markmadsen

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Wine	Like It	Don't Like
1989 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape	Yes
1981 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape	Yes

1989 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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6/7/2011 - markmadsen Likes this wine:
A terrific bottle. Lots of sweet high-toned fruit coming out, a bit of leather, and coming out of its dumb & awkward phase. This wine has been backward (compared to 1990, of course) for a long, long time so I didn't drink any of them. It's time to start, but it's going to last a long time to come. Really nice.
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1981 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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6/7/2011 - markmadsen Likes this wine:
A truly superb example - probably the most youthful I've tasted this wine in a decade. Lots of barnyard at first, giving way to what is still the best description of the wine I've read -- Parker's note about "Mourvedre cotton candy." Decanted 2.5 hours before drinking and it could have used a bit more, and is holding up just fine 5 hours later. Phenomenal bottle.
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