This bottle was a little off from prior tastings......a little one dimensional and not fruit forward. I hope this is not a sign that it is tiring. I have 2026 down as the last year of the drink window for this wine. However, I have had a couple of wines of this type roll over very quickly.
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Satt granatrote Farbe mit dunklem Kern grüsst das Auge. In der Nase verhaltene Aromen von abgehangenem Fleisch und Leder im Auftakt. Nach dem Belüften treten Düfte von gekochten Früchten, Waldbeerenkompott und süssen Gewürzen wie Vanille, Lakritz, Zimt sowie Kaffee, dunkler Schokolade und Zigarrenkiste hervor. Kraftvoll und wärmend am Gaumen mit bissiger Säure, elegant harmonischem Körper und samtigen Tanninen. Der Ausklang ist würzig, weich und elegant mit langem Nachhall. Unbedingt eine Stunde vor dem Ausschank belüften, dann im Bordeaux Rotweinglas bei Raumtemperatur, 16-18°C, präsentieren.
Ein Premium Wein, der Seinesgleichen in der Speisebegleitung sucht: grillierte rote Fleischstücke, Couronne d’Agneau mit Knoblauch und Rosmarin oder gereifter Käse mit Feigensenf und frisch gebackenem Baguette.
Familie Bréchet stammt aus der Region Vaucluse und betreibt bereits seit 1900 Rebbau in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Vaudieu ist der Vorzeigebetrieb der Familie und umfasst 70 Hektaren zusammenhängendem Rebland, was hier eine Seltenheit ist. Die AOC lässt 13 Rebsorten zu, welche Famille Bréchet allesamt kultiviert. Das Klima in Châteauneuf-du-Pape ist von mediterraner Wärme geprägt. Das Quecksilber steigt im Sommer öfter über 40°C. Diese Hitze bleibt in den steinigen Böden gespeichert und sorgt für reifes und aromatisches Traubengut. Die Region ist regenarm, für Abkühlung sorgt der Mistral, welcher kalte Luft aus dem Norden durch die Rebzeilen bläst. Die Vinifikation beginnt mit einer langen Extraktionsphase, in welcher durch behutsame Behandlung des Tresterhutes Farbe und Aromen aus den Traubenschalen gelöst werden. Um die dabei extrahierten Tannine zu mildern folgt ein Ausbau während 15 bis 18 Monaten, teils in Barriques und teils in Foudres. Diese Fässer liegen in einem altertümlichen Keller unter der Erdoberfläche. Dank seiner kräftigen Struktur zeigt der Wein tolles Alterungspotenzial, welches ihm nach fünf bis zehn Jahren Kellerreife Trinkvergnügen pur verleiht.
93/100 Falstaff
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Clear medium red, no bricking. Medium nose, garrigue, berries, earth and beef broth. Dry balanced warm cherry, thyme and beef broth flavours and a nice dry finish.
A lovely middle aged traditional CdP. Not at all unbalanced by ripe Grenache.
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Exactly like a bottle consumed late summer of 2021. Still drinking very well.....and well above its price point. Classic CNdP. I have 2026 down as the last year in the drink window. No sign of a decline setting in.
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Beautiful nose of an array of spices, anise, sandalwood incense, something very high-toned like a top shelf Rye whisky, hot stones, herb de Provence and brooding black fruits. Very full bodied and rich without being heavy. This has great freshness and even some acidity for being this ripe. What a treat! Loaded with sweet black and blueberry fruit, spice, lavender and rosemary. What’s. Fantastic wine. This is mature, but I hesitate to call it “fully mature” Bc it has so many great years ahead of it. I have consumed over two cars and have well over a case left but rue the fact I didn’t buy even more! Drink now-2032+ 95
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Red fruit combines with garrigue, graphite and Mediterranean spice to create a beautifully texture CdP. Soft aromatics but delightful on the palate. At age twelve, this wine is singing nicely. Good juice.
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Nose is getting slightly muddled from age, but still loaded with roasty black cherry, grilled herb switches and a bit of cherry cough syrup. Quite full-bodied and loaded with sweet cherry and blackberry fruit deftly balanced by a tannic backbone. This has now reach maturity. Drink now-2026 (though I'll still have a few bottles around to try in 2035+) 93
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Sattes granatrot mit leicht verhaltenen Aromen erinnernd an Cassis, gekochte rote Kirsche, Pflaumenkompott, Rosmarin, Anis, Süssholz, Zedernholz, Caramel sowie medizinischen Anklängen und zarten Reifenoten von Leder und Champignons. Körpervoll und tanninreich mit kräftiger Säure und angenehmem Fruchtextrakt. Der Ausklang ist wärmend und langanhaltend. Am besten kommt dieser Wein im Bordeaux Rotwein Glas bei Raumtemperatur, 16-18°C, zu Geltung. Vorgängiges Dekantieren empfiehlt sich.
