30/2022 - sjfunkenhauser wrote: 94 Points
Light garnet colour.
High intensity aromas of mushroom, garrigue, ripe dark plum, blackberry, earth, cranberry, red cherry, fig, prune, cinnamon, caramel, vanilla and raisin.
Pronounced palate.
Full body, high acidity, long finish, medium tannin.
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8/20/2022 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points
Siggy's Annual BBQ (Chez Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN): Small glass. I thought this showed pretty well. Much better than a year ago. Still could use more air (had an hour of slow-O), but it is balanced and coming along nicely.
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7/4/2022 - West Coast Wine Likes this wine: 93 Points
Still has many years to go! Surprised this was as big as it was still. Decanted for 2+ hours and needed another two after to finally open up. Initially spice and pepper with tight tannins. Opened up and finally was well balanced with some spice, dark fruit and some tea like flavors. Excellent wine but needs some more time. Had with a Tablas Creek Esprit. Both showed well but the Beaucastel showed more depth and balance, but to be fair had 4 years of age.
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6/18/2022 - tplskylrk Likes this wine:
P&P. 801 Steakhouse in Drs Moines. Dark. Beautiful nose, small tight berries, ripe lucious. Bramble herb dry and touch of sweetness on the palate w those herby twiggy middle palate.
Even if the pop this has some weight, lovely out of the gate.
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5/26/2022 - JohannesGlugla Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very heavy wine. Red berries, tobacco, super strong yet round tannins. Balanced nicely by tannins.
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4/29/2022 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Similar to prior note after a 2 hour double decant, except tasted a little younger; delicious, drink or preferably hold for another year or 2
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4/2/2022 - rancidfoley Does not like this wine: 85 Points
Out of balance - rich, heavy and porty, without any of the freshness I was hoping for. Brettanomyces? Such a disappointment - other bottles from this case were very enjoyable. Why is it that so many French wines under cork are inconsistent, and wineries seem to accept it as just part of the deal?
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3/28/2022 - chadslater Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank at holiday house with bbq meats. Great wine. Really love this. Drinking very well now. Not overly tannic, but still a big and bold wine. Black fruits, cigar, but also some earthiness coming through. Into its drinking window?
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2/3/2022 - Eric Guido Likes this wine:
This has a dark, rich and inviting bouquet, mixing crushed raspberries and plum sauce with grilled sage, crushed rocks and sweet smoke. It's luxuriously soft and creamy on the palate, also dense, yet all is balanced by streamlined acidity, as inner violets give way to black currants, licorice, and exotic spice. This tapers off with a coating of sweet tannins, coming across as lightly structured yet completely open for business, repleting purple and blue inner florals. Glorious is the word and in a perfect place right now. This warming and charming southern Rhone beauty is the perfect accompaniment to a stormy winter night.
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1/31/2022 - BradFraser wrote: 90 Points
Developing nose of black cherry, black raspberry, herbs and dried fig. Full body, smooth tannins, nicely balance acidity. Early maturity, open for business but with lots of time left ahead. Alcohol stuck out a bit, but it was still a lovely sip.
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1/29/2022 - cfluehr wrote: 96 Points
Absolutely stunning. Black cherry, herbs and hints of meat. Just deliciously silky but bursting with flavor.
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1/28/2022 - danielbleier Likes this wine: 96 Points
Fig, plum and blackberry blend with earthy, leafy notes - drinking very well right now.
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1/11/2022 - brianofthevine Likes this wine: 93 Points
Oh wow, this is gorgeous for such a 'young' Beaucastel. Black raspberry, black cherry, and dark plum up front. Silky texture to it on the mid-palate with notes of savory herbs, earth, dried fig, spice, and licorice notes. Firm acidity still, supple tannins, and long finish. This is just coming into a great drinking right now but will easily go the distrance.
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1/1/2022 - vintage_whine wrote:
Elegant and fresh. Fragrant rose petal lavender plum and cherry. Exotic licorice. But the acid is fresh, and tannins fine. Well blended. Bitterness only on the finish. Prime drinking now in terms of texture but not a lot of tertiary development, so lacking in the aromatic complexity even though the palate is at peak
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12/29/2021 - eudora Likes this wine: 98 Points
The single best CDP I’ve tasted in years. Consumed from a half-bottle so take that into account on the drinkability window, but I think this wine is at its zenith. Medium weight, beautiful acidity, dark ripe fruit (plum, black cherry), silky tannins. We had this in a cold winter night with a vegetarian bean stew and lightly toasted French bread (no garlic bug that would have worked). Spectacular wine with the perfect complementary peasant meal.
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12/25/2021 - M&AWines Likes this wine: 93 Points
Perfect pairing with Christmas lamb
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12/24/2021 - Nraucourt wrote: 89 Points
Too young
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11/21/2021 - cliffkol wrote: 92 Points
Brilliant. Mature dark fruits, well structured and balanced. Big bouquet of floral, soil, leather. Classic and delicious
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11/2/2021 - Plabella Likes this wine:
Delicious wine as always with Beaucastel
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11/2/2021 - Kevnzworld wrote: 93 Points
PNP at Chabran
Cherry, tobacco , kirsch , anise, bramble, reindeer moss? Olive tapenade.
This will be a better wine in five years, drinks a little hot.
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10/21/2021 - MC2 Wines wrote:
Wine Spectator 40th Anniversary; 10/21/2021-10/23/2021 (Marriott Marquis): Starting to get into a good drinking spot now. It's still young but there's a bit more of a muted tone to it and definitely tasty.
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10/9/2021 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 91 Points
beautiful bright ruby color. Intense raspberry on the nose. Absolutely delicious red berry, dark chocolate, a bit of funk. Might improve over the next 3-5 years but ready to drink now.
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9/11/2021 - toddmk Likes this wine: 91 Points
We first tasted several months ago via Coravin and the wine was off putting, perhaps even flawed. when we opened the bottle, I was not expecting much but the wine surprised us and actually drank very well. A dense wine with many good years ahead. Continued to open up in the glass over the course of 2 hours. Probably not at its peak yet. Cheers!
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9/10/2021 - Andice wrote: 91 Points
Not a style I usually go for but undeniably well made. Granache provincial herb notes dominate initially which developed more complexity with air as the other Rhone grapes assert their respective characteristics. The tension provided intellectual interest. Good substabtial midpalate and density. The alcohol peeks through a little at the end
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8/28/2021 - rocknroller wrote:
Annual Wine Group Summer Event - BBQ Brisket at Siggy's (Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN): Small taste. No notes, still pretty young, but approachable with air. Impression probably 93pts with good upside.
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8/14/2021 - Plabella Likes this wine: 96 Points
Always a great wine and the price is very reasonable. The wine is balanced and has great fruit
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8/7/2021 - moods wrote: 93 Points
Ripe raspberry fruit, some earth and peppery spice, with meaty mushroom notes. Densely rich palate, but with a lifted acidity that makes it taste supple. Long finish. Don't really notice the alcohol. Lovely wine.
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8/4/2021 - wernicke Does not like this wine: 85 Points
sweet, low acid. Slightly burnt, like barossa grenache
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7/25/2021 - Oldmanzin Likes this wine: 95 Points
After a two hour decant, the wine showed wonderful balance and elegance. This is one of the most interesting CdP’s available. It is hard to identify the dominate grape and that is a good thing. Great depth and texture. An intellectual wine that is stimulating. Outstanding juice.
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7/10/2021 - wetlandwino wrote: 94 Points
Excellent wine. Upon opening, subtle leather and barnyard nose, which dissipated quickly to aromatic dark fruit aromas. Palate started with quite a bit of acidity, but over 30 minutes or so became nicely integrated. Beautiful silky finish. Drinking nice now, but will improve in the next few years.
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6/26/2021 - Plabella Likes this wine: 96 Points
Never fails to impress
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6/5/2021 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pretty good on a hot summer night with BBQ
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5/31/2021 - pigdaddy wrote: 91 Points
decanted 45 min. cranberry red, pale edge; big earthy wild plum fruit, wild & gamey; robust; burly black-skinned fruit, herbaceous & showing some etoh, sturdy amaro-like finish.
accented dinner well. still in that mid-range, will continue to hold.
applewood-smoked baby back ribs; sorghum-baked rio zape beans; conehead cabbage slaw
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5/8/2021 - FYS Likes this wine: 92 Points
Earth mushroom cassis dark fruits strong tannins bright acidity - chocolate undertone
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5/8/2021 - bram_epicurien Likes this wine: 91 Points
Saturday evening, pairing with US prime rib. Three hours decant. Deep ruby Color. Dark and smoked fruit, mushroom, actually truffles and wet forest floor, a bit of black pepper. Med+ acidity, full body, high alcohol, Med flavor intensity, Med tannins, long finish. Some green pepper / capsicum and dark fruits initially, feeling quite some Heath, pepper is quite prevalent, a bit less of the mushroom and truffles in the mouth, so the nose is actually better than the mouth. After more time in the glass, this is getting smoother. Still young, even after a three hour decant, so I will not open the next bottle for a couple of years.
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5/3/2021 - King Julien wrote: 94 Points
Decanted 1 hour.
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5/2/2021 - cliffkol wrote: 92 Points
We were serving two Italian wines, Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino and Covallotto Barolo Risserva, with the tenderloin, but needed to serve a softer wine for some people. Normally the Beaucastel CdP is outstanding and lifts the evening. But it did not have a chance this evening against the other two. It became an "ordinary" wine, but did serve its purpose for the guests.
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4/28/2021 - ulyon wrote: 93 Points
just beautiful
ready to drink
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4/26/2021 - r.o.man wrote:
Elegant and smooth, with long life ahead, but the alcohol is too pronounced and burns on the palate.
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4/21/2021 - Disgustaeer Likes this wine: 96 Points
Excellent. Black cherry, meaty, spicy, smooth long finish. Great example of cdp, drinking well now. From a 375. Can go much longer. Makes me want to drink more cdp.
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4/9/2021 - Al-Vino Likes this wine: 91 Points
Maybe in a dumb phase...will revisit in a couple of years to see if springs back to life. I have my doubts though....
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3/19/2021 - Bruno DALBIEZ Likes this wine: 98 Points
Flawless. Drunk with a duck breast made with a long réducted port sauce. The Chateauneuf was complementing the fruity and slightly spicy notes of the duck sauce... It was a delight! We LOVE Beaucastel. I am sure it has several more years in itself , but at the moment at 12 years old it is just splendid.
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3/14/2021 - Wine Sparty wrote: 91 Points
Drank with grilled NY strips. A good wine for sure but it was missing some character. Almost seemed a bit one note with just the dark fruits.
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2/15/2021 - soyhead wrote:
Nose - olive, cocoa, no brett whatsoever which is a big surprise
Mouth - dark fruited, dark licorice, some suggestion of leather and tobacco. Flavorful more than refreshing. Slightly reminiscent of soy or Worcestershire. Paired well with lamb.
I have had other rather bretty bottles. Dunno if this is cask variation or what?
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2/6/2021 - jweedin Likes this wine: 96 Points
Best wine of 2021 so far. Decanted for 2 hours. Tasted great by itself and with soup. Great wild berry nose with medium to heavy body. Liquid candy
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2/6/2021 - Oldmanzin Likes this wine: 94 Points
A wonderful CdP in every sense of the word. No one grape varietal stood out to me. Certainly not Grenache. Well balanced between fruit notes and earthiness. Garrigue and mineral notes accent blend nicely with the dark red and blue fruit. Layers upon layers of goodness. After a three hour decant, this wine was singing from the first glass. There is still some upside to this wine in my opinion. Great juice.
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2/1/2021 - jaumealaska Likes this wine: 94 Points
PnP. This is deeply extracted. Purple with a little ruby at the edge. The nose is moderately expressive with dark fruits wrapped with spice and tobacco and savory meaty notesThe medium to full body is lovely with dark plum fruits wrapped with rounded tannins and balanced acidity. Beautiful finish.
