Funky nose that needed 15 min in the decanter to blow off all kinds of VA, brett, reduction and what have you. Then came in his own. Lots of garrigue, farmyard funk and earthy elements intermixed with red fruit, blueberry and spice. 14% Alc, they did not go overboard with the alc luckily
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ESTG does Pegau-Palooza (Seattle, WA, USA): White pepper, TANNINS, so, so spicy, so structured. This particular bottle is unusually tannic, reserved and powerful. There was a lot of debate about this wine, because many of us have had MANY bottles of the 2004 which is usually quite opulent and approachable. The general structure and reserve of this particular bottle was unusual, as none of us have ever encountered a closed bottle before. All that said, I revisited the last few ounces on day 2, and this remained fresh, powerful and shockingly structured.
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Deep dark crimson color. Intensely sweet red fruit and a hint of smoke on the nose. Similar tasting notes - sweet, mildly smoky strawberrries and sweet red plums on the nose.
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Blind, 3 hour decant. Garnet in the glass. Not much nose, for me.
Not many notes to this one. Thought it was a Syrah with the mild pepper notes. Didn't seem Grenache to me. My bad. Just didn't do a whole lot to float my boat. Again, probably just my palate.
One of the Chinese New Year wines, welcoming the Dragon. Very popular tonight. Right off the bat, highly aromatic with farmyard funk, oak, dark and red fruit. I like the freshness here and the relatively moderate alcohol. Remains very drinkable, not a bruiser as so often seen in this region.
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4th Saturday Brown Bagger (J&S’s): Blind, though easy to pick out as our bottle of Pegau in the flight. A bit lighter in color, I had placed this toward the end of the table with the lighter wines so that it would end up in the first flight. Aromas of cherry liqueur, dried herbs/garrigue and red berry fruit with the signature Pegau funk underneath. Medium-bodied, with soft tannin and nice acidity. Lovely red berry fruit on the palate, with subtle spice accents. Finishes with good length.
I think it faded a bit and would have shown a little better a couple of hours earlier in the first flight, although other tasters enjoyed this very much. At peak for my palate, now through 2025.
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What a beautiful wine, even better than the last bottle enjoyed in December 2011. PnP. At peak maturity; displays a deep garnet color with a small ruby core. A potpourri of deep, complex, and persistent aromas and flavors showing decaying forest floor, smoked meat, dried herbal tones, seasoned sandalwood, old shoe leather, stale cherry pipe tobacco, crushed fennel, dried fig, stewed cherry, chewy plum, day old raspberry preserves and a mineral laden vein of red iron ore. Rich and balanced mouthfeel with red fruits, oak, tannin and acids all in perfect harmony. Enjoyed with left over, smoked beef tenderloin. Very long finish, which really enhances and adds to the enjoyment of the smoked meat. At nineteen years, I doubt this will improve much more, but I think this will drink well over the next 1-2 years and possibly beyond.
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Oh man, if you like barnyard funk, then this wine is for you. Funky and gamey on the nose with red cherry and strawberry fruit. However, this has now really given way at this point to the tertiary notes of leather,, tobacco, forest floor, mushrooms and herbs. Still has some nice acidity and good long finish. I would drink now and over the next couple of years as it's probably at its peak.
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Fabulous. Our 3rd of 4. Decanted and drank over 3 hours. A classic CDP. Gorgeous funky complex bouquet. Super smooth palate. Dark fruits, truffle, leather, bacon fat, spices, mushroom and a lovely long finish. The wine has definitely entered its mature phase. I love how this wine has evolved over the years - it's always different and always a treat.
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A Rhône Rapture (K&L Wine Merchant - San Francisco): Dat funk. Wet, rotting mulch, dried dates and red plums, forest floor after a heavy rain, and damp twigs. Surprisingly, hasn't gotten to the point of complete funk where you're taken aback.
On the palate were spiced dark red fruits, a fleeting damp tree bark, bright and shiny minerals on the finish, with a clean and comforting steeped tea as well.
