Medium- garnet. Not much fruit left on the nose and hit with leather + forest floor on first sniff. Tannins still aplenty, some dry, dark fruit left on the palate but mostly earthy flavours (wet leaves stands out) and perhaps a little nutty. For a 34 year old wine it's still alive and kicking and delicious. Paired with Iranian food - Kashk-e-bademjan (aubergine side) with Jujeh Kebab (chicken skewers) and saffron rice. Lovely.
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From an incredibly well stored stash picked up at auction, this is my eighth half bottle in the past six months. It has been an incredibly consistent and delicious wine straight out of the bottle. Reading other recent tasting notes, storage must be the key difference.
This evening, two hours later in a Burgundy Zalto glass to enjoy the full aromatics shows a clear wine, light amber at the edge and fine sediment towards the end of the bottle. The aromas are now soaring out of the glass, beautiful evolved sweet delicate fruit with a pinch of tertiary undergrowth. In the mouth a lovely sweet entry coats the palate with an excellent balance of freshness, structure, considerable tannins still, sweet evolved fruit, and good length. Just a delightful wine and everything you could wish for in a 30+ year old Chateauneuf with surprising consistency in every bottle so far.
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Barnyardy on the first nose, which clears up quite rapidly. A bit acrid. On the palate only soft tannins. Not much fruit left. Orange rim. A bit past its heyday. Drink up.
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(Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape) From double magnum - bricking, medium dark red violet color; tobacco, cigar box nose; tasty, cigar box, tobacco, tar, mineral palate; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.
(Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape) Group's #2 (my #2) – 64 pts.; 3, 6, 3, 1 – lovely, focused, tart red fruit, dried red fruit and horseradish nose; focused, earthier, lower toned, tart red fruit and spice palate with high acidity; medium-plus finish 94+ pts.
3/16/2024 - Maphill01 wrote:
Past prime, perhaps flawed. Lovely aromatics, and early attack, then went thin and flat by the finish.
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4/2/2022 - MpcVino wrote: 92 Points
Medium- garnet. Not much fruit left on the nose and hit with leather + forest floor on first sniff. Tannins still aplenty, some dry, dark fruit left on the palate but mostly earthy flavours (wet leaves stands out) and perhaps a little nutty. For a 34 year old wine it's still alive and kicking and delicious. Paired with Iranian food - Kashk-e-bademjan (aubergine side) with Jujeh Kebab (chicken skewers) and saffron rice. Lovely.
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1/20/2021 - Scaramanga Likes this wine: 93 Points
From an incredibly well stored stash picked up at auction, this is my eighth half bottle in the past six months. It has been an incredibly consistent and delicious wine straight out of the bottle. Reading other recent tasting notes, storage must be the key difference.
This evening, two hours later in a Burgundy Zalto glass to enjoy the full aromatics shows a clear wine, light amber at the edge and fine sediment towards the end of the bottle. The aromas are now soaring out of the glass, beautiful evolved sweet delicate fruit with a pinch of tertiary undergrowth. In the mouth a lovely sweet entry coats the palate with an excellent balance of freshness, structure, considerable tannins still, sweet evolved fruit, and good length. Just a delightful wine and everything you could wish for in a 30+ year old Chateauneuf with surprising consistency in every bottle so far.
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6/28/2020 - booksmiths Does not like this wine: 85 Points
In decline.
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6/27/2020 - Burgundywine wrote: 86 Points
Barnyardy on the first nose, which clears up quite rapidly. A bit acrid. On the palate only soft tannins. Not much fruit left. Orange rim. A bit past its heyday. Drink up.
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