2008 François Villard Condrieu DePoncins

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  9/26/2016 - SteveG wrote: 91 Points

  From memory. Finished on third night, last bottle and I think the best. Fresh tropical and yellow/orange stone fruits very nicely balanced with just enough acidity, light texture but plenty of flavor, delicious medium mineral finish. Enjoyed with king crab legs, roast chicken, and as dessert. Apparently some age is OK with this wine.

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  6/23/2015 - SteveG wrote: 89 Points

  Pale 14k gold. Bright tropical nose, deep, exotic and waxy palate, full-bodied but reasonably crisp finish. Much better than the previous bottle upon opening.

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  12/29/2014 - njAndrew Likes this wine: 89 Points

  I'm sure I let this bottle go too long but it was still enjoyable. Golden color honey and melon on the nose, honeydew and tropical fruit on the palate. Med body with some viscosity. Med finish. Really not bad with age, probably less vibrant.

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  9/12/2014 - SteveG wrote: 88 Points

  I am marking this bottle flawed as it is in line with wines which others have tasted as seriously corked. While I am apparently almost immune to TCA, the symptoms of no nose, highly muted palate, and general lifelessness are here. I will try again tomorrow, but not expecting much.
  
  Turned into a real wine overnight, flowery nose, modest tropical palate, medium finish with decent acidity. Not great but most drinkable.
  
  Two days later, even better, almost up to expectations.

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  9/1/2013 - Grape_ape wrote:

  This paled in comparison to my last bottle which I had 2 years ago... my own fault for waiting on it, as it definitely lost much of the complexity and intrigue I experienced in my last bottle.... note to self - if something is drinking great now, don't wait...

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