Community Tasting Notes 9

• Enfant sauvage Likes this wine:

  August 14, 2013 - On the nose: heavenly. Red fruit, earth, barnyard. On the palate: just not a lot of there there. Grenache sweetness (too much), some dark chocolate, red/black fruit. I think the dissipating palate is a sign that this is moving past its prime. On the other hand, I'm not sure I would have loved the highly concentrated grenache style that much earlier on. This was still enjoyable, especially for $30. Would have been less excited if I had paid more.

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• Vinoevelo wrote: 91 points

  July 3, 2013 - Nice wine, tart cranberry with a big peppery finish. Good for a '96 CdP, but it didn't really blow my skirt up.

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• Zweder wrote: 91 points

  August 7, 2012 - Carmine red brown color. In the bouquet a lot of mocha and chocolate. On the palate quite special with a lot of dark chocolate and bitterness, but also a firm amount of sweetness. A little garrigue. Reminds me of the Wolf Blass Black Label 1999 Shiraz/CS blend, but a little more mature. Really nice wine, but I think the bottle we had was a little past its prime. I nevertheless score it 91.

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• Montecalvo wrote: 93 points

  September 7, 2011 - red to dark red in color. still youthful with fruit but starting to develop secondary notes. Solid concentration and finish. Drank well all evening. Overall much better than I had hoped for from this vintage.

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• noppakit s. wrote: 94 points

  April 11, 2010 - The nose of 1996 acid, the taste of 1996 acid. Maybe it needs another 2-3 years to be more complex. Anyway, the aftertaste is powerful and long finished. I have some left in the bottle. Let's see what it gonna be, then.
  
  Drink 2011 - 2019

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine de la Mordorée
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation Cuvée de la Reine des Bois
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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• In Cellars 38 (49%)
• Consumed 40 (51%)

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