I've come to enjoy Pégau after having gotten used to the funk and all. I prefer this maybe a bit younger for fresher fruits with the funk. Still good now though.
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Premium Rhône Tasting (K&L Wines, San Francisco): Muddled garnet with fading. The Pegau "magic sauce" (i.e., a touch of brett) on the nose. Complex faded but gently sweet red fruit, earth, excellent acidity, and a tobacco/tannic finish. Nicely fluid but completely resolved and probably attenuating at this point.
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Fully resolved and in all of its glory with softening aromas of black raspberry licorice, leather and underbrush that lead to sweet, lively, dark fruited and savory chestnut flavors that fade on the finish.
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Not budged too much in the 4 years since last tasted, with sumptuous fruit (blackberry and blueberry), herbal tones, great depth, well balanced showing no heat with not too much in the way of tertiary flavors or aromas. Excellent tonight, probably close to peak but would stay there for some time.
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Drank over a few days poured via Coravin. Exceptional CdP. Perfect cork. Dark garnet color. Elegant spice. A subtlety of earth and dirt. Leather and berries and toasted oak. Sublime
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This is beautifully classic CNdP as it has gained back a good bit of the funk I had found missing in previous bottles. Wonderful depth of ripe fruit and glorious spices. Cries out for braised meat, lamb or a great stew. 93+
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Siggy's Annual BBQ (Chez Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN): Medium-dark red color. Small glass. These '04 Pegau's are always very good. I love this vintage, elegant, full of perfume, dried garrigue, earth, soil, raspberry, spice, a touch of anise.
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I have probably tried this vintage 8-9 times over the past 10 years and i feel this was my best bottle so far. Very well integrated, textbook mature CdP. I don’t think it will tremendously improve from here but it gives me a bit of confidence it will stay great for a while (to be confirmed by another bottle, as i have been drinking many bottles due to past perception it was going downhill). So great bottle of the lot or it indeed improved: other comments seem to indiicate this might be the latter. A few notches below the Pegau 2001 drunk earlier this year.
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Textbook 2004, perfect cork, dark, ripe grilled plums, smoke, blood, white pepper, spicy herbs, this has so much energy from first sip to last. Mmmm, pure raspberry, still chewy tannins, this is aging glacially.
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Excellent++. Though it has passed peak, this is drinking terrifically now. Just what you'd expect: Pegau + aged character. Just hints of barnyard, garrigue, old leather, plums and subtle prune, toasted earth, spice and a dash of kirsch. Nice on PnP and over a couple of hours. What a great pairing with braised lamb neck and white beans - more of an Italian preparation with some garlic and tomato in the beans, so I almost pulled an old Barbaresco, but I had the itch for this and glad I went with it.
14% abv
80% Grenache 9% Syrah 6% Mourvedre 5% others
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4th Saturday Group brown bagger (R&S's): Double blind. Light color. Plum, earth and red berry fruit with an herbal overtone. Herbs and red fruit on the palate. There's just the slightest hint of brett in there too, giving this away as the Pegau once we knew one was in tonight's lineup. (MM)
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As before. This is showing a few wrinkles and distinguished grey hairs. Still dashingly handsome and continues to make you wobble at the knees, though this may be at its peak.
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This needed 1+ hours airtime to flesh out. Straight out of the bottle it was thin and tart. After some air, it put on a pleasant weight and the nose also became more noticeable with barnyard, tar, plum, cherry coke. Most importantly it avoids the stewed prune and cloying jamminess that I think many CDP succumb to. It has a medium body and enough acidity and tannin to go well with food - falafel and pita. Also went well with chocolate and cheddar post dinner.
Update: 2 days later finished the rest of bottle after Coravin. The wine has become a bit lighter bodied, but with softer tannins and a velvety texture. Really delightful now. I think that I prefer this to the first evening (even after 1+ hours air time).
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This is what I want when I drink Chateauneuf du Pape, and it’s why I started out collecting them. So many changed direction but Pegau stayed true to the region. Dark cherry on the nose. On the palate, it is more subdued. It is herbaceous with prominent black pepper, black olive, and tannic. I’m glad to have 2 more, because there is so much life left.