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1/10/2021 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Double decanted for 2 hours, deep ruby, dark fruit with spices & herbs, med. tannins, long finish; outstanding, entering its window, drink or hold
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12/31/2020 - Somm David T wrote: 94 Points
While the 09 from 375ml is outstanding, it is only outdone by the kind of Prime Rib you only dare dream about. The end cut has such flavor & complexity while the center cut is seriously savory & complex.
The 09 out of 375 is juicy, delicious complexity. Ready with another 7-10 years to spare in 375ml.
The Prime Rib 10+.
Happy New Year!
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12/26/2020 - brouigu1 Likes this wine: 92 Points
A very good expression of a GSM blend that is entering its mature stage in life.
The nose was full with red fruits where the raspberry appeared more prominent. The aroma of prune and raisin was primary. The wine was dark purple with ample sediment.
The palate was full bodied and the flavors of raspberry, prune and some hints of woody oak are showing nicely.
The 2009 has moved into the aged category and drinking quite well.
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12/19/2020 - bugdoced Likes this wine: 91 Points
fantastic for all those who love cap
early in it's drinking window
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12/18/2020 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 93 Points
From 375ml bottle. Cloudy dark glowing ruby under the night. Strong alcohol and strong rustic blackberries on the nose. Intense mixed berries with a general woodsy note and a bit of a blood orange bite into the long finish. Very tasty.
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12/3/2020 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Catch Up with GI folks!: Dark fruits, liquorice, smoked herbs. Full bodied. Ok to open now but give it some air.
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11/24/2020 - tmagsmaken wrote: 93 Points
Tasted in conjunction with 2009 Vieux Telegraphe
Great intensity and power in the bouquet: Ripe stewy fruit, cassis, tobacco and baking spices. On the palate, fruit-forward almost sweet, complex and round. Compared to the Vieux Telegraphe, this is the higher scoring wine. It is more powerful, intense and complex wit a medium-long finish. However, it is also significantly more expensive but it is living up to its expectation. Delicious now but will develop further as fruit intensity fades and tertiary notes will become more powerful.
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11/20/2020 - OenophilistMN wrote: 93 Points
From a magnum. Two-hour decant. Deep crimson color; no bricking. Wine was clear, very light sediment. Initial nose of raspberries, cherries, green stems and slate. Tobacco and saddle leather arose later in the evening. In the mouth, deep black fruit, earth and plenty of alcohol. Notwithstanding the high alcohol, wine retained good balance. Tannins had softened but this wine has a long way to go before giving up the ghost. Long finish with a hint of pepper. Wonderful wine!
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11/19/2020 - mmcdds Likes this wine: 92 Points
Double decanted and drinking well shortly after opening with penetrating dark red fruit, garrique, perhaps a hint of tobacco and some slightly stewy undertones that, in their subtlety, are adding an intriguing nuance. Quite nice.
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11/13/2020 - Zinlady Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nice nose. Balanced. Had with roasted duck. Great match. Good body. Filled mouth.
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11/4/2020 - Druh wrote: 93 Points
Beautiful
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11/2/2020 - Bruno DALBIEZ Likes this wine: 95 Points
As close to perfection as you could hope. Gorgeous. Soft yet very present tanins. Brilliant as it is and could easily keep another 10 or 20 years, I think.
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10/25/2020 - chatters wrote:
Beaucastel reprise (Ben and Estella's place, Parramatta): From Coravin. Aromas are ripe but pretty, jubey berries, a little fruit tea note. Juicy, dense though, softly textured tannins, black fruits. Yum.
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10/22/2020 - jeagle wrote: 92 Points
PNP then tasted over two evenings. My first intersection with this wine was over 2 1/2 years ago, and, frankly, I personally preferred that experience to the present one. This bottle was very good but the fruit does not make the statement it did in its youth which felt like the palate being thickly painted on its way to a tannic fog. Some maturity and integration has mellowed out the extremes of fruit and tannin into a graceful delivery which I would normally applaud but in this case I find, at the moment, just too genteel.
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10/16/2020 - bjlcrucrazy Likes this wine: 90 Points
From half bottle with cast iron Moose steak by fire while taking a lunch break during annual Grouse hunt. Browning on the edges, fully mature
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9/27/2020 - bram_epicurien Likes this wine: 92 Points
Sunday evening wine tasting with Charly, popping the 2009 after tasting the 2006. Short 30 min decant. Deep purple Color. Quite fruity, raspberry, Cherry, pepper, vanilla, a bit of earthiness and saltiness. Med acidity, full body, high alcohol, Med flavor intensity, Med+ finish, Med tannins. Very fruity and sweet, lots of Licorice, a bit of pepper, you taste the Heat and alcohol. This is a bit less subtle vs 2006 or 2003, really still a fruit bomb. Nice but young so give it some more time !
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9/24/2020 - aaronwine Likes this wine: 93 Points
From half bottle. This has years ahead of it still but enjoyable now with firm tannins and lengthy finish. Decanted. Gained complexity over an hour in the decanter. Better than expected.
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9/13/2020 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine:
Big, rich, full bodied cdp, think decanted for few hours, I liked this cdp
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9/9/2020 - Hanibal Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still tannic and closed....needs another 3 to 5 years but the stuffing is there
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9/6/2020 - danielbleier Likes this wine: 96 Points
fantastic, clearly in a great drinking window
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8/29/2020 - yaCellar wrote: flawed
Give this a long decant. I found it quite closed after a few hours of slow ox. Barely any nose. Rigid, grippy tannins. I’ve found Beaucastel best at >15 years old.
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8/28/2020 - Neras Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lots of fruit in this one. Surprisingly fresh. Quite dense and surely powerful. Easy drinker.
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8/23/2020 - chatters wrote:
Chateauneuf du Pape lunch (Frank's place in Matraville): From Coravin. Wow, initially very oyster shell and salinity on the nose then jubey red and blackberry, a little black pepper spice. In the mouth it's juicy and fleshy with black hued fruits, drying talc textured tannins, black tea and black peppercorns on the palate. Mmm. Not as good as I remember this last time but still pleasant.
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8/22/2020 - tmagsmaken Likes this wine: 93 Points
First bottle of case. Decanted for 2 hours.
Medium ruby in colour.
An expressive nose that is very fruit-forward: red fruit (mainly cherry) is complemented by stewed fruit, fig and dried apricot. There are hints of cinnamon and pepper with some more tertiary notes developing especially leather and tabac but the is wine is still early in its transition. On the palate medium body, medium acidity and alcohol with tannins that are completely integrated. It is striking how easy drinkable this wine is. Complex and elegant rather than bombastic.
Good finish. Overall, excellent fruit forward beaucastel that has plenty in the tank to develop further but is already a treat.
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7/29/2020 - Chris_VdV wrote:
Jed’s 50th bday
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7/25/2020 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 91 Points
Beautiful, bright rose red, almost clear at the edges. Cranberries and pomegranate and a touch of white pepper on the rich nose. Very rich stewed fruits with prunes, dried rose petals, and a confectionary hard candy note. Tasty but a bit muddled.
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7/20/2020 - penmoalic Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bu en parallèle d’un Beaucastel 1999 pour accompagner une cote de bœuf Angus maturé
Dégustée à l’ouverture pour vérifier s’il avait besoin d’un carafage.
Robe grenat assez soustenue et brillante.
Au nez, c’est le grenache qui domine avec ses arômes de fruits rouges. C’est florale et légèrement poivrée. En bouche, c’est puissant comparé au 1999 mais très équilibré. Le vin est encore jeune et nécessité un passage en carafe pour se révéler.
Après une heure de carafe, le profil aromatique du vin a changé et se rapproche davantage de celui du 1999 avec des notes balsamiques et mentholé. C’est encore un puissant mais très bon.
On remarque clairement la filiation entre des deux vins, avec le style Beaucastel facilement reconnaissable. J’aime beaucoup ce style de CDP sur la délicatesse,la noblesse et la complexité qui ne tombent pas la caricature des vins chauds et puissants que l’on peut rencontrer sur de nombreux Chateauneuf du Pape.
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7/14/2020 - PeterMole wrote:
This is great, complex already. I Cite: Verb: 20/5/2020: "dark red, ruby rim - red fruit nose (cherry, cranberry) with aromatics of spice, leather and earth - round full mouth of red fruit and spice - good acidity, resolved tannins - long 20-30 sec finish - tasted alongside the 2010, this wine has a better structure and balance to last another 10 years easily, hopefully with even more development of complex aromas and flavors."
I add: Tinge of bitterness at the end.
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7/2/2020 - Zinlady Likes this wine: 93 Points
Wonderful. Beautiful color. Long finish. Had with veal chops that had a cream sauce and mushrooms. It really went well with the food. Tasted some spice. Can be kept longer. Will wait a year to try a bottle
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6/6/2020 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
CB Wine Night #14 - Random bottles!: Notes to come
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5/30/2020 - chatters wrote:
From Coravin. Dense red and black berries, slight herbaceous underpin, caramel, a little leather (though still quite primary), biscuit on the nose. It's softly juicy with jubey, pretty, fresh red and black fruit with silky textured, though drying, tannins. The whole is balanced and harmonious and travels long with a little alcohol warmth on the finish. Nice.
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5/24/2020 - Verb Likes this wine: 92 Points
dark red, ruby rim - red fruit nose (cherry, cranberry) with aromatics of spice, leather and earth - round full mouth of red fruit and spice - good acidity, resolved tannins - long 20-30 sec finish - tasted alongside the 2010, this wine has a better structure and balance to last another 10 years easily, hopefully with even more development of complex aromas and flavors
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4/14/2020 - bugdoced Likes this wine: 93 Points
delicious
strong syrah on the nose that faded after about an hour , replaced by an earthy undertone
rich fruit with clay backbone on the palate that also evolved nicely over the evening
in a good spot early in it's drinking life
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4/11/2020 - Wine Sparty wrote: 94 Points
From 375. Delicious. Not showing much secondary aromas or flavor but fantastic fruit on it.
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3/15/2020 - soyhead wrote:
nose - wet hay, brett
mouth - lovely underlying fruit, juicy, fresh, with a tinge of bitterness of the backend. beaucastel is one of the most consistently bretty wine that I know of (and like)
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2/28/2020 - WineJ2019 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Red/purple color, not too heavy. Complex nose with plums, sawdust, floral notes, and some secondary aromas. Intense but balanced flavors with red fruits/raspberry and a long drawn-out finish. Old world meets new world, drinking well now but could easily go another 5+ years
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2/27/2020 - Vinophiliac559 wrote:
Pnp from 375, nose is immediately expressive with ripe almost jammy blueberry and boysenberry notes. After a few hours open develops some complexity and has a dried herbs de provence character added to the dark fruits. Palate matches with some warmth to the fruit, tight structured tannin, good acid, body is medium to medium plus but not sure the fruit matches the tannin at this point. Finishes a touch tart with moderate persistence. Overall very good wine and much more open than previous bottle 2 years back. If you favor a younger fruit driven profile these are probably ready to go (at least from 375) but if you are looking for leather and tertiary notes probably needs another 8 years or so.
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2/23/2020 - rm97 wrote: 92 Points
Needs some more time but delicious
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2/10/2020 - mmcdds Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tasted alongside the 06 and was drinking much the same with the exception that the fruit in the 09 was abit brighter. Quite nice after an hour or two of air.
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2/5/2020 - ADB22 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Exquisite.rich wine with layers of flavors. Still a fair amount of tannins. Can’t wait to see how it ages
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1/18/2020 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
CNY Wine Night @ Chef Kang: Dark plums, liquorice, smoky herbs, with a tinge of candied figs at the end. Full bodied. Ok to open now but I will give this more time to shed it’s baby fats.
