1998 Domaine Monpertuis (Paul Jeune) Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Tradition

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  11/6/2020 - Ruby99 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Initially a scorched earth nose - that gives way to an aroma of roses on steroids, concord grape juice and a hint of camphor
  On the palate it is round and plush with ripe dark red fruit and just a bit of that classic Rhone earthiness/meatiness. There is still just a little tannin and acidity behind it all suggesting it definitely has 5-10 more good drinking years
  Improves with time in the glass. I started out scoring at 91, then 92 - but it's more and more pleasurable drink and better than that. Really drinking beautifully right now

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  12/9/2016 - Golf_Wine Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Deep red with an orange tint on edges. Nose, cinnamon, almonds, violets, white pepper, warm apple pie, ripe plums, raisin. Drinking ripe red fruits, a bit acidity and little tannic, oak, leather tobacco on the medium finish. Alcohol well integrated. On first open, richer in younger fruits, blood, iron, meat then a bit of bitterness and oak set in then over an hour window it drank really well - now on hour two the decline is setting in. Bitterness is setting in a bit. I say if you got a few times up - drink up and enjoy in one sitting. This was my last one.

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  7/17/2016 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  If you want to know what it's like when a good wine begins a graceful decline, open a bottle of this. There is still a sweet edge to the fruit, but it's also showing the subtle notes of decay that signal a wine in the last stages of life. Browning on the edges, oxidative and earthy touches around the fruit and dried/decaying leaves and brown tobacco on the finish signal full maturity and beyond. It's lovely to drink now, but I also satisfied with this being my last bottle.

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  3/31/2016 - cweiss wrote:

  Lovely pure CdP drinking at peak or a little beyond.

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  1/18/2015 - Vinnut Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Medium, cloudy, ruby red in color with some clearing at the edges. Full, forward & attractive nose of well developed, mature & complex, ripe fruit aromas of dark cherries, blueberries & plummy with leather, some cedar, spices, classic garrigue, floral notes of lavender, dried herb notes of sage & thyme, earthy, pepper, aged tobacco, coffee, iron, dried herbs & minerals. Medium-full bodied with a very good concentration of balanced, smooth textured, well developed, mature & complex ripe red fruit flavors of cherries, berries & plums with dried herbs, anise, earthy, meaty, some dark cocoa, spices, minerals and a touch of heat. Long lingering finish. Drinks well at present and I would not expect any further development from additional aging.

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