Die Fülle und Struktur dieses Weines lässt sich bestens mit kräftigen Speisen wie Wildgerichten, gebratenem Lammgigot, herzhaften Eintöpfen oder reifem Halbhart- oder Hartkäse paaren.
Das 1767 von Admiral Gérin gegründete Château Vaudieu umfasst 70 Hektaren Rebland im Herzen von Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Vaudieu Rouge ist heute der Aushängewein der Familie Bréchet. Der Boden hier ist ein wahres Flickwerk an unterschiedlichen geologischen Beschaffenheiten aus Sand, grobem Kies, Kalkstein sowie Mergel. 2800 Sonnenstunden und 600 Milliliter Regen im Jahr werden von mehr als 100 Tagen mit kräftigem Mistral Wind begleitet. Familie Bréchet kultiviert insgesamt 13 Rebsorten. Jede Parzelle wird separat gelesen und die Früchcte in grossen Betonbehältern vinifiziert. Lange Maischestandzeiten ermöglichen eine tiefe Farb- und Aromenkonzentration, sanftes Pressen verleiht dem Wein eine geschmeidige Textur. Grenache reift anschliessend in grossen Holzfässern oder Tanks seiner Abfüllung entgegen, während dem Syrah und Mourvèdre in Barriques ausgebaut werden. Nach der Cuvaison wird der fertige Wein auf einmal abgefüllt, was für gleichbleibende Qualität sorgt. Die Flaschen bleiben noch einige Jahre auf dem Weingut und werden in einem grossen unterirdischen Fasskeller bis zu ihrer Freigabe gelagert.
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Right on top of other bottles of this one I have consumed in recent years. Was a crowd pleaser at a restaurant. Opened for most of an hour with no decant. Still in a great drink window and showing no signs of tiring. This is one of the best values in my inventory right now.
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Identical to a bottle consumed in January. Opened at a restaurant for one hour plus. No decant. Delivers a drinking experience well beyond the price point.
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Opened for about 45 minutes at a restaurant. No decant. Continues to be in a very good drink window. It delivers an experience that I would expect from a wine at least twice the price of this one.
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Medium red with clear edges. Ripe kirsch, raspberry jam, vanilla spice and black cherry nose. Strawberry jam, cherry jam and vanilla flavours and a hot dry rich finish.
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Notes of dark red fruit, potpourri, garrigue and Mediterranean spice glide across the palate. The nose is aromatically pleasing. Good depth and structure. This is a great expression of and entry level CdP. Drinking wonderfully at age ten. Good juice.
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Intense red fruit, strawberry, raspberry, cranberry, also blueberry. Then smoke, herbs, rosemary, thyme, black pepper. Maybe sour cherry a little on the palette. Nice structure, tannin and good acidity. Really excellent, and I got it in a bin end sale for £20.
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Earlier bottles of this wine were good, but over the past two plus years it has moved up a notch. I have other Chateauneuf-du-Papes that cost a lot more, but are not one bit better. The wine is in a great drink window. It is time to enjoy it.
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Tannins smoothed our. Red berry, rosemary, thyme, leather. Little lighter on palatecweight for CNP. Decanted one hour. Solid wine. Paired with peppered crusted filet.
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Heady nose singes the nostril hairs a bit! Aside from Etoh, there are rich, very dark, very ripe/cooked fruits. The palate is super smooth with just the barest rough-edge to the tannin and bright acidity. This is nearing maturity. Round and voluptuous and great with the right food (in this case, Chinese). Drink now-2029 93
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Red fruit complimented by Mediterranean spice and garrigue. Aromatically pleasing. Silky texture with good depth. This wine continued to improve in the glass even after a one hour decant. Good juice.
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This one is drinking very well right now. I rated this bottle a little higher than the couple of bottles I drank 2+ years ago. It might evolve to an even better place, but there is no reason to not be drinking it now. Had it at a restaurant without a decant......open for 30-45 minutes. It might have benefited from a decant. The style is classic CNdP with, perhaps, a slight bias to being a little less fruit forward than some of these wines can exhibit.