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1/13/2020 - Marc André Gagnon Likes this wine: 89 Points
C'est gros, ample et très fruité. Il y a là beaucoup d'extraction. Une masse de fruits. C'est toutefois un peu pâteux. Il manque d'acidité. De style Nouveau Monde.
Il a été dégusté à l'aveugle avec le Coudoulet (30$), soit trois fois moins cher. Et le Coudoulet a été le préféré des deux.
Ce châteauneuf sera peut-être meilleur dans 3 ou 5 ans.
(http://vinquebec.com/node/15787)
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1/4/2020 - vinhonotte Likes this wine: 98 Points
Medium ruby, and a slight fading, pinkish edge. Nose started rather rustic with hay and fern, red flowers, rose, cigarbox. Hugely intense, structured, high alcohol, full bodied, and very meaty, chocolatey flavours, with cigar smokes, undergrowth, roses, red cherry, sweetish raisins. A huge load of power! The roses, florals, leaves and raisins sure persisted a lot, for minutes! Seriously good! Highly recommended!
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1/1/2020 - Duncan H wrote: 86 Points
To be honest, a bit of a disappointment and certainly the least good of all my bottles of this.
Enjoyed a brief glass of this with Christmas dinner when it showed well with lots of vigorous, attractive black fruit. Unfortunately, despite having been kept in my Eto, it had fallen apart when I returned to it two days later. A real shame this was my last bottle.
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12/28/2019 - LiteItOnFire Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wonderful Charity Event (Arizona): It was a fun flight comparing this to the 2015 as well as the 2015 Keplinger Lithic. all three are wonderful wines that would be a welcome treat for small and large groups alike. This wine showed more tobacco and touch of earth with prominent red fruits with a secondary flavor element I was unable to put my finger one. enjoyed by all.
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12/28/2019 - UTPK wrote:
Needed 30 min. Textbook CnDP. Unfortunately it had to compete with Rayas for the same meal, so I could’t be bothered with this one...
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12/25/2019 - winelover1808 Likes this wine: 95 Points
i really enjoyed this. decanted for an hour; nose of some red fruit, tobacco leafy notes; body and mouthful is like a light bodied bordeaux in some ways - really terrific cherry and plum notes, asian spices - more bright red fruit notes than dark - and a nice finish - medium bodied. this is fresh and for an eight year old wine, its probably at its peak now through the next five years. i'd gladly have this again.
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12/21/2019 - gf2182 Likes this wine: 95 Points
WOW.... from 750ml, took to (new for us) french restaurant... drinking well from the moment it was popped, but got almost an hour in the decanter before we really went after it.... great bottle to celebrate a birthday!! Long life ahead.
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12/19/2019 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decades of Decadence -- the '9' Edition (Our Favorite Spot in Buellton, CA): A beautiful bottle, displaying loads of concentrated cherry and black pepper notes, seamlessly, with a glycerined texture and rounded finish I really enjoyed. Slightly astringent on the finish, so there may be upside from here.
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12/15/2019 - yossarian.livez wrote: 93 Points
A bit brooding and more evolved than I expected. Smoke, herb, cherry pit, and spice with a bit of barnyard. Sorta like the beauty and the beast all wrapped up in one. Lean and focused on the palate with mineral and acid with a persistent finish make this surely a winner.
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11/28/2019 - chanukha Likes this wine: 91 Points
Not luscious but not jammy either. Hard to figure out 2009 CdPs.
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11/27/2019 - PSPatrick wrote: 92 Points
Retailer tasting. Medium ruby colour. Slightly artificial red fruit notes, fresh and dried herbs, spices and stony mineral notes, with medium-level acidity and superb length. Well-behaved and very smooth, with just a faint hint of heat from the high alcohol. I loved the underlying minerality. In a good place. Try one now if you are fortunate and have some.
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11/27/2019 - AAJR Likes this wine: 93 Points
PnP'd - cherry, cassis, peppery flavors. Light earth & berry aromas. Secondary flavors of cocoa - long finish. Very good - Drink or Hold
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11/19/2019 - cliffkol wrote: 92 Points
needs 45 min decant. Still youngish, closed a bit. But beautiful
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11/18/2019 - up4wine wrote:
Served at dinner with KC & Herbert. Went very nicely with the pork tenderloin and bacon-Brussel sprouts.
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11/14/2019 - Rogershkg Likes this wine: 92 Points
Really nice wine. Plenty of fruit, dark cherries. Nose was strong and long taste. Long life left
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11/11/2019 - Rogershkg Likes this wine: 93 Points
Beautiful wine. Drinking well Good Bouquet clear medium dark colour, long taste black fruit. Everybody liked it
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11/7/2019 - Duncan H Likes this wine: 95 Points
Sensational!
Very dark red. Intense blackberry/minty nose and lively, mouthfilling palate. Very young and will no doubt develop, but absolutely delicious right now. I won't be waiting long to drink up my final bottle. One of my wines of the year!
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11/1/2019 - Bodyfxr wrote: 93 Points
Decanted for over an hour. Upon appearance this wine is starting to show its age. The nose was somewhat muted with stewed cherries and plums. Enjoyed this wine with coq au vin. This wine seemed somewhat balanced in acid, tannin and fruit however I was picking up more earth than fruit. Perhaps that is why it went so well with the coq au vin. Drink up as I only see the fruit continuing to diminish over time.
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10/19/2019 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points
Merchant blind tasting. This 1989 was served with a 2009 Beaucastel In a pair. The excellent 1989 threw many tasters off as wit was so tame and has fully absorbed the rich ripe fruit of CdP with savory notes, medicinal, licorice, could have gone for an old Burg some said (96Pt). The 2009 had of course much more vivid fruit with gingerbread, red and blue fruit (94Pt). The aroma profile and sweetness pointed towards CdP to me. Two very good showing of this great CdP which is luckily not an expensive wine.
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10/16/2019 - BlackStars Likes this wine: 91 Points
Good stuffing but not yet ready
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9/22/2019 - BigTex22 wrote: 90 Points
First time trying this wine. Bought the bottle 6 years ago and it’s been sitting in our cellar. Brief decant. Not much on the nose, even after some coaxing. Some red fruit on the palate, but straightforward and not very sophisticated. I’m disappointed having paid $90 for this, and letting this age for 10 years. Tastes more like a $30 wine. What am I missing here?
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9/20/2019 - Hanibal Likes this wine: 91 Points
still a tad young
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8/31/2019 - winelover1808 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Loved this. Medium bodied. Lots of bright sweet cherry flavors; a hint of minerality. Elegant and so well balanced. Terrific.
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8/17/2019 - Grenik Likes this wine: 91 Points
From a half bottle. Sweet red fruit nose, plum and dark cherry palate with some cedar and spice notes. Long finish.
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8/10/2019 - boomecho wrote: 85 Points
From Magnum. Decanted about 2 hours. Very dark purple. Blueberries, earth and forest floor on the nose. On the palate very smooth and mouth coating. Some heat, not much fruit, short finish. Nice but not very interesting. Perhaps the magnum needed more time. This wine was totally blown away by the 2009 Mas de Boislauzon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée du Quet which we drank along side.
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8/10/2019 - kfrench150 Likes this wine: 95 Points
At 10 years old this is quite advanced in colour midway between ripe red plum and garnet. Quite spicy in the nose. Full of red leather, sour cherry, dried cranberry, pencil shavings, camphor, dried garrigue - especially bay leaves - and just an overall lifted freshness. A definite licorice note develops with time in the glass. Lush palate. Very round and full with gobs of sweet dried red fruits. Quite spicy on the palate as well. Awesome fruit extract! There is quite a bit of depth and complexity here. Finishes crisp and spicy with lingering dried red fruit flavour replays. Tannins are basically gone - just the slightest hint on the teeth. Beautiful wine! 95 points easy!
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7/31/2019 - Herschel Krustofski wrote: 95 Points
3rd bottle, a few years since the last one: Now settling into a beautiful classic Chateauneuf, albeit on the riper side of the spectrum.
Coravin sample needs to to breath about 40 min in the glass. Decant accordingly. Chill to 18C.
I'd usually keep Beaucastel for 13+ years, but 2009 is more accessible.
Should keep another decade or more.
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7/5/2019 - LiteItOnFire Likes this wine: 92 Points
Enjoy to drink.
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6/21/2019 - MissHighwater wrote: 92 Points
drinking beautifully at the moment but will keep
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6/16/2019 - peeno wrote: 91 Points
Bought this at a bargain price as a gamble. Paid off.
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5/30/2019 - jkwoodward wrote: 93 Points
Another anniversary wine. 10 yrs on it. Still young in split. Had a 2016 that was more approachable but this was pop and pour, so still needs decanting. Tons of fruit. Tannins integrating well.
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5/26/2019 - Arch57 Likes this wine: 94 Points
This is a beautiful Beaucastel and it improved remarkably since my first tasting in 2015. Others who had more experience with this producer suggested waiting 10 years and yes that did the trick.
This is the same bottle that I did a small Coravin pour a year ago and at that point rated it 92 but today I was able to decant the bottle and it opened up and drank very well, before, during and even after dinner. My dear wife commented that some wines seem to get harsh after dinner but this was smooth sailing. Wonderful bouquet of spices and roses. Long finish and velvet like on the palate. Very good QPR at the $55 I paid in 2012.
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5/10/2019 - chadslater Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank at BYO evening at District. The other bottle bought was a Clos De Pape 2006 white. Both were very high alc - the white was 15%- Too much. This was the more elegant of the two. Dark fruits, not much secondary tobacco yet - ageing well. Some sort of licorice and vanilla there. I’m liking these before too late on the drinking window.
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3/29/2019 - scotty_b wrote: 92 Points
Tar, charcoal, tobacco, plum, herb, star anise, licorice. Finishes with strong vanilla bean. Heavy alcohol keeps this from being great. Will try 2nd bottle in 3 to 5 years.
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3/27/2019 - I've Got Bottle (JP Abela) wrote: 94 Points
Lavinia - Dégustation Vallée du Rhône du 27 Mars 2019 (Lavinia, Boulevard Madeleine - Paris): Nez : belle intensité aromatique sur de la cerise à l’eau, cuir, jus de viande, framboise noire, prune qui commence à « virer » légèrement au pruneau, olive et pierre à fusil. Un nez doux mais équilibré – pas trop chaleureux pour ce millésime solaire.
Bouche : l’attaque est douce et fondante – mais avec une certaine fraicheur – sur de la cerise.
Corps assez ample à ample, le cœur de bouche se montre crémeux, onctueux grâce à des tanins veloutés. J’ai tout de même noté un équilibre intéressant. Palette aromatique autour de la cerise / cerise à l’eau, framboise, légère nuance de pruneau, garrigue et légère touche florale de violette.
Finale de belle allonge, à l’aromatique charmeuse sur la cerise, la mûre, une touche florale et de sucrosité, de la ronce, quelques amers.
Note : 17,25/20 i.e. 94+/100
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3/26/2019 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Versatile for pairing, you can pull a lot of different nuances out of it with various foods. This was the “Swiss army knife” of wines in a tasting dinner tonight.
Ripe fruit, soft tannin, easy drinking but not simple. This is, in a nutshell, the total package. If you can find it at a fair price, buy without hesitation.
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3/20/2019 - BillyRayValentine Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wow, what a difference an hour makes. Ok out of the gate but starts singing after 45 minutes. Can’t wait to see how these develop. Enjoyed with Moroccan chicken.
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3/16/2019 - jawsgm Likes this wine:
Very smooth
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3/4/2019 - JTPanzer wrote: 94 Points
Outstanding wine. Really starting to enter a good drinking window. Went well with wild duck gumbo.
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2/28/2019 - Jozefs wrote: 90 Points
Mainly sweetness, not much else.
