2009 Château Pesquié Ventoux Quintessence

Community Tasting Notes (73) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  12/16/2019 - JuliannaDHS wrote: 90 Points

  Not quite hot but definitely loads of alcohol. Plenty of ripe plum fruit to go with the wonderful black pepper and mint. Moderate length to the finish.

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  7/9/2019 - TallMikeWine Likes this wine: 89 Points

  This bottle better than the last. More depth, didn't seem "maybe flawed". Solid. Second day began to show some really interesting stuff. Almost minty, but still lots of plush red fruit. But time to drink this one.

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  6/6/2019 - davergny wrote: 80 Points

  What happened to the Quintessence I used to love? This vintage has lots of dark fruit, oak, sharp tannins and some alcohol burn. What happened to the charm and loveliness of the ‘99-‘01 vintages?
  This wine seems generic and over extracted. Disappointing.

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  5/21/2019 - TallMikeWine wrote: 88 Points

  Slipping a bit. Some good non-fruit flavors here from the mostly-Syrah blend. However there's not enough fruit to back up those flavors and the very present acidity. In this case I feel the CT window is right on. Probably better last year, and even better 2-3 years back.

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  11/7/2018 - Chalkhills Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Dark a fruity still though with perhaps a bit of an alcohol burn...though this dissipated after it been open a while. Bramble flavours with perhaps a hint of raspberry at the start. Also darker smokier flavours that worked well with the chili!

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