2017 Domaine de la Mordorée Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée de la Reine des Bois

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  12/25/2023 - KJD45$ wrote: 96 Points

  Pours a beautiful deep red/purple hue…
  (See note on Santa Duc for comparison)
  Packs a flavor wallop of berries, herbs, earthiness,
  with excellent structure and enough acidity and tannin to lead to a persistent finish that begs you to come back for more… the heat of alcohol finish has diminished quite a bit though it’s still a tad there..
  Better today than 2 years ago.. excellent !!

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  7/28/2023 - rogerr Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Popped and poured. Immediately has intense and pleasant aroma. Palate is complex and well integrated. Texture is nice and the wine has a good finish. Saved some for next day and oxidation was noticeable. Probably will not improve with age.

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  2/11/2023 - scorbett Likes this wine:

  I expected this to be massive and maybe too oaky at this stage, but it was very nice.
  
  Took about two hours for the complexity to reveal itself. Really satisfying texture in the mouth, especially mid palate.
  
  Fresh red fruit jam (raspberry, maybe strawberry), touch of cassis liqueur, dark chocolate, all the southern French herbs.
  
  It's a big wine but at no point does it feel like it was stretched, forced, or manipulated to be so. It just fills large shoes, so pair and select accordingly for the weather and your feel and your state of mind.Also functions well as a meditative wine, if you're just doing one glass.
  
  For the price and the scores I was prepared to be hyper judgemental about it, but it really disarmed me.

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  9/18/2022 - rogerr Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Drinks well but will improve with age.

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  10/27/2021 - KJD45$ Likes this wine: 93 Points

  PNP….So with that caveat…
  Gorgeous purple hue…..nose is licorice, touch oak, cassis, spice…
  Tongue is wonderful note of fresh red/blue fruit, spice, touch earth,
  with good lift of acidity on a pretty hot finish….
  Only opened to make room in the cooler for other wines….needs plenty of cellar time and could really become an excellent wine….
  Only true detractor is the hot finish…
  Will try and update over next few days with air time….
  Smoothed out with better fruit on 3rd day…
  Had against a 2016 Pegau Which by comparison was a bit more masculine and a touch of earthy barnyard…

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