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2/24/2019 - Rogershkg Likes this wine: 92 Points
Really nice wine, plenty of of bouquet, colour deep and long taste of black fruit
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2/18/2019 - RojoHouse wrote:
Delicious with pork tenderloin. Needed extra time to open up.
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2/17/2019 - ChristopherB wrote: 92 Points
From a half-bottle. Nice see through yet dark ruby colour. On the nose, aromas of prunes, thyme, honey, liquorice, a touch of cocoa, kirsch, caramel and earth as well as garrigue herbs. On the palate, the attack is frank, fruity and tannic, carried also by a well dosed acidity. A very good concentration to this full-bodied wine. The flavours ressemble those of the aromas noticed on the nose, with the attack starting mostly on the garrigue herbs, transiting through an iron or beef blood profile and finishing on red plums and prune jam. Very good length. Solid in all cases and the tannins, though rounded, are still fairly present and slightly “fringant” indicating a quite youthful wine. A very good length. Unlike a previous taster, I feel this wine requires food as somewhat too full bodied to really be enjoyed alone, but by food, I mean food that tends to soften tannin, like a rare or better blue red meat. Can obviously still age, but already very interesting today. With a couple of hours open, extra notes of leather and woods smoke. 92-93.
Demie-bouteille. Belle robe rubis translucide mais sombre. Au nez, des arômes de prunes, de thym, de miel, de réglisse, une touche de cacao, kirsch, caramel, de terre et bien entendu les herbes de la garrigue. En bouche, l'attaque est franche, fruitée, tannique et l'ensemble sur une très bonne concentration gustative. On y retrouve les arômes perçus sur le nez, avec une attaque plutôt sur les herbes de la garrigue, passant par une pointe de fer et terminant sur une belle longueur sur la prune et la confiture de prune. Il y a une bonne vivacité portant le tout. C'est du solide dans tous les cas, et on y retrouve encore des tannins avec une touche légèrement fringante indiquant encore une belle jeunesse à ce vin. Beau vin, encore jeune, mais très agréable aujourd'hui. À l'inverse d'un autre dégustateur, je pense plutôt que ce vin a besoin d'être accompagné par de la nourriture, et typiquement une viande saignante ou bleue, car un peu trop massif (sans être surfait) pour être dégusté seul. 92-93 aujourd'hui.
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2/16/2019 - LiteItOnFire Likes this wine: 93 Points
WH/TH at Giuseppe. Drank alongside a 2015 sassicaia, 2009 continuum, 2015 Chateau de Beaucastel, 2015 Bevan Cellars Pinot and 2016 Beven Ontogeny with a 2014 Caymus Special Select. Then home for 2012 Montez Cote Rotie and 2009 Chateau de Beaucastel. No notes.
PnP- great wine, still very young but very enjoyable. At this point of the night not many cells left for details other than highly enjoyable and look forward to watching it evolve over the next 10 years. Great wine. 1-2 points of upside.
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2/3/2019 - Raage Likes this wine: 92 Points
Cd5
Soirée CDP 2009, à l'aveugle. Superbe de finesse, de densité, d'élégance, il a rafflé tous les suffrages... Nous craignons des vins trop puissants, il n'en fut rien, Beaucastel tirant son epingle du jeu avec un fruité doux, des épices, de la fraicheur (salin, acidulé en finale), et un grain d'une très belle texture racée.
92/93
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1/12/2019 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dark red cherry color. Dark fruits and black pepper on the nose. Notes of deep sweet cherries with coffee and loam. A bit of cocoa joins the aforementioned in the long-lasting finish along with intense red cherries. Drinking well but could probably use a couple more years of age, even in half-bottles. Tasty stuff. From 375ml.
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1/9/2019 - MikeATL wrote: 90 Points
Lots of dark fruit and licorice spice, good but missing the magic of the 80s vintages.
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1/5/2019 - Q's wrote: 92 Points
Still early but developing complexity, dense fruit. Very good young CdP. Anytime over the next 10-20 yrs as it will only get better--how old do you like your southern Rhone. Happy I have many more
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1/4/2019 - Ex-Ray Likes this wine: 92 Points
Typical earthy, musty, leather CNDP nose, some complexity. Very ready.
Ric
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12/31/2018 - lkilpio Likes this wine: 95 Points
This was a majestic and enigmatic wine that is only entering its proper drinking window. The tannins of this full-bodied wine are still firm, and the overall appearance of the wine is still a bit shy. The wine is fairly, but not overwhelmingly fruity. There are layers and layers of different aromas and flavors of dark fruits and berries, and the aftertaste is really long. There are all the reasons to assume that the wine will become even more impressive during the coming years.
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12/29/2018 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep, plum bouquet. Dark fruits, ripe, shiraz-like. Medium-full bodied. Developed well. Slightly dry tannins, with leathery bitter aftertaste. Tasted this alongside the CDP Clos Des Pape 2011 which was better. Ready to drink but feel this will get better in a few years.
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12/29/2018 - Desmond Likes this wine: 95 Points
Great wine. Still a little bit tannic but those tannins as quite "yummy". Dark fruit that becomes more and more complex after 1 hour of breathing. The best bottle of this I've had. Probably at its peak in 2 or 3 years, it has the structure to stay there for a while.
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12/24/2018 - Salute Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wonderful, stunning wine.
Decanted, small amount of sediment. Give it a couple hours of air. Really opened up to a complex multi layered wine.
Wish I had more!!
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11/20/2018 - vespasian wrote:
A curious stage of development on the nose - Mourvèdre dominant? Reminds me of Mencia strangely; sweet, herbal entry. Full weight, a little drying. Licquorice on the finish. Still some way to go.
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11/20/2018 - rossi.wine wrote: 92 Points
Tasted after the 2017. Sweet, generous, kirsch liqueur, fruitcake, spices, leather, earth - very layered and expressive on the nose. Ripe, dense and quite big on the palate. The alcohol is showing a little, the tannins are polished, but still quite grippy. Enough acidity, but a little heavy. Very long. Drink or keep. 91-93
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8/26/2018 - Wine Warrior 1 Likes this wine: 94 Points
WOTN and it has miles to go before it sleeps. 2 hour decant and could have used longer. Deep rich flavors are extracted from the staggering 13 varietals used to produce this wine. Medium/heavy body with incredible mouth feel and silky integrated tannins. This wine is just a real pleasure to drink. I believe, based on how it is built, this wine has decades to go and will get even better.
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8/24/2018 - kfrench150 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Deep ruby red with a gradual fading in colour to a thin clear rim. Medium bodied, medium alcohol and glycerine. No staining on the glass. Subdued nose. Clean with no trace of brett (unlike the 2008 I had a few weeks ago!). Dark red fruits, slight leather, pipe tobacco, mild spice and a trace of sous bois on the nose. Slight feral animal note. Quite dry with pronounced cedar, pot pourri, dark dried red fruit, brown spices on the palate. Slight heat from the alcohol. The fruit is not as ripe or sweet as some Beaucastels. Good acidity. Smooth dry long finish. Fine but tight drying tannins at the very end. Still a tad young and could use at least 5 more years to smooth out but very good with food now and sippable afterwards.
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8/15/2018 - Hanibal Likes this wine: 92 Points
Starting to be in good drinking phase. After 2 hours decant it was singing, nose was open (not initially) and the taste very layered and long finish
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8/15/2018 - Ex-Ray Likes this wine: 92 Points
Typical Beaucastel, but a bit lighter than others.
Ric
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7/26/2018 - Mark van Delft Likes this wine: 92 Points
Great C9dP again from Beaucastel, cedar wood, purple cherries, spicey note, blackberries, medium body, blueberries, soft note of cacao / espresso, nice long finish! A tad too sweat for me, is the only remark I have.
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7/14/2018 - BrunelloBob wrote: flawed
Corked
Under that: Some nice red fruit early, if a bit liquor-like, then seemed to fall apart
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7/7/2018 - levinml wrote: 94 Points
Drank at Portside restaurant in Bayfield with Saturday Night Prime Rib. Maybe it was the atmosphere, but this wine was excellent. Good balance, complex flavors but no rough edges. Could get better, so no rush.
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7/6/2018 - ccn Does not like this wine: 85 Points
Huge, meaty, overblown, overripe, hot; to the point of tasting like an amarone / vin de paille. I'm sure there are those who would love this wine, but I found it almost undrinkable. Chateauneuf is getting so hot (rumour has it that some recent vintages are approaching 16-17 percent potential alcohol) that it's only pleasant to drink in cool vintages like 2008. We had this wine side by side with the 2008 Pegau which was a model of restraint and balance in comparison -- I'm sure that the 2009 suffered by direct comparison.
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6/29/2018 - Rogershkg wrote: 92 Points
Bright hue, magnificent nose on opening the bottle. Well balanced and complex, red fruit
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6/18/2018 - dulcamara wrote: 91 Points
- Garnet color. It's balanced with a medium/full body. Fleshy texture with a long finish - This one is ready to go. Delicious.
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6/17/2018 - chatters wrote:
Coravin fun - Beaucastel review (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. meaty, savoury initially…then pretty red berries, peppery spice, earthy, Garrigue, star anise, more of the same on the palate, tannins are slightly flour and it is , perhaps, a little reticent and bitter on the finish.
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6/9/2018 - whitejamesn wrote:
Too young. Hold off if you can
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5/19/2018 - Arch57 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Did a brief Coravin taste-off between this, the 2012 and the 2009. This improved dramatically from my first tasting in 2015, which is good news. The nose was the most interesting with some exotic spices and nuances not found in the other two vintages.
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5/10/2018 - Hussung wrote: 87 Points
Magnum stored in climate controlled cellar. Really disappointed. No heft or structure. Tannins are almost nonexistent. Doesn’t taste bad or corked...just flat...no finish.
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5/7/2018 - tcarter Likes this wine: 95 Points
Really in a sweet spot and drinking beautifully. Still plenty of life left in this one though. Went great with my grilled ribeye. Drank from 375ml split.
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4/27/2018 - Rogershkg wrote: 91 Points
Good Colour, reasonable nose (one bottle a little petroleum on opening but within in minutes OK). Strong wine, plenty of fruit - fresh red fruit, ripe. Went perfectly with shanghainese food. Long taste. Seemed like ready to drink but could last a few years
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4/22/2018 - AudunG wrote: 93 Points
Surprisingly primary fruit on the nose, with some spices. Long and very concentrated, with fine tannins and great structure.
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4/5/2018 - Vinophiliac559 wrote: 92 Points
Pnp from 375ml, still fairly tight, opened with air. Dark and ripe fruit, slight austereness to the wine. Based on a few prior notes thought this may have turned a corner but imo still needs more time. Will hold my remaining bottles.
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4/5/2018 - John McCabe wrote: 93 Points
Well balanced, a bit aloof and reserved, some cedar, less intensity that I might like. Nice though feels over-priced.
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3/23/2018 - jeagle wrote: 92 Points
Decanted for four hours then consumed over the next four. Still young and unharnessed, the intense fruit lays down like paint across the palate turning into massive minerality at the finish.
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3/14/2018 - qcwino wrote:
Last of 3 bottles in .375 format. All 3 are from the same retailer and stored in the same climate controlled condition. 1st one a few years back was the best and most complex, 2nd one was primary but still restrained, the 3rd one I had today was a hot mess. Stewed, prune fruit with noticeable alcohol on the palate. After the first glass I put a cork in it and placed it in the fridge overnight. Day 2 - was not any better and I poured the rest down the drain.
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2/23/2018 - Vinomnivore wrote: 88 Points
Day 1: Rich, stewed fruit, some funk, but no lift/low acid. I think I am a bigger fan of these wines when they exhibit more mature flavors. I don't find the primary fruit driven place this wine is in now all that interesting.
