Community Tasting Notes 18

• NO SPIT Does not like this wine:

  September 10, 2015 - You got to know when to hold'em, know when to fold'em. Yep, waited too long on this one. Too big to drink.

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• eboracum Likes this wine: 89 points

  October 20, 2014 - This wine has always been one of the more attractive from this torrid vintage. The high proportion of Mourvèdre may have helped. Colour still quite deep and the nose showed dark fruit and flowers laced with bloody meat. The palate was fuller bodied and more structured than in most vintages, fruit was quite dark having lost much of its youthful brightness but in compensation there were rose tinted aromas and touches of tar and herbs leading to a firm finish. Still good+ .

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• john_s Likes this wine: 85 points

  November 26, 2013 - Still tannic and fairly dense. Colour obviously showing its 10 years. Needs more time, but with this sort of wine they still need a bit of tannin for structure. I still have 11 bottles and I'm not worried. I will have another look in a couple of years. This wine still has body and some minerality. My cellar is cool which retards aging.

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• 8count wrote: 70 points

  September 4, 2012 - I'm sorry, no flavor in this wine at all. It may have been good at one point, but after 2 bottles, a waste pf $60 between the two.

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• NO SPIT wrote:

  June 19, 2011 - Has this wine improved since I first purchased it back in 2005? I don't believe so, but it seems just as good. Perhaps the fruit might be fading somewhat. I would say it seems a little more dark and brooding than it did six years ago. This wine could easily pass for a mid quality CDP and it seems to have the tannic structure to make it down the road a few more years.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine de l'Oratoire St Martin
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation Haut-Coustias
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Cairanne

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• In Cellars 21 (24%)
• Consumed 65 (76%)

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