Community Tasting Notes 11

• John Nezlek wrote:

  July 8, 2016 - No points -- nothing specific -- too long ago. I do remember being underwhelmed however. More time in the cellar?

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• OferOr wrote: 92 points

  May 27, 2013 - friends, you can't open Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2003 on 2007 & hope to find good or very good wine, he need more time in cellar. opened at 2013 more than 1.5 hour in decanter... red & atom color. nose - at beginning no something special but...after the wine opened it was great. Nose of ground , black fruit, intense flavors and strong, after more than 2 hours you can find sweet nose, recommended to combine with flavors of red meat and strong / robust. 92! Drink now – 2017.

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• keepitreal wrote: 82 points

  October 31, 2009 - Really, this wine is an 86 if you are someone that likes your 6 year old CdP to taste like overripe zinfandel past its prime. This is the second bottle in as many weeks, and I think that it's just gone. Ripe plum and soy sauce on the nose lead to a cloyingly sweet vanilla custard finish. Tasted blind it acted like over the hill Zin. So if that's your thing, call me and I'll send you the rest of my bottles.

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• keepitreal wrote: 86 points

  October 23, 2009 - THis may be an off bottle, but it's gone all cherry coke on me. At first, loads of licorice and chocolate, but with a sweet fruit and pruny richness that was a bit off-putting. Thought it needed a bit to open up perhaps, which was a mistake. The nose is beautifully floral but the mouth is like flat coca cola. I think I may have missed this one--or just had an off bottle.

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• stevek54 wrote: 92 points

  December 7, 2008 - Delicious bottle. Very refined, pale red color, fruit, spices, some tannins in the finish

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type Red
• Producer Le Clos du Caillou
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation Domaine du Caillou
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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• In Cellars 32 (27%)
• Consumed 85 (73%)

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