Loved the mild spices and woodsy qualities; dark fruit and some chocolate too. Excellent cork, very mild tannin and a little sediment, but the fruit is beginning to fade away.
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Started off a bit subdued but really grew into a nice cherry, earthy iron flavor and nice persistence. Probably not getting any better at this point, but drinking very well.
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Medium to dark garnet. Nose is very expressive and gives off sweet cigar box, lovely burnt earth, trace of lavender. Palate has some mineral and iron, dark plum and anise. Very nice power into the finish and it's lengthy. Already more open after 20 minutes with palate displaying some black pepper and meaty notes into the finish.
Didn't take me to the highs a previous bottle of this did a few years ago, but still quite good.
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Very cool, tar, leather, cherry and plum and prune syrup, lavender notes with a little brett, melted licorice; soft and slightly sweet/ripe attack; lots going on, in good shape but at its peak IMHO. Seattle at Eric's
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2004 Domaine Pegau CDP Reserve Cellared since purchase Coravined x 2 nights, then opened on night 3. Purple color to the rim with abundant legs. The nose contained black fruit and tobacco. The palate revealed a big, rich, young tasting wine with mouth filling fruit. There was very good balance and a freshness to the wine. The tannins were soft and integrated. There was a 20 + second, spiced finish. 2004 was not a heralded vintage in southern Rhone (or anywhere in Europe) but this wine showed the influence of a really good producer. I agree with other reviews, it has come around beautifully. 94 Pts. I have one more bottle I will drink alongside of the 2004 Cuvee Laurence.
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Remains a wonderful wine. So very much a Pegau, beefblood, garrigue etc, sweet Grenache galore - and yet the lightness of the vintage. IMHO this is for drinking now, won't improve, so great though.
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The 2004 Pegau has never disappointed. Completely resolved, but with plenty of life ahead. Some funk, but not the main note. Lots of raspberry, smoky garrigue and silkiness. Really great with hanger steak. Totally underrated on release.
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südliche rhone at its best. wunderbar jetzt zu trinken. alles sehr harmonisch und trinkfreudig. kann sicherlich auch noch liegen, wird aber nicht mehr besser werden.
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developed ruby color, but with a beautiful touch of translucence and haziness.
fantastic nose. expressive and intense. red fruit jam, cherry herring, herbs, fennel. no hint of alcohol. black olive and oak spiciness
fantastic acid. rich with definite oxidation but there's amazing freshness to the fruit. medium-bodied. very herb-tincture-like. slight brininess. tannin presents as mild astringence. overall very savory
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Absolutely delicious for my Rhone loving senses. Perfect cellar life. Decanted, filtered & aerated. Mid-light sediment with big nose explosion. Definite bricking yet remained bright on the palate with lively dark red fruit & funky herbal blood sausage complexity. Longgg finish resolving to spiced vanilla is so nice. A perfect pairing with fresh angel hair pasta, fresh tomato, herbs & mushroom cream sauce and seasoned grilled chicken. Yummy!
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Decanted 30 minutes, lovely Pegau, beautiful balance, cedar, cigar box, plums, truffles, figs, white pepper, fine tannins. What a pleasure to drink, very complex and ready to consume but should hold for several more years.
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Bright medium dark red. Intense nose, red cherry and berry fruit, spice, raw meat, iron and thyme. Dry rich spicy berry flavours and a long balanced red berry finish.
I opened this hours before the tasting, decanted it and gave it a sniff. Poured it back and corked it. No need to give it air.
I love this wine.
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Deep, dark garnet in color with slight clearing at the edges. Full, fragrant & attractive nose of ripe fruit aromas of dark cherries, blackberries & plums, with overtones of kirsch & garrigue notes, Provençal herbs, earthy/dusty, spice notes of cinnamon, anise, pepper, mushrooms, leather, tobacco, minerals & cedar undertones in the background. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of blackberries, dark cherries & plums, pepper, spices, toasted oak & a hint of vanilla. Smooth lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present & at 18 years of age, I doubt any further development for continued aging would occur.