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2/21/2018 - Bowmanifesto wrote: 94 Points
Liquid luxury. Opened and enjoyed the night before an international journey. My last bottle. Bon voyage!
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2/9/2018 - Fatty Cat wrote: 91 Points
0.375 L bottle, early Feb 2018: crimson color; cherry, pepper, wild herbs, spice, game; slight bitterness on the palate; medium/full body; smooth texture.
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1/19/2018 - boreddoughboy wrote: 90 Points
dark, opaque with browned edges, full fruit, pepper, smoke and balanced tannins. Glad I'm having it now. very well balanced for me. still has some time but rich.
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12/20/2017 - Robert Pavlovich Likes this wine:
Pretty glorious bottle here, with excellent ripe fruit and savory nuance. Shows effortless balance with good medium acidity, and the oak/alcohol barely noticeable, if at all. Well buffered tannins add interest on the back and into a medium, graceful finish. Excellent wine in a great place. Paired beautifully with steak.
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12/18/2017 - rmalloy Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tasted blind. Ripe, dark nose. Black tea, black cherries and berries, and gamey funk. Rich with glycerin, low with acid, tannins moderate — very Southern Rhone tasting. Relatively young. Drinkable now, but you might want to wait a few years for the tannins to soften and some more complexity to develop. Rating: 93.
Guess the wine: Southern Rhone. CdP, or perhaps Gigondas. I’m thinking a blend of mostly grenache and mourvedre. ~7 years old. 2010 CdP perhaps?
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11/25/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points
Lush, round, ripe, opulent fruits, with a peppery edge, that only adds to the earthy, animalistic, garrigue and spice filled nose. The dark red fruits are ripe, plush and juicy. This is great today, right out of the bottle. And time will only make it even better!
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11/21/2017 - Bowmanifesto wrote: 94 Points
Phenomenal CdP
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10/19/2017 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 94 Points
2017 New York Wine Experience Trip; 10/16/2017-10/25/2017 (New York City, NY): From a blend of 30% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah, 10% Counoise, 5% Cinsault and 15% other allowable varietals (Vaccarèse, Terret Noir, Muscardin, Clairette, Picpoul, Picardan, Bourboulenc and Roussanne ), this deep ruby wine is in a beautiful place. Dark bramble fruits, black plums, Provençal herbs, mocha and roasted meat aromas are followed by comparable flavors on a medium-to-full-bodied, fresh palate. The alcohol, oak and tannins are all integrated here, making the wine very easy to drink. Dense in the middle and finishing long, this will evolve over the next decade but should remain delicious. Drink now-2030.
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10/8/2017 - AllRed wrote: 89 Points
Second Sunday Group: 2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape (R&D's): Double blind. Reticent; needs more time to open than it received tonight (at most, about 3 hours with a quick double decant). Generic red fruit qualities with an underlying spiciness. There's a subtle raisiny ripeness to the fruit too. 89+ pts.
My #3, Domino's #5
Group #3, 38 pts
Now seeing what this is, I would wait until 2025+ before opening a bottle.
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10/7/2017 - Sotto325 wrote: 85 Points
A terrible bottle, and not corked. I am hoping that this is either provenance (wholesaler and heat) or the need for more age. This bottle was out of balance, exhibiting sour tannic notes that overshadowed even the emerging kirch-like fruit that emerged after 60 minutes in the decanter and after 30 in the glass. Dark purple, though not quite as dense as the 2010 (which showed much more nicely). Worth holding for 3-5 years and keeping fingers crossed.
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9/7/2017 - W!neNot? Likes this wine: 92 Points
A really big wine. Still very primary and fruit driven. Clearly has a lot of potential, but I'd wait at least 3 years before drinking any more. Yet to develop any leather/mushroom aged flavours. Give it time, but has the stuffing to go the long haul.
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8/29/2017 - ClaytonDave Likes this wine: 91 Points
Needs some time to soften. Black cherry on the palate. A lot of complexity but not fully developed.
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8/29/2017 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 94 Points
Deep dark fruit, delightful on the palate. Went well with Cauliflower rice and turkey.
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8/10/2017 - wforster2@gmail.com Likes this wine: 94 Points
enjoyed a bottle just like this one last week in Scotland at the Cameron House Grille - the service was poor the food was ok after too many mistakes but this bottle of wine was very good
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8/6/2017 - Vinacull wrote: 92 Points
Aerate to decanter, let sit one hour. Color medium red with lots of purple hues, full body. Bouquet came out to play the further we got into the bottle after a couple hours, with dark plum sauce, Kirsch, blackberries, herbs de provence, lavender and licorice. Beautiful smooth entry of generous black raspberries, red plum, garrigue, lifting notes of lavender, and shades of earth. Enlivening acidity and youthful tannins testify this has a long life ahead and upside potential given it is still somewhat primary. Nevertheless approachable now with sufficient decant, delicious, hard to keep hands off. Outstanding.
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7/22/2017 - lfbaum Likes this wine: 97 Points
Spectacular wine. Cherries and Rasberries - very smooth and incredibly well balanced. Not overly tannic. Drinking very well now. One of the best Chateauneuf-de-pape's we've had.
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7/12/2017 - Chuck C Likes this wine: 95 Points
Really good stuff, I'm not sure how wine gets much better. I am a fan of CdP, but this was especially good. Smooth, but complex. Full and round, great texture and body, lots of fruit without being cloying. Not much tannin, but what's left is slightly sweet and tasty. Can't say I've had much better wine than this. I'm getting Raspberries with a hint of cherries.
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6/1/2017 - RichardP wrote: 93 Points
On the nose, currants and camphor. On the palate, red and purple fruit, anise, iodine, and notes of iron and leather, with moderate tannins and good acidity. This is certainly in its drinking window, although it should improve for some years. Excellent, but only average to good value for money at about $80.
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5/13/2017 - om42 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delightful.
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5/8/2017 - Eclipse1 Likes this wine: 87 Points
Sweet, rich and aurprised at the orange hue. Very good , but need to try again in a few days.
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4/22/2017 - IJC wrote:
Strong, sharp favors, of fruit and spice, tannin and tart acidity, earth and brush, each competing for presence before the others, resulting in a particularly assertive mouthful.
Plenty of material in this young bottle, promising much to be gained by cellaring, though if one seeks is a robust - take no prisoners - glass to accompany spicy foods, this would be your choice.
Rated 1 on a scale of -1 to 3.
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4/22/2017 - Bowmanifesto wrote: 94 Points
Enjoyed on the night of Jan and Ian's engagement. Marvelous. Congrats!!
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4/12/2017 - ELH wrote:
The producer site describes the blend as follows: Cinsault 5%, Counoise 10%, Grenache 30%, Mourvèdre 30%, Syrah 10%, and Vaccarèse, Terret Noir, Muscardin, Clairette, Picpoul, Picardan, Bourboulenc, Roussanne 15% For me, it was very stemmy and austere. Odd bottle? Not rated.
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4/8/2017 - I've Got Bottle (JP Abela) wrote: 95 Points
Printemps Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2017; 4/7/2017-4/9/2017 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape): Couleur : grenat-violine assez sombre.
Nez: beau, expressif et riche sur des notes de gibier, jus de viande, notes herbacées (garrigue), de prune, d’olive et de violette.
Bouche : nous avons un très beau toucher dès l’attaque qui se révèle franche aromatiquement. Corps assez ample à ample qui s’exprime sur de la prune, des épices, de la garrigue et de la cerise noire. Riche, onctueuse et profonde, la matière offre un très beau velouté qui reste équilibrée par une bonne acidité. Tanins abondants mais enveloppés et soyeux.
Finale d’assez bonne longueur sur un jus riche.
Note : 17,5-17,75 (95+)
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4/8/2017 - Zweder wrote: 93 Points
Printemps du Châteauneuf-du-Pape tasting. (La salle des fêtes in Châteauneuf-du-Pape): Beautiful and rustic bouquet with beautiful and ripe fruits and already showing some development. Same on the palate, good concentration and length. Beautiful wine with still plenty of future.
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3/31/2017 - N.Bonaparte wrote: 92 Points
45 min decant for a split which was plenty of time. Nice fruit up front. Above average balance. Average finish. Very pleasant. In prime and will hold for a long time.
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3/25/2017 - Hermosabritdad Likes this wine: 91 Points
A lot of depth to the nose, and fairly quickly (within 30-45 mins.) Not just red fruit; spice, vanilla and a little bit of tobacco. Was looking forward to it developing even more, and from a pallete point of view. But it disspaointed in the sense that it didn't evolve from its initial promise, and by hour two had actually lost some of its luster. Not sure if it will get better from here. A good CNDP, but not up to its reputation as of yet. Will see how other bottles develop.
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3/18/2017 - AAJR Likes this wine: 94 Points
First of a box of six that has been lying in my cellar for five years. Decanted & consumed over 3 hours. Floral & mild earthy nose. Flavors of dark berries, spice with a touch of dark chocolate. Medium/long finish - a very good wine that will be enjoyed for many years to come.
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3/17/2017 - peterchoy wrote: 92 Points
Appearance: Bright and clear, it is deep ruby in color, with fading rim and legs.
Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of red fruit of raspberry, black fruit of black cherry, cassis and plum, dried fruit of prune and fig, pungent spice of licorice, kernel notes of chocolate, sweet spice of clove, oak notes of smoke, maturity notes of savory. The wine is developing.
Palate: Dry with medium (+) acidity, medium tannin of ripe and silky texture, the wine has high alcohol, medium body and medium intensity flavors of black fruit of plum, dark cherries and cassis, sweet spice of clove, oak notes of vanilla, kernel notes of dark chocolate. The wine has a medium finish.
Conclusion: Very good quality CDP with an intense nose showing high complexity, the wine is powerful, full of flavors and masculine, with a robust structure, fair concentration, but less complex on the palate with a reasonable length on the finish. It is ready to drink now though can benefit from further ageing of another 3-5 years.
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3/12/2017 - Bowmanifesto wrote: 94 Points
Love in a little bottle. Everything I adore about Beaucastel CdP keeps getting even better with time in the cellar.
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3/11/2017 - danstrings Likes this wine: 91 Points
Inky dark, huge and unctuous with ultra ripe dark fruit, cassis, licorice. Very youthful, more flashy in style and almost New Worldish (not a ton of oak tho), crowd pleaser for sure.
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2/20/2017 - Yagil wrote: 93 Points
Chateau de Beaucastel vertical tasting (Wine-Route, Hashalom Rd branch): medium-dark opaque red-purple
quality fruity nose with floral notes
full bodied, elegant rich fruity flavours, animal character, well balanced & harmonised, excellent structure & complexity, elegant finish & aftertaste. will age beautifully many more years.
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2/15/2017 - redz wrote: 91 Points
improved from 2 yrs ago, still young. 3 hrs decant
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2/10/2017 - mtaczak wrote: 92 Points
from 375. either shutting down or emerging from a dumb phase, but definitely needs an hour or two of air even from a 375. starting to develop nicely and acquire more secondary character while still presenting the complexity and depth that make beaucastel my consistently favorite cdp. fading black cherry, some iron-y, meaty flavors, and plenty of herbal notes (garrigue?). no rush, but completely drinkable now
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1/21/2017 - DugyDog Likes this wine: 92 Points
Solid again
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12/26/2016 - qcwino wrote:
From a .375. 30 minute decant. Iron, raspberry, cherry and herbs. Balanced tannins and acid. Less expressive than the split I had about a year ago but still very nice.
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12/25/2016 - MissHighwater wrote: 93 Points
This is gorgeous right now but sure to evolve more. The generous fruit copied with Christmas lunch with all the trimmings perfectly.
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12/13/2016 - Bowmanifesto wrote: 93 Points
Love. Love. Love. Even in these little 375 bottles, let it air for several hours before enjoying. Spectacular CdP.
