Community Tasting Notes 6

• Aravind Asok wrote:

  August 21, 2023 - Pop and pour. Stood upright for 7 or 8 hrs beforehand. Dark color: likely recorked at some point. On the nose:.olive, cigarbox, dried herbs. Ok acidity, denser than expected. Ok, but underwhelming.

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• jpijg wrote: 91 points

  November 15, 2009 - A lot of tertiary aromas on the nose : spices, game, cigarbox, cedar and leather. In the mouth, the wine is still very fresh and concentrated, but cigarbox and leathery character tends to overwhelm the fruit. Very nice to drink though.

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• Goldstone wrote: 90 points

  November 3, 2009 - Ch. Clos du Mont-Olivet, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Dinner (The Conrad Hotel, Hong Kong): Still youngish colour that is very bright and attractive. The first "gosh" nose of the night with a touch of freshly-strawed stable yards, white mushrooms and some leather. A light palate of dusty attic rooms with leather trunks in them. High acidity but not too much. Lovely back end on the palate of old cigar box and actual cigar leaf. Moderate length with some in resonance in the head on the finish. Very elegant.

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• Philippe_C wrote: 89 points

  April 25, 2008 - nose of mushrooms and cherries... I didn't spend much time on this wine as the Beaucastels were much more attractive...

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• SimonG wrote:

  September 29, 2007 - Remmington Norman Offline in aid of Pebbles Project (Le Colombier, London): Full garnet, browning at rim. Sweet, slightly figgy. Good acidity. slight spritz. Good but on the way down.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1978
• Type Red
• Producer Clos du Mont-Olivet
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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• In Cellars 13 (68%)
• Consumed 6 (32%)

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