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Papies wrote:

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - A Chateauneuf Papies-Odyssey (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): The controversy continues.. 90 yesterday vs 94 2yrs ago ( admittedly different lots)
Good bottle and cork. Deacanted for 2 hours. useful to decant.
Very 2003, big wine, dense with dark fruits tighlty wrapped and full of powerfull (not harsh though) tannins. Big sweet core runs through this wine ( a 2003 issue we guess) especially on the palate and lacks the balance and elegance usually associated with Clos des Papes wines. 90-91 at best at this showing. We wonder if time will actually improve this wine or will it suffer like some hot Priorat fruit bombs that dry out rather than evolve...

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