had this for Thanksgiving dinner and was the last bottle of the night and I think for most the wine of the night. great fruit and still enough to hold itself together. agree with the almost port like nose comment and the link to burgundy. I have one more bottle and will not wait much longer to enjoy it.
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Browning on the edges, with almost a port-like nose. This was a sad, stewed wine that reflects the worst of the vintage. No heat on display, which was good, but the fruit was really overripe and amorphous. Overripe plums is the best description I could come up with. The last Southern Rhone 2003 that I have: good riddance to (often but not always) bad rubbish, as they say. I should have drank this on the younger side, as this is not improving over time (C).
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11/24/2017 - hughe wrote: 91 Points
had this for Thanksgiving dinner and was the last bottle of the night and I think for most the wine of the night. great fruit and still enough to hold itself together. agree with the almost port like nose comment and the link to burgundy. I have one more bottle and will not wait much longer to enjoy it.
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8/19/2017 - JohnSh wrote: 84 Points
Browning on the edges, with almost a port-like nose. This was a sad, stewed wine that reflects the worst of the vintage. No heat on display, which was good, but the fruit was really overripe and amorphous. Overripe plums is the best description I could come up with. The last Southern Rhone 2003 that I have: good riddance to (often but not always) bad rubbish, as they say. I should have drank this on the younger side, as this is not improving over time (C).
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12/27/2014 - bonedoc wrote:
Sadly, last bottle - pinot noir like elegance, lovely style w great acidity. 92-93
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10/17/2014 - theonlylittledog wrote: 88 Points
Seemes too stewed. Hot vintage effect?
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7/10/2014 - bonedoc wrote: 92 Points
See review from 2/11/2013, plus add minerality. Drink within next 2-3 yrs.
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