1999 M. Chapoutier Côte-Rôtie La Mordorée

Community Tasting Notes (51) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  7/10/2022 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points

  Rhône Tasting-cum-Lunch (Restaurant Rijsel, Amsterdam, NL): Deep and cedary, black fruit, tannic and rich, masculine and minerally, sturdy and structured, not really terroir driven, flavoursome and persistent.

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  11/1/2021 - wineguy75 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drank from Coravin. Well made wine, but not much interesting character for a cote rotie of this vintage & vineyard. Likely has another 10 years left but don't think it will improve, just the fruit will mellow further.

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  1/12/2020 - Bordeaux_Jon wrote: 91 Points

  In contrast to what KARL.1480 said, I felt this wine WAS the lighter elegant kind of Syrah. Rather Burgundian, I was shocked that the inside of the cork was not at all stained black like other Northern Rhone. The wine had a lot of aged fruit on the palate, and less of the pepper, cigar, bacon, and smoke, I'm used to in Northern Rhone. Very smooth on the palate with ample acidity which was actually a little bracing at first. I seriously think it would have fooled people in an appropriated aged Burgundy flight. However, I don't like Burgundy much because they lack complexity, and so was the problem with this wine. I'd assume it is at peak, and I doubt it will get better, but at the same time, there's no reason to think it wouldn't last 10 more years.

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  8/6/2018 - appel54 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Tät mörk färg, lite bruna drag
  
  Björnbär, rostade fat, sandelträ, multna löv, kryddigt, köttigt
  
  Torrt och strävt, lite saftigare, fortfarande en viss syra, bra längd

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  8/6/2018 - karl.1480 wrote: 91 Points

  Clear, deep intensity, garnet color.
  
  Big, dark and meaty nose. Pitch black fruit, charred meat, fine cigarrs, dried herbs, worn leather, meat stock, mushrooms and cold coffee.
  
  Quite full bodied with rounded up tannins and the acidity still vibrant. Velvety mouthfeel with very ripe (but not jammy) fruit, luxurious oriental spice, smoked meat and sous bois. It really has that mature, fine wine kind of palate. The finish is long and lingering.
  
  A rather big and lavish kind of wine. You can taste that there's really high quality fruit that went in to this wine. It maybe lacks personality and/or charm and I personally prefer that more aromatic, lighter style of Syrah. Based on this bottle this wine is ready to drink and I wouldn't want a day more aging to it.

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