2003 Domaine de la Mordorée Châteauneuf-du-Pape Plume du Peintre

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 96.1 points

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  7/8/2023 - kostaslonis wrote:

  Sampled at Oinoscent, courtesy of a customer, bottle no 1249/1500, tasted blind
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  The wine shows thick core of ripe to overripe black fruit, spices, thick oak frame, cinnamon and clove, chocolate and coffee. I call this Californian Syrah/Grenache
  The palate is different, far more old school, earthier, the wine shows dried red fruit, smoky, spicy, chocolate, whole spice, nice tannins, elegant with long finish. I call this southern Rhone.
  Overall probably Rhone from a warm vintage.
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  I've never had this cuvee before. The wine shows no sign of its 15%. But the heatwave of 2003 stripped the wines freshness. A wine of beauty still

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  3/19/2022 - MJReb wrote: 93 Points

  Powerful and dense CNdP, a mix of elegant red and black fruit, much less tannic compared to another bottles consumed 6 months ago, only 1500 bottles produced.

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  10/22/2021 - MJReb wrote: 90 Points

  My friends were excited with this very rare bottle which is numbered by hand and with only 1500 bottles produced. I found it rich in Alcohol, extremely tannic, with a good length. I refused the second glass, for me much too massive (and this has been the last bottle of a long evening, a certain fatigue came up, partially also due to my heavy cold).

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  7/7/2021 - csimm wrote: flawed

  2016 Chateauneuf du Pape 99/100 point wine taste-off (and a couple of pirate Rhone wines): Destroyed and dead. A pile of leaves slathered in sherry and liquified golden raisins. Not sure what happened here. An unfortunate fail.

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  2/13/2021 - JustBreathe680 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Recently, I took advantage of a rare opportunity to purchase 2 bottles of the 2003. I purchased with confidence based on glowing prior professional reviews and Jeff Leve's most recent CT review in 1/2020.
  
  I decided to open this bottle (#530/1500 bottles) on Valentine's Day Weekend at my new house that I haven't yet to move into due to an unexpected remodel. The night began with an Ultramarine BdB 2016 then transitioned into this beauty with dinner.
  
  I had no idea how to treat this bottle, so I decided to pour out just under an ounce and returned the bottle to 55 degrees for a 2.5 hour slow ox. I then decanted for a little over 1 hour prior to pairing it with a delmonico steak. Drank out of a Riedel Fatto A Mano Old World Syrah Glass.
  
  The color showed some age and it was a medium garnet. The bouquet showed mostly earth tones with some fruit. The primary flavors were of red and black fruit ithat are still present but the predominant flavors that I detected were more secondary of mineral, spice and earth tones. In addition,, there were hints of smoked meat. It was full bodied and concentrated but not overly concentrated.There is still good acidity and the wine was well balanced. I think it may be starting to transition from the behemoth some have previously described to a more intellectual wine. There is still a lot of life left and the drinking window is rather broad.
  
  I do not have much experience with aged CdPs or CdPs at this level. For me, the wine was very good but I don't think my palate was ready to appreciate this wine for the greatness that it may be. Glad I bought 2, albeit not the best QPR for me. I'm looking forward to my second bottle, as I'll have a better idea what to expect and may be able to appreciate it at a greater level with the prior knowledge of what I'm getting in to.
  
  My score is a 95+.

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