2008 Gilles Robin Crozes-Hermitage Papillon

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  10/11/2014 - OC Realtor #1 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Amazing! Tasted like a bowl of white pepper. It was paired with red meat, and it was a perfect compliment. I'm really glad I still have one left!

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  4/30/2013 - greenwalter Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Peppery uber alles. Red fruit. Plenty of time left.

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  1/11/2012 - Dar3 wrote: 89 Points

  Right out of the bottle - very powerful, fruity, grapey, uncomplex nose. Taste was a complete contradiction. Very mellow, no fruit, light and smooth mouth feel.
  Over an hour, the nose died down and lost its grapeyness. Palate developed some dark cherries. Very nice.

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  8/5/2011 - wadcorp wrote: 81 Points

  Very pinot noir like, but darker in color. Spice, mineral, earthiness, with some slight pepper notes. Opened a bit by the second glass. Saved half the bottle to try the next day. Will report back…
  
  EDIT: WTF happened? Came back to this the next day & it was flat. Not necessarily gone bad, just gone. There was half a bottle remaining, but it was as if the life was sucked out of it. No fruit. No body. My wife had a glass & referred to it as "rusty water". Not a good feature. Very sad.
  
  I knocked down the score. The first day wasn't too bad at all, but revisiting this one was disappointing, to say the least.

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  1/20/2011 - KWI Likes this wine: 89 Points

  At opening had a very closed nose; floral, dirt, minerals. Taste was similar with little to no fruit but good acidity. After 2+ hours open in the bottle the wine completely changed. Concentrated almost jammy dark fruit, pepper with that great acidity. Will be interesting to see where this goes over the next 12-18 months.

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