2020 Pott Wine Smoke Chateauneuf-Du-Pott Vineyard Mt. Veeder

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  4/5/2024 - Jonahpla Likes this wine: 85 Points

  Funky for sure, but pleasant!

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  2/14/2024 - GalenP Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I’m a big fan of Aaron’s wines and based on his own messaging and the reviews here, I had lower expectations for this and opened my first bottle earlier than I would normally open any of his wines.
  
  I was happily surprised that, for me, this was much more in line with what I expect of his wines. They need to open and when they do they are delicious, layered and present a lingering finish. Maybe the fruit wasn’t quite as opulent but if you have these I think you will enjoy them.
  
  After a 45 minute decant the wine was solid if pretty linear and straight forward. After a few hours decanted it was singing and my wife was commenting how good it was.
  
  Give it some time or a lengthy decant and you will be rewarded!

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  9/18/2023 - ajrez Does not like this wine: 85 Points

  Massive fan of Aaron, sadly not a fan of this.

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  8/5/2023 - S. Lorin wrote:

  I was really disappointed with this bottle beyond the smoke discussion; it was dull, medium bodied with some fruit and spice but no depth; nothing like a CDP, more like a cote du Rhône frankly. And not at the level of other Pott wines.

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  6/12/2023 - tomoem wrote: 89 Points

  With regard to the notes I read on smoke....... I must say that it takes one to know one. Smoke notes alongside other notes of non smoke tainted wines are so simillar. I love Aaron and his wines but that said I believe I get smoke taint in this wine. Wth that I love this wine. It has unique flavors and frankly notes that challenge me, that rise to "Worthy" of these type of discussions on wine notes. I think the purest form of wine is flavor expression from any source of origin.

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