2001 Patrick Lesec Châteauneuf-du-Pape Marquis

Community Tasting Notes (33) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  11/20/2022 - 559Cheers wrote: 91 Points

  Nice drinking CDP, noticed butter/diacetyl, melon and lactones on the nose. Palette light melon and characteristic CDP notes.

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  4/26/2019 - grossie Likes this wine: 92 Points

  I really liked this bottle. Not a heavy serious wine, more of a lighter style CdP, but I don't think that's a flaw. If you want a big meaty wine, this isn't it. A lot of Garrigue on the nose, maybe a bit more than Garrigue even. Slightly steely. In the mouth it's delicate, floral, has good high notes, and some good grenache fruit. Tannins have resolved, acidity is a bit high. There is a slight bite at the back end which is the only flaw. It drank well over a 24 hour period. Wish I had more! Again, this isn't Beaucastel, it doesn't take itself so seriously, it is a charming intriguing wine, but you have to like the style.

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  1/5/2019 - bon vivant wrote: 89 Points

  This was a PnP as we had to use a back up. Very tight initially but after several hrs in Decanter became much more supple. This is dark blue fruit dominated with notes of smoke and charcoal, No flaws or Bret as others reported -dfinitly a clean bottle but not very exciting and on the lean side, may just be drying out. Will try some leftovers & see where it goes. Note to self try a slow ox with next bottle.

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  3/5/2018 - The Drunken Cyclist Does not like this wine:

  Ugh, more of the same. The Brett on this wine is overpowering. Down the drain. thedrunkencyclist.com

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  3/27/2017 - The Drunken Cyclist wrote: flawed

  Well. I bought this several years ago from a guy online that I trusted. Well. That changed dramatically. To say that there is a little Brettanomyces on this wine is akin to saying, the traces of Catholic on the pope are negligible. I had hoped that it would blow off in the 5+ years since my last bottle, but no. Undrinkable. thedrunkencyclist.com

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