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12/13/2016 - chatters wrote:
Coravin fun - Ch. de Beaucastel (Kennards, Waterloo): From Coravin. This feels quite Grenache led at the moment. Pure red berry fruit and quite polished oak. more of the same on the palate but backed by some firm tannins underpinned by peppery spice. Perhaps a little simple but nicely done. With time the pepperiness comes more to the fore on the palate.
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12/1/2016 - Jay Win Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delicious and 375 format is perfect now. Grade of A- as it's still improving.
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11/27/2016 - Bowmanifesto wrote: 92 Points
Oh what a luxurious bottle, enjoyed by our family at Thanksgiving.
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11/26/2016 - Al-Vino wrote: flawed
Bottle was flawed despite a perfect cork.
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10/31/2016 - philipop wrote: 89 Points
Les tanins sont fondus, le vin est soyeux, mais étrangement il n'exprime pas grand chose. On ne retrouve pas la complexité aromatique qu'on attend d'un CDP. Assez surprenant. Le vin reste agréable, mais peu expressif. À regoûter dans 2 ou 3 ans pour suivre son évolution.
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10/26/2016 - brouigu1 Likes this wine: 92 Points
PnP with a 40 minute decant in the glass.
A nice garnet color with little clarity. A warm nose with a punch of red cherry, plum and an earthy elements.
Medium+ body and nicely resolved balance. Still has a firm tannin grip but the red and dark fruits are showing well. Hints of spices and damp earth balanced with the fruits is making this a nice wine now and should develop for a few years more.
Glad I have more!
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10/24/2016 - Bowmanifesto wrote: 92 Points
Such a lovely garnet gem, a thrill for all the senses from a half-bottle.
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10/10/2016 - tcarter Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drinking great right now. Big red fruit with a little sweetness on PnP, but then evened out over next hour, and the earthy and spicy qualities came through. Drank from a 375ml.
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10/8/2016 - Duncan H Likes this wine: 93 Points
Absolutely ace - Mrs H loves 'em young and vibrant!
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10/8/2016 - Duncan H Likes this wine: 94 Points
Absolutely ace - Mrs H likes 'em young and vibrant!
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10/4/2016 - Bowmanifesto wrote: 93 Points
Gorgeous. In a great place right now. But will undoubtedly improve with more time in the cellar. Aromas of dark cherry torte with some earthy undertones. Medium body, with maximum impact. Deep and rich palate, filled with ripe red grapes, evoking impressions of savory sumptuous plums in a pie drizzled with dark chocolate.
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9/26/2016 - rmalloy Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very good. Black cherry with game, spices, and menthol with hints of barleywine. Black tea and vanilla. Dry tannins. Could use a few more years.
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9/19/2016 - c.evangelista wrote: 94 Points
Tried it in 2014 and it was super (Even better than the 2010 vintage). Tried another bottle in August 2016. Not good. Not sure what was wrong here. Maybe the wine is in a bad phase. Then I hope the next bottle in 2018 will be better.
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9/6/2016 - Papa Doug Likes this wine: 92 Points
Smooth with long finish.
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8/5/2016 - kfrench150 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Strikingly different from the Sophia! Similar colour but it ends there. The nose is sweet almost stewed fruit, cedar and only a hint of garrigue (bay leaf) and licorice. Super sweet rich entry, tastes very similar to the nose only bigger. The taste curls around and ends up on the roof of your mouth. Finish lasts and lasts with a tannic dry finish right at the end. Very, very good.
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7/20/2016 - Yagil wrote: 94 Points
dark opaque red-black; excellent fruity spicy nose; firm tannins, complex palate, structured, ready but with a long ageing potential, fungus, excellent finish and aftertaste
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6/4/2016 - wforster2@gmail.com Likes this wine: 95 Points
Decanted for one hour, great noise
Solid front palet taste, mild after taste
I have more and glad I do
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5/12/2016 - AMC Eagle wrote: 91 Points
From a split and decanted for 45 mins. Medium-dark plum-ruby in colour; first thing the nose noticed right away is the steak blood complimented with red beries and some kirsch and garrigue. Dark red and blue berries with some heady tannins and cocoa with a hint of licorice on the palate. Medium bodied with a medium+ finish. I'll give this a few more years before trying again; or give this plenty of air before tasting. 91+ for now.
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5/1/2016 - mikeharris Likes this wine: 92 Points
Beautiful deep ruby in the glass with wonderfully long and slow legs. The nose opens with garrigue, dark berry and wet limestone. Well balanced on the palate, perfect heat and acidity with a little spice. Floral bouquet and perfume give way to what I feel is a bit of a short, hot finish.
I desperately want to rate this wine higher, but it is leaving me underwhelmed. I mean, it's an 09 Beaucastel so it's great no matter what, but for only slightly more money I feel the Pegau 09 is a superior wine for the vintage.
In fairness, this is on the early end of the drinking range in my opinion. If you are holding these, I would let them rest another 5 years and reserve judgement until then.
Drank from 750 ml.
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4/27/2016 - cliffkol wrote: 90 Points
Young. Tight and tannic, but shows promise with a couple more years. Needed 1 hr air. Dark berries, spices, woodsy.
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4/9/2016 - BillyRayValentine Likes this wine: 90 Points
From 375. Needs an hour+ of air. Will be better in a few years.
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3/18/2016 - Sauvyfan Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drank aboard the Constellation in the Gulf. Soft on the tongue, muted nose of Bing cherry. Harmonious, but nothing extraordinary. Palate one of darker black fruit and black cherry reduction.
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2/29/2016 - DugyDog Likes this wine: 92 Points
Excellent CdP. pepper and spice and everything nice about it.
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2/21/2016 - BordeauxBuff Likes this wine: 94 Points
Consumed out of a half bottle several times over the past few months.
I love the 2009 Beaucastel CDP. It is relatively approachable now, and I have a personal preference to this vintage over the 2010, and I believe the 2009 will outpace the 2010 in the long run. Drink 2016-2028.
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2/21/2016 - Mazy Likes this wine: 88 Points
Ouvert la veille, il était très expressif dès l’ouverture mais s’est rapidement refermé, et demeuré modérément fermé le 2e soir (gardé debout en cave avec le bouchon). Un vin probablement à ouvrir 2 jours à l’avance en l’épaulant ou à carafer tôt en journée?
On devine le potentiel car il me semble stratifié, pas trop chaud, sur les fruits noirs et les épices, assez tannique. La note est donc provisoire, en son état actuel.
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2/1/2016 - Zweder wrote: 93 Points
Weekly tasting group #202; C9duP 2009 (@ VD): Beautiful and complex bouquet with dark forest fruits, garrigue and some brown spiced biscuit. On the palate juicy dark berries, garrigue, a pleasant touch of sweetness, beautiful acidity and tannin with still a firm bite. The wine is still a few years too young, but already pleasurable. Probably wise to wait until 2019 at least. For now 93++ and around 2020 this could easily give a 94 or 95 score.
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1/31/2016 - cliffkol wrote: 92 Points
Blossoming bouquet of mature red fruits on the nose. On the palate, concentrated red and blue fruits, dark earth, smoke, minerals. Slightly acidic and tight tannins. A couple more years will help.
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1/29/2016 - BrunelloBob wrote: 91 Points
From 375. Through vinituri, which seemed to help. Good color. Beautiful nose just explodes with a swirl. Red fruit with a delightful herbal hint flitting around in the background. Good juice.
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1/26/2016 - daniel.jay wrote: 92 Points
From a 375ml. Tight and one dimensional out of the bottle... fruit and secondary earth notes didn't show up for at least 2.5 hours.
Give this a 2-3 hour decant at minimum.
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1/14/2016 - slippytoad Likes this wine: 89 Points
Rather closed. Needs a couple more years.
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12/25/2015 - Winey Old Man Likes this wine: 95 Points
The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like strawberry, blackberry, flint, mineral, forest floor and stoniness. It tastes like fig, mineral, forest floor, blackberry and meaty. The body is medium/full. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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12/24/2015 - Birdmountain wine Likes this wine: 95 Points
Complex and deep with very long finnish
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12/23/2015 - Bowmanifesto wrote: 93 Points
Joy! A 375 of fabulous CdP. Luscious, lush, bright, bountiful berries, and spice box on the lengthy finish.
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12/18/2015 - dnoswalt Likes this wine: 94 Points
Rose petals, cherries, fresh tilled soil on the nose. Tastes like a classic chateaunuef-de-pape. Drinkable now but could be cellared a few years too. Glad I got a whole case of splits!
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12/5/2015 - Life At Your Leisure 🍷 wrote: 94 Points
Dark ruby/garnet that cleanly dissipates toward the rim with a transparent edge. The nose is buttery, with notes of fig, white pepper, dark berry, tobacco, smoke and earth. The palate is full bodied with a velvety texture. Flavors of blackberry, fig, plum, espresso, graphite, meat, embers, and a lingering spice that extends throughout the long finish. Powerful, copious, heightened, persistent. Keeps pushing forward. Drink now with a 2-hr decant or better in 2017 until 2029.
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11/28/2015 - qcwino wrote:
.375 bottle. Grilled steak, smoke and tobacco on the nose. Sweet black cherry with a strong herbal finish. Nice acidic lift. Very enjoyable.
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11/23/2015 - Vinophiliac559 wrote: 93 Points
92-93+ I think this will develop with some time, tight right now
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11/20/2015 - gf2182 Likes this wine: 91 Points
from 375.. I was amazed at how well it is drinking.. qpr not great but enjoyable juice
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11/9/2015 - Arch57 wrote: 86 Points
I totally agree with Ex-Ray's notes about this wine and I should have checked CT tasting notes prior to popping this for a birthday dinner with my wife and parents. This was decanted for a couple of hours and right from the get go I found it to be very "ordinary" and pedestrian. There was no spark, no magic and worst of all it was hard to differentiate this from a $15 Cotes du Rhone that we also had uncorked. Will hold for a few years to see if things improve.
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10/10/2015 - Ex-Ray wrote: 85 Points
Very ordinary and one-dimensional, definitely disappointing for what it is and what it costs. Medium color, some translucency, medium flavor, little aroma, short aftertaste. I can do better in the glass with several $15-20 wines. I'll try another before too long to see if it's an off bottle. A 2009 Domaine Pegau Reservee two nights ago was exponentially better!
Ric
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9/4/2015 - Al-Vino Likes this wine: 93 Points
lots of life left in these half bottles....
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8/31/2015 - capacious Likes this wine: 91 Points
Same impression, blowing thru these as I have a lot of the 375's and we have liked so much that when I reach for the small format, my hand goes to the Beaucastel. Many of our 375's are Bordeaux and young-2005 and more recent- so letting them mature, but 09 Beaucastel is just remarkable for how well it is performing. That said, think I will leave the 750's to lie in the dark, because the promise is enormous.
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8/24/2015 - capacious Likes this wine: 91 Points
Drinking this quickly because it's a split that's performing well currently. Same comments as prior. Class shows
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8/8/2015 - NineteenEightyTwo Likes this wine: 89 Points
From 375 ml. Medium-dark rosewood color. Nose dominated by a sweet topnote of cassis. The palate on this is astoundingly smooth, with a rich mouthful of black fruit. There's nary a sign of tertiary development on this yet, with little of the hoped-for garrigue on either the nose or palate. Tannins on this are gentle and mostly resolved. Consistent with prior tasting notes, this might be a format-specific issue with the half bottles. Enjoyable to drink now, but I'd like to see more complexity evolve over time.
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8/5/2015 - capacious Likes this wine: 91 Points
Surprisingly evolved Prob because a split. Rich and full, palate pleasing feel, cherries, almost a note of peaches, - this had a "wow, take note, this could be exceptional.