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Tasted over two days, and it showed best on the second. Dried desert fruits, mincemeat, hints of bacon, umami, and a kiss of bret. Compact and fairly piercing for CdP. A tremendous pairing with rustic pork sausage. Probably five to seven years from peaking.
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As usual, this wine always over-delivers! Beautiful nose of roasting meats and black cherry compote as well as copious quantities of fresh herbs and spices. Specifically loads of lavender and rosemary. Very full bodied and ripe but still fresh, this wine caresses the palate. It is just so (dangerously) easy to drink! This is just starting to show some mature characteristics, I’m glad I have more, but can’t remember if I have 1 or 2 unopened cases! The flavors mirror the aromas and this wine has 2-3 more years in its youthful stage, then should enter into a long slow, mature plateau. 94
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Fully ready to go, this is all about the sweet, fresh, clean, pure kirsch, black raspberry, spice and floral notes. Elegant, soft and silky, there is a great quality to the medium bodied, refined. red fruits that gets you ready for another sip, again and again.
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Celebrating New Years Eve dinner at friend's house one month late as couldn't (unusually) get together on the actual date. Another contribution from a fellow diner. Accompanied the English cheese platter. Dense, ripe red/black berry fruit flavours with dashes of spice and liquorice in good concentration. Seemed on its plateau of excellence to me with perhaps 2-3 years at this level. An unexpected star of the dinner. 90?+
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This is probably my 20th+ bottle of this wine. Although it lost its baby fat about 2 years ago, this continues to drink very youthfully. Heady nose, full of ripe black and red fruits, baked cherries herb switches. Sweet palate, but with plenty of bright acidity and medium tannins. Full-bodied and more HdP on the palate as well as chocolate covered cherries. Delicious now, this needs another 3-4 years to reach maturity and should last to age 20. 93
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Quite dark ruby, well balanced nose with broad flavours. The palate is even more intense, compact and berry lke, almost dried fruit, with vanilla. For my taste a bit too porty/thick but good, still has very good structure.
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This was a bit more reticent than past bottles. Once finally open, this is very delicious, but not as aromatic as some in the past. This may be entering a dumb phase. This easily has 10+ years under its belt, and might (for the first time) be better after 3-5 years slumber. Still thick, rich and concentrated with plenty of tannin. 93 df 9.2
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Mighty fine CdP. Crushed black cherry, subtle chocolate and a touch of anise on the palate, with a slight hint of menthol on the nose. There's medium grained tannins along with some medium acidity to balance out the ripe dark fruit on the medium to long finish.
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Ripe, supple and already delicious, the wine is sweet, fat and filled with fresh, jammy berries and licorice. The wine was produced using 100% organic farming techniques and was consulted by Philippe Cambie.
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Voller Kraft, Intensität und Nachhaltigkeit - über einem präsenten Grundton von dunklen Beeren vielfältige Aromen mit Akazienholz, Würze und Blütendüften. Klar definierte Struktur, reife Tannine und gewaltige Intensität, ein Erfolgsmodell aus einem Gewinnerjahrgang.
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11/15/2023 - WineGuyFL wrote: 92 Points
This bottle was a little off from prior tastings......a little one dimensional and not fruit forward. I hope this is not a sign that it is tiring. I have 2026 down as the last year of the drink window for this wine. However, I have had a couple of wines of this type roll over very quickly.
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9/24/2023 - Looney Likes this wine: 96 Points
Satt granatrote Farbe mit dunklem Kern grüsst das Auge. In der Nase verhaltene Aromen von abgehangenem Fleisch und Leder im Auftakt. Nach dem Belüften treten Düfte von gekochten Früchten, Waldbeerenkompott und süssen Gewürzen wie Vanille, Lakritz, Zimt sowie Kaffee, dunkler Schokolade und Zigarrenkiste hervor. Kraftvoll und wärmend am Gaumen mit bissiger Säure, elegant harmonischem Körper und samtigen Tanninen. Der Ausklang ist würzig, weich und elegant mit langem Nachhall. Unbedingt eine Stunde vor dem Ausschank belüften, dann im Bordeaux Rotweinglas bei Raumtemperatur, 16-18°C, präsentieren.