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This is a masculine powerful CdP made from a blend of 13 grape varieties with 80% Grenache, also a splash of Grenache Blanc. Intense and rich aroma of barnyard, leather, dried plums and raspberries, garrigue, exotic spices, dried herbs, roasted meat, tobacco. Full body, explosively rich, powerful and concentrated with dried sweetish berry flavours, smoky, meaty and herbal layers, saline hue, well structured with firm sandy tannins, long rustic dry fruit finish.
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Crazy to say that this one required a healthy decant at 18 years old. But it did. Even then after an hour, it seemed like there was more in reserve. Black fruit, aged, truffle and mushroom. Yet the extended huff was surprisingly youthful. The palate is dark fruit, brambly fig, dirty black cherry, mint and baking spice. Black pepper finish. Still a lot of acidity and would have done very well with another 5-10 years of bottle aging. This one showed well with a decant, but probably 10 years away from a pop and pour.
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Faded muddy ruby; fairly clean nose for Pegau, licorice, stewed plum, med. creamy, sediment, bubble gum wrapper notes, in a good place now. Drink up. AT M-Pole xmas dinner. Note: H also brough a 2004 Pegau blind and they were distinctly different (his was more brown, and muddier, earthier,more Bordeaux-like)--he left his out of the cellar at his home with some other wines for a year prior to tonight! Quite a difference.
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Tasted immediately after a decant. That took a while. Lots of fine sediment. The nose is magnificent. Vibrant and polished fruit, spice and just the right tannic touch. To my taste a bit understated for a CdP but it is dazzling. Beautiful validation for aging these bottles.
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Tasted in a set of 2004's, this stands out as proper Pegau: blood, stones, beef, the song of la Crau with the cool sense from the vintage. Great, great wine - will go on. #Bagnols-en-Forêt
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Steve Sigmond's 50th Birthday (Minneapolis, MN): It's not really possible to compare Pegau to Rayas, but I thought this held its own incredibly well. Laurence blended all of the white grapes into the Cuvee Reservee in 2004, and I have always found this to be an usually soaring, vibrant and energetic vintage of that wine. This was a perfect bottle with textbook garrigue and savory, bloody, plummy notes echoing on a peppery, vibrant and explosive palate. Delicious, absolutely delicious.
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Crimson in color. 14% ABV. Super nose of red fruits, garrigue, lavender and roasted herbs. Medium body with medium acidity. Fresh, rich and clean with a great core of sweet fruit. Well balanced. Kirsch, blood, tapenade and cracked pepper on the palate. Exceptional length on the finish with silky tannins. For me this was always one of the wines of the vintage and it is still drinking beautifully at 17 years of age. I’ll open my last bottle in 2024.
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Slow ox for five hours. Classically styled, medium bodied, fully mature and almost Burgundian in style. The wine shows flavors of blackberry, raspberry, smoke, spice and roast meat. This is in a perfect drinking window now where the wine is still reasonably vigorous but it’s inherent complexity is coming through. This is not one for the ages so I would drink in the next five years
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Wow, gained complexity since the last time I had this. Less fruit forward, absolutely captivating. Next (last) bottle by 2026 or so, when I expect it to be in a very nice place.
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As my notes suggest, I just love this wine. It’s big, full, sweet, complex, somehow balanced, wild, fun and groovy. Approaching end of peak in 750, I have a few more bottles that I will drink over the next few years. Just a kaleidoscope of southern France goodness. In your face in the best sort of way. (97)
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Delicious blackberry, garrigue, smoked meats, and lavender on the expressive nose and layered palate with silky tannins on the long finish. Drinking beautifully! Paired beautifully with lamb ragu.
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Brought to dinner out so no formal notes; very consistent, as in consistently good! Varied level of appreciation within the group, depending on one’s appreciation of garriigue, galets, roasted meats, BRETT and Chateauneuf. Scores in the group ranged from 91-94, I was at 92 and continue to love this wine. Regrettably just a few left from 2 cases purchased.