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7/30/2015 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points
à la pêche
Excellent, riche rond et épicé, belle ampleur, très agréable en l'état. 91-92 pts
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7/7/2015 - JuniorRoby Likes this wine:
Had a glass with friends. . . excellent!!! Deep purple color, notes of cherry and chocolate. One bottle in my cellar Need to fill with more!!!
I think this is my favorite Chateauneuf-du-Pape!
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4/7/2015 - beatles Likes this wine: 92 Points
Way to young - but this was force majeure. It is dense, concentrated with a sweet core of fruit and with the sauvage, local character just developing. There is an edge for tannins, but the wine has the openess of the vintage - without it's heat. Much more complexity to come here. (with AD at Keens Chophouse, NYC).
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3/25/2015 - Milos wrote: 93 Points
Very very young but surprisingly drinkable. Dark cherry and raspberry with charcoal; pure clean well delineated flavours on the palate; balanced; long finish.
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3/22/2015 - jonanator wrote:
This is just a baby and will require plenty of time to show its stuff. This was drinking nicely but was drinking very young. Everything is there to ensure this will be long lived, great balance, good acidity, lovely depth and concentration. Will be a beauty in 5-10 years
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3/15/2015 - The Guzz wrote: 90 Points
Dark berry, meat, and chocolate. Juicy midpalate, soft tannin. Slightly off balance. Needs time.
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3/7/2015 - Tony T Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very good already, but needs more cellar time to really start showing off its potential.
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2/8/2015 - MissHighwater Likes this wine: 90 Points
After 2 hours still closed on the nose and backwards flavours but towards the end of the meal it really started to come into its own - dark cherries, spicy old wood. This is gorgeous now but will be stunning in another few years.
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1/27/2015 - bjlcrucrazy Likes this wine: 88 Points
From half bottle. Really I wondered if this is just too young, but it really did not improve that much despite triple decant and attempts to finish the bottle over the next few days.
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12/23/2014 - Sergio Casado Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nariz muy interesante, higos, finos tostados, flores. Voluminoso, con una tremenda sabrosidad y aun así tan equilibrado. Una maravilla que no puedo imaginar como estará en unos años.
Very interesting nose, figs, cedar, flowers. Full bodied, with such a great savory taste, but still so well balanced. A marvelous wine which should become incredible in some years.
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11/17/2014 - rossi.wine wrote: 94 Points
Expressive, lots of richness, sweet fruit, spices, pepper. On the palate rich with great power and presence, but still quite elegant and lifted with enough freshness. Slightly drying tannins, adding nice texture. Super finish. Better than the 2011. 93-94+
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10/19/2014 - caeleric wrote:
3 hour decant, consumed one glass on day 1 and the rest with the wife on day 2. a very boring, forgettable wine. subtle to a fault, soft and unstructured. plum, a little pepper, soft cherries. my cdp experience is limited to pegau, vieux telegraphe, janasse and a few others, and this wine has been the worst so far. if scoring, 82-84. not my style.
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10/10/2014 - cristian_m wrote: 89 Points
A good effort. Leather and tobacco. A bit closed and low on acidity.
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9/8/2014 - lirvingham Likes this wine: 95 Points
Really nice even at this young age. Fruit, tannins, and acid seemed well integrated and in balance. Looking forward to trying the 2010.
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9/2/2014 - jeffm_fla Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very good wine. Big powerful fruit on the nose and a great flavor profile.
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9/1/2014 - johnh1001 wrote: 93 Points
No sulphur this, time and really enjoyed the fresh and forward raspberry and blackberry notes. Easy to enjoy now, but this has a long way to go.
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8/17/2014 - Herschel Krustofski Likes this wine: 94 Points
2nd bottle. 1 hour decant. Ripe, intense (slightly less than it was in Jan 2013; it seemed to have mellowed); cherries still in the forefront.
Although room temperature was just 22C, I think it would have benefited from chilling a bit before decanting.
The 2009 is very ripe and may come across as more elegant served at 17-18C. Consider drinking the next bottle in the winter at slightly lower ambient temperature.
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8/16/2014 - Rollerball wrote: 95 Points
Beautiful perfume. Tannic and intense but ripe and beautifully omnipresent. Dark blue notes. Simpler than 10 Clos des Papes in a side-by-side ... but still.
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8/6/2014 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points
With an earthy, barnyard, garrigue and fresh fruit bouquet on the nose, in the mouth, the wine is ripe, silky and fresh, with good acidity and warm, plush fruit sensations from start to finish.
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8/3/2014 - redz wrote: 90 Points
giving it benefit of the doubt, only 2 hrs decant. Minimal nose, muted flavors. wait a few more years
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6/14/2014 - JulianSkeels wrote: 92 Points
2009 CdP is often my go-to on wine lists - it drinks so well young. This is somewhat different in style, for now lacking either the depth of most Beaucastels or the hedonism and richness of most 2009 CDPs. A little more dark cherry in this vintage, and less herbs than usual. Soft tannins make this very drinkable now, but I think this will improve for a few more years yet
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6/5/2014 - Double D wrote: 93 Points
I swear it's improving...I was not real impressed with this a year ago but this is resolving itself into a pretty decent Beaucastel.
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5/18/2014 - tom999s Likes this wine: 93 Points
Needed more than 2 hours to open
The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. The body is medium. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.
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5/12/2014 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Likes this wine: 92 Points
Popped and poured. Reddish purple in color. Difficult to catch a scent - nose is closed. Medium body. Totally closed at first and got better after a couple of hours, but not much. Will leave it overnight and try tomorrow.
Much better after another 24 hours. Velvety smooth. Great mouthfeel and coats the palate. Longish tail. Cranberries and blackberries. Still way too young, but good now nonetheless.
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5/9/2014 - Neras Likes this wine: 93 Points
It's absolutely drinkable and enjoyable now. Everything seems to be in the right place, but on the other hand there is nothing really spectacular around it. Lovely wine - but it comes at a high price.
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4/27/2014 - bugdoced wrote: 88 Points
much better the second day
still do not understand the fuss about cdp
but will keep trying to
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4/27/2014 - K88888C wrote: 90 Points
Long finish. Not complex. Very consistent.
Decanted 3 hours and enjoyed with lamb dinner.
Needs a couple of more years in the bottle.
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3/31/2014 - jcomm wrote: 93 Points
Had this with the 2007, still quite powerful & young.
Approachable but should have waited a couple more years!
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2/22/2014 - Kedunlap Likes this wine: 95 Points
Great wine. Not sure why I missed this one in France!
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1/15/2014 - dbg wrote:
Bright red. Cherry on nose and palate, nice balance, no complexity and very young, adds some weight after being open a few hours, medium finish, excellent.
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12/29/2013 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points
Aux Delaneys, offert par Sylvain, reconnu en pure aveugle.
Un nez un brin mentholé, épices et anis, laurier, fruit noir.
La bouche est enveloppée, d'une belle ampleur, richesse bien maitrisée. Trop jeune mais très beau potentiel. 92+ pts
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12/10/2013 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points
The great thing about 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape is, most of the wines are drinkable on release and Beaucastel is no exception. The nose is compelling with its kirsch, herbs, underbrush and jammy plum notes. Lacking the same level of depth and concentration found in the top vintages, the texture is lush, plush and round, leaving you with lingering kirsch flavors. With time, this could be even better as it ages and develops.
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10/30/2013 - Bandreas wrote: 88 Points
Young-wine-nose. On palate quite intense + way too young.
Good balance, but very closed.
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9/14/2013 - nzinkgraf wrote:
35% Mourvèdre, 25% Grenache, 5% Cinsault, 10% Syrah, 10% Counoise (elegant with white pepper), the remaining 15% is Terret Noir, Pic Poul, Picardin, Vaccarese (rustic, balances the Grenache), Muscardin (fresh acid and floral), Clairette (acid/fresh), Bourboulenc, Roussanne.
Biodynamic/Organic for over 50 years.
Fresh aromas, no Brett, red and black fruit, a little pepper, mineral and spice. Med/+ body. No heat.
They utilize 'flash heating' to 60/80C to assist with reductive grape varieties.
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8/28/2013 - capacious wrote: 90 Points
Drank as 375. Way too early. Would not open again for at least a year or three
Fruit overwhelming at this point. Will likely warrant higher score down road.
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8/18/2013 - SonnyChiba wrote: 93 Points
93+ pts. Superb. Loved this wine, and it improved so much with 1-2 hours of air. The nose is plush full of raspberry jam and cake, layered in some wet soil. Really big juicy mouth feel. Explosion of dark fruits, black licorice, meat juice, dark plums, and a lot of black tea towards the finish. So smooth and perfectly balanced. Delicious now, will certainly get better and fantastic with a lot of different meals/sauces. I am a huge Beaucastel fan and they just get better every time.
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7/27/2013 - BBinSC wrote: 93 Points
93-95: Clearly drank this one too young, but it was still excellent. It still had some disjointed notes, and the tannins were fairly firm. Length was good but not great. Tasted lots of fruit, but also had some tobacco and grainy/earthy notes that suggest a few more years in the cellar would improve the wine even more. Great with food. Well balanced, but a hint modern.
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5/18/2013 - m_arcon wrote: 92 Points
Colour: Ruby with a dark core. Was very suprising for me because I expected a much darker wine.
Nose: A mix between dark & red fruits, leather, licorice, sweet spices, aromatic herbs and something like "crashed rocks".
Palate: Not this big, fat, concentrat monster I´ve expected. First more on the red fruit (cherry) side, the wine shows more dark fruit components on the mid-palate. Full-bodied with already ripe, sweet, massive tannins which shows the big aging potential. But this Chateauneuf-du-Pape is more on the refinement, elegant and fresh side.
Big suprise for me.
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5/1/2013 - mattyboy_ Likes this wine: 93 Points
McCarthy & Schiering - Chateau de Beaucastel Tasting (Seattle Wine Storage): Less forward than 2010. Will need more time. Very stylish though - offers more mineral character and leaner fruit profile - slate, chalky, lavender, tight black cherry, plums. Quite tannic, almost austere. Stick this in the back of the cellar!
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4/24/2013 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Off the cork pull warm and giving, showing its Mourvedre.
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4/22/2013 - Double D wrote: 91 Points
A bit of an alcoholic bite is hiding some of the fruit....I thought this was from the 2005 vintage...the rest of the 09 should wait 2 or more years.
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4/19/2013 - Sleepy Dave wrote: 88 Points
Alcohol :: 14.5%
Purplish ruby. Similar to the 2007, this is seductive with its sweet fruits and floral scent but also showing touch of vegetal character. Medium - full bodied. The initial grip and punch is engaging with all the sweet fruits richness, sweet spices and licorice notes. The tannin is so sweet and ripe that almost fully integrated already. The transition from entry to the mid palate is impeccable but it falls a bit at the finished which causes slightly shorter finish that is sweet and infused with mineral. I hope additional bottle aging will he able to let the wine comes together. 88+?
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4/18/2013 - heegaard Likes this wine: 93 Points
Perfect wine. Might improve over the years
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3/24/2013 - cweiner Likes this wine: 90 Points
Opened by mistake too early- a few hours after decanting was lovely with prime rib.
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3/13/2013 - Bill Bucklew wrote: 93 Points
Surpringly expressive nose showing a brighter notes than typical. Approachable palate, a mix of red and dark fruit with good balance. There is a depth and purity to the red fruit that is atypical. It will be fun to see how this evolves, but definitely approachable now.
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3/11/2013 - ONEFIVE wrote:
Drank over the course of 2 days and it still underperformed. It seems that this "approachable" vintage is beginning to close down. Will wait a few more years before trying again. For now, drink the Coudoulet.
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3/2/2013 - johnh1001 wrote: 93 Points
Drank over 4 hours. Initially there was an insane amount of sulfur on the nose. I felt like it was a barrel sample. Deep and rich nose of blackberry, raspberry, meat and leather. Big, rich and creamy in the mouth. The sulfur blew off after a couple hours. Long rich finish.