Ein Premium Wein, der Seinesgleichen in der Speisebegleitung sucht: grillierte rote Fleischstücke, Couronne d’Agneau mit Knoblauch und Rosmarin oder gereifter Käse mit Feigensenf und frisch gebackenem Baguette.
Familie Bréchet stammt aus der Region Vaucluse und betreibt bereits seit 1900 Rebbau in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Vaudieu ist der Vorzeigebetrieb der Familie und umfasst 70 Hektaren zusammenhängendem Rebland, was hier eine Seltenheit ist. Die AOC lässt 13 Rebsorten zu, welche Famille Bréchet allesamt kultiviert. Das Klima in Châteauneuf-du-Pape ist von mediterraner Wärme geprägt. Das Quecksilber steigt im Sommer öfter über 40°C. Diese Hitze bleibt in den steinigen Böden gespeichert und sorgt für reifes und aromatisches Traubengut. Die Region ist regenarm, für Abkühlung sorgt der Mistral, welcher kalte Luft aus dem Norden durch die Rebzeilen bläst. Die Vinifikation beginnt mit einer langen Extraktionsphase, in welcher durch behutsame Behandlung des Tresterhutes Farbe und Aromen aus den Traubenschalen gelöst werden. Um die dabei extrahierten Tannine zu mildern folgt ein Ausbau während 15 bis 18 Monaten, teils in Barriques und teils in Foudres. Diese Fässer liegen in einem altertümlichen Keller unter der Erdoberfläche. Dank seiner kräftigen Struktur zeigt der Wein tolles Alterungspotenzial, welches ihm nach fünf bis zehn Jahren Kellerreife Trinkvergnügen pur verleiht.
93/100 Falstaff
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6/29/2023 - OneOfTheBasicFoodGroups Likes this wine: 94 Points
Better as its gotten older. Leave open for awhile.
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12/21/2022 - sidb wrote: 90 Points
Beautifully smooth, not much fruit left but still jolly good with strawberry, liquorice and cedar...
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11/5/2022 - David J Cooper wrote: 92 Points
Clear medium red, no bricking. Medium nose, garrigue, berries, earth and beef broth. Dry balanced warm cherry, thyme and beef broth flavours and a nice dry finish.
A lovely middle aged traditional CdP. Not at all unbalanced by ripe Grenache.
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11/3/2022 - WineGuyFL Likes this wine: 93 Points
Exactly like a bottle consumed late summer of 2021. Still drinking very well.....and well above its price point. Classic CNdP. I have 2026 down as the last year in the drink window. No sign of a decline setting in.
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3/9/2022 - WineGuyX Likes this wine: 95 Points
Beautiful nose of an array of spices, anise, sandalwood incense, something very high-toned like a top shelf Rye whisky, hot stones, herb de Provence and brooding black fruits. Very full bodied and rich without being heavy. This has great freshness and even some acidity for being this ripe. What a treat! Loaded with sweet black and blueberry fruit, spice, lavender and rosemary. What’s. Fantastic wine. This is mature, but I hesitate to call it “fully mature” Bc it has so many great years ahead of it. I have consumed over two cars and have well over a case left but rue the fact I didn’t buy even more! Drink now-2032+ 95
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1/2/2022 - Oldmanzin Likes this wine: 92 Points
Red fruit combines with garrigue, graphite and Mediterranean spice to create a beautifully texture CdP. Soft aromatics but delightful on the palate. At age twelve, this wine is singing nicely. Good juice.
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9/28/2021 - WineGuyX Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nose is getting slightly muddled from age, but still loaded with roasty black cherry, grilled herb switches and a bit of cherry cough syrup. Quite full-bodied and loaded with sweet cherry and blackberry fruit deftly balanced by a tannic backbone. This has now reach maturity. Drink now-2026 (though I'll still have a few bottles around to try in 2035+) 93
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9/5/2021 - Looney Likes this wine: 94 Points
Sattes granatrot mit leicht verhaltenen Aromen erinnernd an Cassis, gekochte rote Kirsche, Pflaumenkompott, Rosmarin, Anis, Süssholz, Zedernholz, Caramel sowie medizinischen Anklängen und zarten Reifenoten von Leder und Champignons. Körpervoll und tanninreich mit kräftiger Säure und angenehmem Fruchtextrakt. Der Ausklang ist wärmend und langanhaltend. Am besten kommt dieser Wein im Bordeaux Rotwein Glas bei Raumtemperatur, 16-18°C, zu Geltung. Vorgängiges Dekantieren empfiehlt sich.
