Enjoyed on a camp out with friends while eating venison bourguignon. Amazing value and drinking youthfully 15 years in. There is a purity and freshness to this wine that makes it almost Burgundian at the cooler temperature at which we were drinking it. Fortunately I have many more bottles to enjoy over the years to come.
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I have only once before judged a wine a perfect 100. I am unable to think of how this wine could be improved in any way. At 20-years old it is fully mature, but still youthful and can go another 20-years at least. It is everything you could want in a classic Bordeaux in terms of fruit, structure, depth, acidity, freshness and sex appeal. Decanted 1 1/2 hours and drank over the next two. Happily I have plenty more of this and purchased a case for my first son when he was born in 2003.
2007 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape
10/30/2023 - jrt Likes this wine: 92 Points
Enjoyed on a camp out with friends while eating venison bourguignon. Amazing value and drinking youthfully 15 years in. There is a purity and freshness to this wine that makes it almost Burgundian at the cooler temperature at which we were drinking it. Fortunately I have many more bottles to enjoy over the years to come.
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2010 Merry Edwards Pinot Noir Meredith Estate
9/25/2023 - jrt Likes this wine: 96 Points
Superb. Still youthful. Everything I love about this producer.
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2003 Château Pape Clément
7/8/2023 - jrt Likes this wine: 100 Points
I have only once before judged a wine a perfect 100. I am unable to think of how this wine could be improved in any way. At 20-years old it is fully mature, but still youthful and can go another 20-years at least. It is everything you could want in a classic Bordeaux in terms of fruit, structure, depth, acidity, freshness and sex appeal. Decanted 1 1/2 hours and drank over the next two. Happily I have plenty more of this and purchased a case for my first son when he was born in 2003.
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