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• Hanibal wrote: 91 points

  March 29, 2019 - i don't know what to say....looking at average rating here of 96. Either the bottle was not in good shape or my taste buds are completely off with the average CT drinker.

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7 Comments

• billhike commented:

  7/16/19, 6:35 PM - Howdy. This may be a few years yet from its prime drink window. Experienced tasters will sometimes rate on what they think it’s going to mature into.

• Hanibal commented:

  7/16/19, 6:40 PM - I'm not sure what your definition of an experienced drinker and who is entitled to have the title :) ....but this is not an 95+ wine for me for sure

• Sheriff JW commented:

  10/21/19, 9:08 PM - Agreed it’s likely not at in its peak drinking window.
  Score will hopefully improve for you in a few years time if you have more laying down.

• sfwinelover1 commented:

  12/18/19, 1:20 PM - FWIW, Wine Spectator rates this vintage as a 98, but says wines from it should continue to be held rather than consumed.

• Hanibal commented:

  12/18/19, 1:27 PM - I had a few 2010 c9p like clos des papes and reserves des celestins and they had nice equilibrium and open for business. Guys... this is my own opinion nothing prevents that you could love the wine and give it 100pts !

• sfwinelover1 commented:

  12/18/19, 1:37 PM - Not deprecating your opinion in any way, just indicating that there may be further upside (I'm never sure if when people rate, they are taking that into account or not). I note also that the very high score is skewed because at least a couple of people who gave it perfect or near perfect scores rated it multiple times. Thanks again for your review!

• Hanibal commented:

  12/18/19, 1:42 PM - No hard feelings off course...it is possible that the wine could improve with time but I usually rate what the wine tastes to me at the time when I drink it and I try not to open bottles too early unless I am testing something because I plan or have bought a few example...It is very hard to predict what a wine could be in 10 years. Some professionals say that they can, it is possible I suppose.

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