Die Fülle und Struktur dieses Weines lässt sich bestens mit kräftigen Speisen wie Wildgerichten, gebratenem Lammgigot, herzhaften Eintöpfen oder reifem Halbhart- oder Hartkäse paaren.
Das 1767 von Admiral Gérin gegründete Château Vaudieu umfasst 70 Hektaren Rebland im Herzen von Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Vaudieu Rouge ist heute der Aushängewein der Familie Bréchet. Der Boden hier ist ein wahres Flickwerk an unterschiedlichen geologischen Beschaffenheiten aus Sand, grobem Kies, Kalkstein sowie Mergel. 2800 Sonnenstunden und 600 Milliliter Regen im Jahr werden von mehr als 100 Tagen mit kräftigem Mistral Wind begleitet. Familie Bréchet kultiviert insgesamt 13 Rebsorten. Jede Parzelle wird separat gelesen und die Früchcte in grossen Betonbehältern vinifiziert. Lange Maischestandzeiten ermöglichen eine tiefe Farb- und Aromenkonzentration, sanftes Pressen verleiht dem Wein eine geschmeidige Textur. Grenache reift anschliessend in grossen Holzfässern oder Tanks seiner Abfüllung entgegen, während dem Syrah und Mourvèdre in Barriques ausgebaut werden. Nach der Cuvaison wird der fertige Wein auf einmal abgefüllt, was für gleichbleibende Qualität sorgt. Die Flaschen bleiben noch einige Jahre auf dem Weingut und werden in einem grossen unterirdischen Fasskeller bis zu ihrer Freigabe gelagert.
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8/11/2021 - WineGuyFL Likes this wine: 93 Points
Right on top of other bottles of this one I have consumed in recent years. Was a crowd pleaser at a restaurant. Opened for most of an hour with no decant. Still in a great drink window and showing no signs of tiring. This is one of the best values in my inventory right now.
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5/8/2021 - WineGuyFL Likes this wine: 93 Points
Identical to a bottle consumed in January. Opened at a restaurant for one hour plus. No decant. Delivers a drinking experience well beyond the price point.
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2/12/2021 - WineGuyFL Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened for about 45 minutes at a restaurant. No decant. Continues to be in a very good drink window. It delivers an experience that I would expect from a wine at least twice the price of this one.
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12/25/2020 - David J Cooper wrote:
Medium red with clear edges. Ripe kirsch, raspberry jam, vanilla spice and black cherry nose. Strawberry jam, cherry jam and vanilla flavours and a hot dry rich finish.
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8/24/2020 - Oldmanzin Likes this wine: 93 Points
Notes of dark red fruit, potpourri, garrigue and Mediterranean spice glide
across the palate. The nose is aromatically pleasing. Good depth and structure. This is a great expression of and entry level CdP. Drinking wonderfully at age ten. Good juice.
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8/21/2020 - Amberissey Likes this wine: 93 Points
Intense red fruit, strawberry, raspberry, cranberry, also blueberry. Then smoke, herbs, rosemary, thyme, black pepper. Maybe sour cherry a little on the palette. Nice structure, tannin and good acidity. Really excellent, and I got it in a bin end sale for £20.
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8/3/2020 - WineGuyFL Likes this wine: 93 Points
Earlier bottles of this wine were good, but over the past two plus years it has moved up a notch. I have other Chateauneuf-du-Papes that cost a lot more, but are not one bit better. The wine is in a great drink window. It is time to enjoy it.
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2/14/2020 - diwiner79 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tannins smoothed our. Red berry, rosemary, thyme, leather. Little lighter on palatecweight for CNP. Decanted one hour. Solid wine. Paired with peppered crusted filet.
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12/29/2019 - WineGuyX Likes this wine: 93 Points
Heady nose singes the nostril hairs a bit! Aside from Etoh, there are rich, very dark, very ripe/cooked fruits. The palate is super smooth with just the barest rough-edge to the tannin and bright acidity. This is nearing maturity. Round and voluptuous and great with the right food (in this case, Chinese). Drink now-2029 93
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10/28/2019 - Oldmanzin Likes this wine: 92 Points
Red fruit complimented by Mediterranean spice and garrigue. Aromatically pleasing. Silky texture with good depth. This wine continued to improve in the glass even after a one hour decant. Good juice.