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From a magnum. Ninety-minute decant. Wine was not very aromatic during decant. Clear; still very dark purple in the glass, no amber. In the glass, a wonderful nose of black fruit, leather, smoked meat, lavender and mesquite. In the mouth, smooth as can be! Fruit had incredible depth: plums and blackberries all bound up by some allspice. Long finish suggesting ripe cherries and a hint of anise. Everyone at the table (and some staff at the restaurant) was blown away by this wine. It has a long life ahead of it in the magnum format at this plateau.
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Opened with an Easter dinner of Provencal-inspired grilled leg of lamb. The wine was purity itself, silken in texture, no trace of heaviness or heat. It serves as a reminder of what CdP can be when it's not overextracted and heavy.
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Ah, the juice. Absolutely singing tonight, with beef blood galore, yet with a light touch - not to be confused with thin, cause there is plenty here. This is classic Pegau and a firm reminder to buy them in the less ballyhooed vintages - the price is better and often so is the wine. Drinking a point, no signs of decline whatsoever. #Kandestederne
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Wonderful! If ever you want a mature CnP, this is it. Tannins fully integrated, complex dark flavors with a hint of tobacco, currant and so much more. Drink up in the next 18-24 months
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purple with dark burnt brick, cloudy and med. faded rim; stewed cherry, stewed tomato, touch sweet like cough syrup, wet clay, anise, barnyard, potting soil; smooth entry, resolving lower tannins, hint sweet note but with bitter old wood notes in the finish. faint hint of brett, med + body but a bit hot. Nice, in a very good place now, perfect with Burgers never say Die. 91-92
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With only one of my original case left, its been a lot of ups and downs but this bottle was definitely an up. Gorgeous, still a little tight with significant tannins so I'll save my last one but nicely tasting its age. Lots of sediment so you have to decant for sure. Good fruit despite its age. Great bottle overall.
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From our cellar. Decanted and drank over 3 hour window. Beautiful and fully mature wine. Huge nose. Very traditional in style. Big wine, full bodied, still lots of fruit, herbs, spices, meaty and earthy flavors. Secondary characteristics are in full swing as well as some funk (which dissipated over time). Very complex and a well made wine. Occasionally a little bitterness was detected. Probably 3-5 years left at this stage.
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From a bottle purchased upon release and cellared under ideal conditions, decanted and consumed over three hours, this deep garnet blend of 80% Grenache, 9% Syrah, 6% Mourvèdre and 5% other allowed varietals (all from very old vines) delivers immediately expressive aromas upon decanting. Dark bramble fruit, plum, garrigue, cinnamon, smoked meat, earth and pipe tobacco scents are front and center, later to be mirrored by similar flavors on the palate. Full-bodied, fresh and with unnoticeable alcohol (listed as 14%), this still carries enough tannic grip (in the face of plentiful fruit) to ensure that it will continue to provide enjoyment for several more years. Drink now-2025.
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Drank almost a case of this wine through the years. Ripe and full, with raspberry fruit, garrigue, savory herbs, and provencal character. I always thought the fruit was a little roasted in this vintage, and this bottle is no different. Finish is a little bitter. Not quite as good as Boursan Felix or Beaucastel in the same vintage IMHO. Still, an excellent Pegau with plenty of life left.
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Slow oxed for 30 min. This bottle isn’t as good as the last one as it has a bit more funk. Black currant, leather and spice on the nose. The palate shows black fruits, smoked meats, and spice mixed with a bit funk. There is still a fair amount of tannin still showing through also. Overall this is still an impressive wine particularly for. Vintage but it might be on the decline now as the fruit component seems to be fading relative to the earth and funk.
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Oh man....love this! Typical barnyard funk and game on the nose with red cherry and strawberry fruit but has mainly given way to the secondary flavors now. Mid-palate notes of pepper, licorice, tobacco, earth, leather and cured meat. Still has some acidity left with savory, smooth tannins and wonderful long finish. Beautiful wine right now...can certainly pop now or still let go for a couple years.