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1/26/2013 - Treblid wrote: 95 Points
Group tasting result
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1/15/2013 - Herschel Krustofski Likes this wine:
The vintage is meant to be one of those few that are also accessible when young . Well, the remaining 5 bottles will certainly have to wait another 5-6 years till 2018 or longer. Great potential for the medium and long term.
Starts with a lovely cherry nose (with a hint of something warmer and denser - perhaps a cherry clafoutis).
After breathing for an hour and a half, it has a silky texture, with a lovely ripe, concentrated fruit notes. Typical grenache nose (the fruity one). Very precise and polished; prototypical. Substantially more focused than the more affordable Perrin et Fils 2009 Chateauneuf from the same family.
At 3-4 hours it's going through a slightly unpleasant state (nose: grenache's darker side?). At this point it tastes like a standard young Chateauneuf that needs more air or a few more years to come together (afterall, it is young).
At 5-6 hours it mellows. We'll see what tomorrow brings. At the very least this has been an educational experience.
My preliminary score is 92 in its current state with a potential to reach 94-95 by 2018-2022.
If you are opening it in 2013, I'd suggest a 1 hour decant.
PS, After opening, some of it was stored in a small bottle sealed with very little air for 48hours, then allowed to breath. It continued to develop in the glass. Was really quite nice after an hour but not nearly as intense as on the first day.
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1/1/2013 - Man in Black wrote:
Clean medium high intensity cherry red with ruby rim. Clean medium intensity nose, raspberries, strawberries, lots of licorice and sweet spices and aromatic herbs. Dry and complex in the mouth, good attack, medium-high body and structure, medium-high tannins, medium acidity, medium-high amplitude, long evolution, good balance, polished, tasty, round and silky. Long aftertaste of medium intensity.
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12/31/2012 - dstein12 wrote: 91 Points
Stored at cellar temperature in a 375. This needs more time or a lot of air. Lots of potential, but a bit shut down right now (94+ in about 7-10 yrs)
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12/28/2012 - Al-Vino Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dark, full bodied gem of a wine that needs lots of air due to its youth. Looong finish, complex with lots of character.
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12/26/2012 - caft Likes this wine: 91 Points
wonderful wine. will improve.
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12/8/2012 - Jhcwine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nose - decent 91
Palette - decent, will age 92
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12/1/2012 - oliverz Likes this wine: 96 Points
a wonderful wine although not as perfect as the 2007
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12/1/2012 - Mackmoo Likes this wine: 92 Points
Thick nose of perfume and fruits. Full of flavour on the palate and a long elegant finish. Very approachable now.
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11/24/2012 - bboy wrote: 90 Points
Finnaly I had a chance to try this wellkown cndp.
I understand that it needs some cellartime.
But it did not get it....
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11/12/2012 - RockinCabs wrote: 92 Points
Nose: Very Briney and Funky. Notes of Plum, Fig, Clove, Salted Pork and Raspberry Sauce. Plate: More of the briney notes up front with a layered fruit compote style palate. Earthy sous-bois and fig flavors are accented by a charred element and some nice spice elements. This has a long way to go to come together. Finish: Quite penetrating and long with more of the dark berry and spice notes. Earthy funk that lingers as well.
From Half Bottle. Although this needs a lot of time it should turn into a fantastic wine as it ages.
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10/29/2012 - pdemaio wrote: 94 Points
Big, but smooth. Very lush and easy to drink. Lot's of red fruit, not over ripe but approaching fruit bomb level. The purity of fruit is impressive. Like Rasberry Jam. Lovely nose with great secondary notes (barrel and fruit). Long finish. I kept coming back to tast and it never disappointed. PDQ94
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10/28/2012 - Tarrant wrote: 92 Points
Aerated for an hour, really impressed with how easy drinking this is now, kind of tough to imagine that this will get much better with age but I know it is supposed to - Dark, full bodied with a nose of plum, cherry, kirsch, pepper, spice and vanilla, amazing structure and balance already, sweet, tart on the palate with excellent length, very tasty! (92 Points).
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10/23/2012 - sehill wrote:
Decanted and poured, this wine begins chunky, uneven and somewhat disjointed. Airing brings better overall harmony to the wine. On the palate the wine shows full body, extraction, ample fruit and sufficient tannins on a medium length finish. Based on this showing the wine will benefit from at least a few years of additional bottle age.
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9/23/2012 - Miceri wrote: 95 Points
Dark red; deep intense fruit nose, lots of power, full-bodied; soft powerful attack, licorice and lots of it, also in the long lingering aftertaste; between all the power some sharpness cutting through it all; a very good wine, drinking very well now and holding good promise for the future
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8/19/2012 - Foodievines Likes this wine: 93 Points
A very light beautiful crimson color with aromas of rose petal, currant, and red fruit. After 6 hours of decanting the wine was still evolving with more pork and earthy qualities finally surfacing. What began as a lighter more elegant wine finally expressed itself after 6 hours of decanting with flavors of smoked pork, raspberry, clove on the finish. This wine will age nicely and should lay down for maximum enjoyment.
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6/29/2012 - pomerol wrote: 91 Points
Pleasant perfumed nose with some clove and white pepper. Flavors are also pleasant but not particullarly complex and a little short and somewhat tannic on the finish. I just don't like this wine as much as I used too.
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6/18/2012 - clairenclarence wrote: 92 Points
intense floral,beefy,earthy,black fruits.a veri well structure wine here.rite nw all the slightly concentrated fruits r veri upfront.but it does hve sign tat wil b a nice bttl given time to cellar.drinking well nw??for me i dont like the style nw.for some other ppl may b yes.minus point:seems to me its new world style.overall comment:nt a bad bttl but nd time to tone dwn
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6/18/2012 - rockdaddy2328 wrote: 92 Points
Strawberries on the nose, giving way to licorice after an hour. Tannins need another 3 years to soften and round out. Initial red fruit giving way to grassy undertones after an hour.
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6/15/2012 - Christoffer78 Likes this wine: 95 Points
An absolutely brilliant Chateauneuf, the 2009 Chateau de Beaucastel is a classy effort from this well-renowned producer. The nose exhibits massive dark fruit with a strong tone of the typical red fruits and 'freshness' associated with Mourvèdre. But do not be mistaken there is also a perfect balance in the nose: the oak and fruit are superbly integrated. The palate is full and lush with ample fruit, but also elegant with utterly refined secondary tones of violets emerging after a while. Acidity, oak and fruit all play in harmony. This wine is really dependent on the food it is served to, be sure to have ingredients with a rich and full taste - preferably red meat with a red wine reduction. (score is 95-96)
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5/24/2012 - cliffkol wrote: 92 Points
Chateauneuf du Pape, France - Tasted at Domaine: Beautiful bouquet of dark red fruits, forest floor, smoke. On the palate, silky and elegant flavors of ripe red fruit, cassis, earth and spices. Flavors coming together well in this young wine. Medium bodied. Needs at least five years before reaching prime.
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5/11/2012 - dstein12 wrote:
Totally closed down tonight. I got a couple of hints of what is to come, but there just wasn't that much of it. 2007 is far superior, and I think the high scores given to this wine may be a bit too high, though only time will tell. A bit chalky, with not too much fruit showing on either the nose or palate. Hopefully it will emerge in a couple of years.
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4/10/2012 - hutch wrote: 93 Points
Beautiful, cool, delicious wine that I wish I could try every year. 92-94
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4/4/2012 - mwanasheria wrote: 93 Points
Very sweet with cherries, cassis, raspberry. Vanilla, some oak, spice, licorice. Quite good but difficult to tell for the long run. Will probably last as well as all of them do.
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2/19/2012 - Mingmong wrote: 91 Points
Dark red fruit, spice, earth and some green capsicums on the nose. Rich ripe red fruits, bitter cherries and dark raspberries. Some woodspice, herbs and candied notes on the finish. Well balanced and smooth. Good.
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2/19/2012 - Adam T 12 wrote: 92 Points
I prefer the 2007. Big wine and could improve with age but hard for me to tell.
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2/18/2012 - Alex H wrote: 84 Points
Lots of spicy black cherries and cigarette smoke. Lots of bigness here with even some bitter stone. Alc still well controlled. Dark stony finish with black granite. A little cold and clinical.
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2/5/2012 - tom999s wrote: 92 Points
Drinking well now and will mature over the next ten years.
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1/25/2012 - ekenneth wrote: 97 Points
I was thrown by the new label design, but it's really more of a throw-back to the earlier label (from the 60's and 70's).
The wine is beautiful, and surprisingly accessible. It strikes me as a nice compromise between 2008's floral elegance and the powerful, dense 2007.
And the flavors are what you'd expect from this young wine; black raspberry, licorish, new leather, tobacco leaf, and dried fig. It's full bodied. The alcohol is surprisingly in-check, compared to other young Beaucastels I've had. And the finish goes on forever. ...longer than Superbowl coverage, or a Bill Clinton speech.
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1/17/2012 - shaftlet wrote: 93 Points
Dense and backwards. In other words, typical Beaucastel. Needs time to soften and integrate. I'd love to try this in 10-15 years. Lots of dried blackberry and worn leather. Loads of structure.
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1/11/2012 - pbaek wrote:
From 375ml. Obviously way too young for consumption right now, needs a decade in the cellar. Fairly tannic with dark, almost port like fruit. Licorice and spices as well. A big wine with the Mourvedre playing a big role here. Will need time to come around and will be long-lived.
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12/31/2011 - Chuck Miller wrote:
Trying a bottle of the current release to see if I should buy more. The jury is still out. Another clean but somewhat boring bottle. Soft, ripe, and hard to judge now. Yes, I should give it the benefit of 10-12 years of aging, but as the price has escalated over the years, it's harder to do.
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12/26/2011 - Biglama wrote: 94 Points
paars rood, heel fruitig in de neus, kersen, bramen, mooie indrukken, smaak is nu heerlijk rijp, romig, nog puur fruitig, heerlijk
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12/23/2011 - KevinMc wrote: 91 Points
Much milder than other vintages I've had. I drank it yesterday, so I don't really remember what the nose was like. The palate had very strong preserved cherry/plum/prune elements. It wasn't overly acidic and didn't have a lot of earthiness at the outset, but some earth started to peek through after an hour or so. Drinking quite gently for a 2009. This will surely change as it ages. It was excellent and will no doubt continue to be so, regardless of any changes it might undergo.
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11/21/2011 - rnellans wrote: 95 Points
Drank at domaine. Dark. Spice, white pepper, floral, tea aromas. Minerality. Depth. Moderate tannins on the finish... This should develop into a great Beaucastel.
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10/17/2011 - cosmin_grozea wrote: 92 Points
The wine possess the mark of the 2009 vintage: concentrated, with big alcohol: 15-15.5%, but balanced and incredibly rich. Opaque, dark purple, almost black color, a rich and complex nose, full bodied, with depth and round ripe tannins, multiple layers of flavors on the palate, well mixed fruity and animal flavors, and a long finish. Young and restless for now, but will develop well. (92-93/100)
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2/26/2011 - Lord of the Bottles wrote: 92 Points
Sweet smell, honey, very perfumed. Sappy, dark fruit taste. Delicious, a bit young of course. 91/92 for now...Tasted at Uncorked 2009 Rhone en Primeur.
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11/18/2010 - dre wrote: 93 Points
Similar to the 2008 at this stage last year. quite candied and confected. Lots of liquorice and spice. This has tons of guts to it.
Dont touch until 2018.
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11/16/2010 - dave747400 wrote: 92 Points
Farr Christmas Tasting 2010: Barrel Sample. More restrained nose than the '09 Coudoulet, but fabulous length & structure. Gorgeous. £480/cs (Sal 91pts)
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