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7/27/2019 - WineGuyFL Likes this wine: 93 Points
This one is drinking very well right now. I rated this bottle a little higher than the couple of bottles I drank 2+ years ago. It might evolve to an even better place, but there is no reason to not be drinking it now. Had it at a restaurant without a decant......open for 30-45 minutes. It might have benefited from a decant. The style is classic CNdP with, perhaps, a slight bias to being a little less fruit forward than some of these wines can exhibit.
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6/5/2019 - Motz wrote: 92 Points
Tasted over two days, and it showed best on the second. Dried desert fruits, mincemeat, hints of bacon, umami, and a kiss of bret. Compact and fairly piercing for CdP. A tremendous pairing with rustic pork sausage. Probably five to seven years from peaking.
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9/19/2018 - dougie Likes this wine: 92 Points
Beautiful.
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9/7/2018 - VAGentleman wrote: 89 Points
Very typical CDP. Black fruit w some prune and fuller red fruit on back end. Good value.
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3/24/2018 - WineGuyX Likes this wine: 94 Points
As usual, this wine always over-delivers! Beautiful nose of roasting meats and black cherry compote as well as copious quantities of fresh herbs and spices. Specifically loads of lavender and rosemary. Very full bodied and ripe but still fresh, this wine caresses the palate. It is just so (dangerously) easy to drink! This is just starting to show some mature characteristics, I’m glad I have more, but can’t remember if I have 1 or 2 unopened cases! The flavors mirror the aromas and this wine has 2-3 more years in its youthful stage, then should enter into a long slow, mature plateau. 94
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3/19/2018 - thehaughleydrinker Likes this wine: 93 Points
Wonderful drinking.
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9/8/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 92 Points
Fully ready to go, this is all about the sweet, fresh, clean, pure kirsch, black raspberry, spice and floral notes. Elegant, soft and silky, there is a great quality to the medium bodied, refined. red fruits that gets you ready for another sip, again and again.
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1/31/2017 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 90 Points
Celebrating New Years Eve dinner at friend's house one month late as couldn't (unusually) get together on the actual date.
Another contribution from a fellow diner. Accompanied the English cheese platter. Dense, ripe red/black berry fruit flavours with dashes of spice and liquorice in good concentration.
Seemed on its plateau of excellence to me with perhaps 2-3 years at this level. An unexpected star of the dinner. 90?+
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1/14/2017 - WineGuyX Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is probably my 20th+ bottle of this wine. Although it lost its baby fat about 2 years ago, this continues to drink very youthfully. Heady nose, full of ripe black and red fruits, baked cherries herb switches. Sweet palate, but with plenty of bright acidity and medium tannins. Full-bodied and more HdP on the palate as well as chocolate covered cherries. Delicious now, this needs another 3-4 years to reach maturity and should last to age 20. 93
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6/24/2016 - dissler Likes this wine: 90 Points
Quite dark ruby, well balanced nose with broad flavours. The palate is even more intense, compact and berry lke, almost dried fruit, with vanilla. For my taste a bit too porty/thick but good, still has very good structure.
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8/5/2015 - WineGuyX wrote: 93 Points
This was a bit more reticent than past bottles. Once finally open, this is very delicious, but not as aromatic as some in the past. This may be entering a dumb phase. This easily has 10+ years under its belt, and might (for the first time) be better after 3-5 years slumber. Still thick, rich and concentrated with plenty of tannin. 93 df 9.2
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1/11/2015 - vin0vin0 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Mighty fine CdP. Crushed black cherry, subtle chocolate and a touch of anise on the palate, with a slight hint of menthol on the nose. There's medium grained tannins along with some medium acidity to balance out the ripe dark fruit on the medium to long finish.
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6/3/2014 - WineGuyFL wrote: 92 Points
Classic and pleasing. Good value.
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5/29/2013 - Jeff Leve wrote: 92 Points
Ripe, supple and already delicious, the wine is sweet, fat and filled with fresh, jammy berries and licorice. The wine was produced using 100% organic farming techniques and was consulted by Philippe Cambie.
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11/18/2012 - Sascha76 wrote:
Voller Kraft, Intensität und Nachhaltigkeit - über einem präsenten Grundton von dunklen Beeren vielfältige Aromen mit Akazienholz, Würze und Blütendüften. Klar definierte Struktur, reife Tannine und gewaltige Intensität, ein Erfolgsmodell aus einem Gewinnerjahrgang.
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