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• Eric wrote: 97 points

  May 19, 2019 - I just had the 2003 Pegau Cuvée da Capo the other day, so it made me want to check in on the Cuvée Réservée.
  
  While these were quite similar in their youth, they have diverged considerably over the past 10 years. The Cuvée da Capo is freakishly intense and seemingly getting bigger, more structured, and even more powerful. In contrast, this Cuvée Réservée is getting more classic, more garrigue laden, very spicy and peppery, clearly a product of a ripe vintage, but far from over the top. The nose shows grilled, ripe plums and a bloody note, but the palate is utterly classic, screaming of dried Herbes de Provence, pepper, pine, cherry, a hint of soy, but really all of the flavors and food groups I expect from CDP. It is delicious. There is more sweetness and more raspberry than many vintages, but it is generous, powerful and aging exceptionally well.
  
  It does remind me more and more of the 1990 in profile, although this is even bigger and more ripe.

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