2002 Clarendon Hills Grenache Old Vines Romas

Community Tasting Notes (56) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  6/17/2023 - Condrieu82 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Beautiful nose of dark fruits with plums and blackberries dominating the expressive nose but also notes of vanilla. Fully mature, medium acidity and integrated tannins, the palate shows lots of fruits still with licorice and tobacco notes and some dark chocolate too, with a medium long ending that’s lingering and elegant. A really good wine and I am very happy I have 2 more bottles. Drink now or in the next 4-5 years.

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  12/30/2020 - Valaprop Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Celebrating NYE one night early, we drank this with some good steaks. Didn't know what to expect (a gift bottle that sat in my cellar for more than 10 years). Positive surprise: delicious, but not overpowering red fruit, tannins resolved, great complexity, moderately long finish. Comparable to a very fine Chateauneuf du Pape with plenty of age.

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  12/14/2020 - RR47 wrote: 92 Points

  Still alive, softer, but loved the complexities with age. Last bottle.

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  1/12/2020 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Aging gracefully, this wine is drinking very well now. Lots of rich fruit in the nose and flavor with blackberries, black cherries, and currants, with licorice and hints of spice. Full bodied wine, well balanced, nice complexity and a long smooth finish.

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  6/20/2018 - Vino Me wrote: 92 Points

  Opened by Jcubed. This was opened before dinner but I'm not sure how long. I last had this wine in 2005 and it does not seem to have lost anything since then. Still a big wine with substantial tannins. Some orange bricking around the edges now. Notes of tar, cassis and Southern Rhone garrigue. Full bodied. 92 points.

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