2003 Domaine de la Côte de l'Ange Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  12/14/2017 - SiciliaVegaUnica wrote: 88 Points

  Drank it over 5 days. Lots of sediment in the bottle, had to let it rest before consuming. Flavor is good, started out medium bodied, but got fuller over the next days. Dark color with taste of dark berries. Good balance and finish.

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  4/27/2015 - studleytrey wrote: 88 Points

  Crimson color with some bricking. Aromas of dark fruit, earth, leather, wet tobacco, mushrooms, and garrigue. Medium body, acid and finish, with flavors of dark and dark red fruits (fresh and dried), notable minerality, and spiking alcoholic heat, in spite of the non-excessive 14% on the label. All-in-all pretty good. Has the tannic structure to age 2-5 more years as well, IMO. Worked well with braised lamb shanks tonight.

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  4/22/2014 - ucbeau Likes this wine:

  Initially quite closed and tired, showing oxidative and black olive flavors along with dried herb. After about 1.5 hours it started to open up and show some red fruit along with black peppercorn and campfire. Definitely got more interesting with some air. With a bit more air, savory/soy and oak flavors came out too. A fun wine to taste but I sense it's at peak and not getting any better. Drink up.

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  4/21/2014 - wari wrote: 91 Points

  Drinking well!

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  2/14/2014 - ucbeau Likes this wine:

  Tasted over the course of four hours. This wine was showing very well, with youthful ripe fruit flavors - plums, blackberry, raspberry. It's young, with some somewhat aggressive tannins but they're balanced by the ripeness. Spicy, garrigue notes abound on the finish. I liked the mouthfeel, how this wine starts off light and ramps up the intensity as it washes across the palate. Still has plenty of life left in it.

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