The best Rhône I have so far. Breathe for 3 hours in bottle, right at its peak. It is hard to recognise all the flavours because it is very complex and depth. The tertiary aroma evolves extremely well, leather, Chinese tea, tobacco......so enjoyable! Now I under why my best friend (and wine teacher) love well aged Rhône so much!
Not a wine I see often, here you find an expression of rocks, stones, herbs, kirsch, spice and grilled meat. At almost 33 years of age, this is still showing incredible concentration and a wild elegant character.
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A perfect condition bottle bought on release and never moved. Quite dense and furled still. Darker fruits. But remarkable balance and depth here. Agree w/ others that nose is strangely elusive even over 2+ hrs in decanter. Very good, possibly great in certain sips, but not truly transcendent, just something that didn't quite cohere here overall.
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(Henri Bonneau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réserve des Célestins) Slightly cloudy medium red color with clear meniscus; mature, deep, herbal, berry and tart cherry nose; tasty, deep, tart cherry, sweet roasted fruit and mineral palate with sweet firm tannins; long finish 95+ pts.
(Henri Bonneau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réserve des Célestins) Bright leather, red fruit and horseradish nose; very yummy, tasty oak-infused cherry, tart red fruit, still very young tasting; long, long finish 96+ pts.
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5/7/2021 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 94 Points
Tea, olive, kirsch, dark currant, iron, earth and forest. Punchy and masculine palate with smooth finish. Not as round and finessed as the 90.
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3/6/2021 - Ballballsheep wrote: 95 Points
The best Rhône I have so far. Breathe for 3 hours in bottle, right at its peak. It is hard to recognise all the flavours because it is very complex and depth. The tertiary aroma evolves extremely well, leather, Chinese tea, tobacco......so enjoyable! Now I under why my best friend (and wine teacher) love well aged Rhône so much!
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11/1/2020 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 Points
Not a wine I see often, here you find an expression of rocks, stones, herbs, kirsch, spice and grilled meat. At almost 33 years of age, this is still showing incredible concentration and a wild elegant character.
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9/11/2020 - LW31 Likes this wine:
A perfect condition bottle bought on release and never moved. Quite dense and furled still. Darker fruits. But remarkable balance and depth here. Agree w/ others that nose is strangely elusive even over 2+ hrs in decanter. Very good, possibly great in certain sips, but not truly transcendent, just something that didn't quite cohere here overall.
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1/25/2020 - sdr wrote: flawed
Corked although still drinkable to the TCA insensitive.
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