2003 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Crozes-Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert

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  5/20/2023 - Eric wrote: 92 Points

  This continues to drink exceptionally well. Deep, so incredibly smoky, just quintessential Crozes, textbook Syrah, wonderfully tart cherry fruit, silky, totally resolved.

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  12/26/2021 - Eric wrote: 92 Points

  It is really nuts how good this humble $27.99 wine is. I bought a case back in 2006 after being inspired by the 1990 (and hoping for success with the crazily hot 2003 vintage). And while most 2003 Northern Rhones have been quite disappointing, this wine has been great from the start with every bottle being enjoyable. And the more it ages, the more delicious it gets, just textbook Syrah! The fruit is tart and cherry focused but with the most wonderful overlay of smoked meat and deep, Umami components. It is what I love about the Northern Rhone, the bloody, meat and yet still vibrant aspect of Syrah. So fresh, yet secondary, complex and mature.
  
  The irony is that Jaboulet was not necessarily on a good period at this time, but the wine transcends that. That said, all indications are that this estate is producing really successful wines now over the past handful of years. I need to reload!

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  2/20/2021 - chrisdgsmith@hotmail.co.uk Likes this wine: 92 Points

  An odd bottle of the 03 from a mixed lot picked up at auction. For my taste this is really a pointe. It's fully evolved with lovely tertiary flavours of tobacco, leather, dried fruit. There's excellent acidity, perhaps a surprise in this hot vintage. There's a slightly feral edge that maybe suggests a bit of Brett?
  This is so drinkable, lovely.

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  12/11/2020 - DaleW wrote:

  I was surprised to run across this in cellar, I bought few ‘03 European reds. So I decided now is as good a time as any, and opened (with a little trepidation). My fears were partially born out, and partially unwarranted. The good news was it hadn’t fallen apart at all- still plenty of fruit, decent finish. The bad news that it was quite pruney/stewy on the nose, very 2003. I forgot I had this , and now I don’t need to think about it any more. B-/C+

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  8/7/2020 - Eric wrote: 92 Points

  This is drinking beautifully, delicate, smoky, earthy, with wonderfully vibrant acidity and red fruit. It doesn't have the unreal depth of the 1990 Thalabert, but it is a really beautiful expression of Northern Rhone Syrah.

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