Community Tasting Note

• Moorese wrote:

  March 21, 2012 - Intense, juicy red fruits coupled with a heady alcohol level and an unmistakable sense of overripeness. There are some telltale CdP characteristics in the sense of herbal notes and a whiff of garrigue, but they are comparably faint and unable to reach a balance with the candied fruit (seems grenache-heavy, but I don't know). This tastes good in the way that a rich dessert tastes good at the end of a meal - but it isn't satisfying on its own. For those who wonder about the QPR, this was $16.99 for PC. Worth it? Probably not in the face of $15-20 CdR from 2009-2010 that won't require cellar space or time... I'm not a hater of the 03 vintage as I've found several admirable wines therein, but it really is a variable vintage (producer-driven). This wine is an example of what detractors dislike about the vintage. I don't much like it tonight, but I'll also note that this still drinks like a young, albeit huge wine. I won't discover whether this wine will blossom as this is my last (and worst) of 6. I'll rely upon Clos des Papes, Pegau, etc. to provide the ultimate information about the 2003 vintage, but I certainly have no reason to be optimistic after tonight.

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