Community Tasting Notes 495

• Bsies Likes this wine: 90 points

  April 21, 2024 - I know and love this wine but this 1.5 liter bottle was not up to Clos des Papes usual standards.Tannins not fully integrated, dark fruits muted. Decanted about 3 hours. I think it needed more air rather than time in the bottle. Next (and last) large format I’ll decant overnight.

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• jamesabdavis wrote:

  April 13, 2024 - From magnum.
  Classic nose of herbs, olives, tobacco, deep black cherry fruit.
  Lovely and fresh on the palate, delicious ripe fruit framed by bright acidity, tannins there but quite resolved. Nice energy and purity.
  Really good, classic CNDP.

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• IDKDavid Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 31, 2024 - Drank on Easter Sunday with Lamb Chops and an assortment of spring veggies. Somewhere in between medium garnet and deep tawny in color. Tertiary aromas coming off the nose from the jump with sweet leather and stewed mixed berries. Palate was very nice with mostly resolved tannins. Aged leather, sumac, and mixed berries coming through, with blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, and a wild spice character giving structure on the finish. This still had life left, but was very nicely integrated. I don't have much experience with Southern Rhone wines on the "nicer" spectrum, but this was real treat. Like an old cowboy - Rough around the edges, but the age has given wisdom and mellowed him out. Fantastic with Lamb.

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• Qbox35 Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 14, 2024 - Nose - spicy, like pepper but not overpowering
  Body - complex, but well aged with hints of strawberry and pepper. Low tannins, low acidity, medium body. I had this decanted for 2 hours before serving and was a great wine!

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• wsammons Does not like this wine: 89 points

  January 12, 2024 - This bottle was off - may not have been stored well. Was not what I’d normally expect of Clos des Papes

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2004
• Type Red
• Producer Clos des Papes
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
• UPC Codes 3760043540006, 3760043540044, 3760043540075, 3760043540082, 3760043540099, 400009635461, 4000123808565, 762413540022

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• Pending Delivery 83 (1%)
• In Cellars 4,172 (53%)
• Consumed 3,571 (46%)

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