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Thanksgiving turkey dinner opened along with a 2010 No Girls Grenache. Short decant for sediment this was drinking well from the start. Some typical barnyard aged CdP funk gamey aromas. Sappy cherry fruits and tobacco giving way to strong secondary flavors. This faded after 2-3 hours while the younger by 6 years No Girls Grenache kept on opening for several hours more but it was good while it lasted. No long decant needed.
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Beautiful mix of fruit, spice, and herbaceous notes. As others have suggested, this is now in prime time and should drink at its peak for several years. Great Pegau
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Became fuller and richer the first 2 hours. Became more elegant and seamless the last 2. It’s been fun following this wine with 6 bottles. One left. Gets better and better. Last one during next few years.
Bullseye. This bottle is drinking absolutely perfectly right now. Primary flavors have fully given way to secondary, and they're marvelous. This is why one keeps the right CdPs for well more than a decade. If you have this wine, please try it now. A marvelous mature wine that beats all but the very best Rhone varietals in their youth.
Réservée and Laurence tasted together - both 16 years old and both purchased at the Domaine in April 2008; both medium dark red; R pronounced well-known typical Pegau barnyard, rank and intense, L more tobacco and licorice, less fierce and fiery, more quiet and assembled; R soft, rank, sweet, caramel, slightly tannic end, L masculine, tobacco, smoke with soft mellow tones at the end; two different styles, both quite good, “best” depends on taste, occassion and food; final vote to L, although R impresses with its sweetness; if no food would go with R, but L “envelops” better with the food (Moussaka in this instance)
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Almost nine years since the last bottle. Still very good, and it doesn’t seemed to have changed much. I really like this vintage and won’t rush to drink my last bottle.
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Pure Southern France joy in a glass. Lovely red fruited palate combined with garrigue notes, thyme, lavender, mint - a hint of leather and tobacco. This is still very fresh, airy, shows no signs of fatigue. Old school neuf, no bells and whistles. Love it.
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From a 500 ml bottle. I haven't had a lot of luck with CDPs lately, as I have found them increasingly heavy and painful to have more than one or two glasses. This bottle was different. It was open for business almost right away, with a smooth, velvety texture and classic Pegau plums, garrigue and a hint of brett/funk. Certainly not light, but much lighter and more balanced than other CDPs I've had lately. Ready now, certainly in secondary mode, but lots of life left (A-).
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Getting down to the last few of my original case. I'm going to keep these last two a few more years. Deep, deep red with aromas of blueberries on pour. Looks amazing with gorgeous color. A little cloudy in the glass at first but that seemed to burn off. Fabulous fruit for a 16 year old bottle. Integrated tannins. Finish borders a little on sweet but not overly so. A wonderful effort.
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Crimson in color. 14% ABV. Stunning nose of red fruits, garrigue, lavendar and leather. Medium body with exquisite acidity. Concentration and power that belies 16 years of bottle age. Clean and well balanced. Cherries, kirsch liqueur, spiced plums and pepper on the palate. Tremendous length on the finish. Rustic, yet fresh and absolutely delicious. Great CdP from an overlooked vintage. This wine will drink well for at least another 2-4 years.
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The second bottle confirmed my previous impression of this classic aromatic fully matured CdP: plumb, dry fruits, red dates, licorice, mid-to-long finish. Enjoy it!
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Probably my favorite CdP of all time. Tasted a dozen times, this bottle shows a great wine at the end of its optimum peak. Deep color is starting to brick. The nose is heaven: wild berries and the purest garrique you will ever encounter. The palate is velvet with notes of pepper and the south of France. Not elegant, but an impactful mouthful of the sun splashed region. I love it. Drink up. (98)
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Mittelgewichtig! Gute Struktur mit merklicher Säure. Würze und Frucht gut im Einklang! Verträgt viel Luft und auch noch einige Jahre Keller. Eine positive Überraschung über den Erwartungen! Trinken!
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Very balanced and full of class. I drank it a night after drinking an 05 from another producer. The 05 had stronger fruit but a real edge to it. This 04 pegau was gorgeous, rounded, and classy. Not a hard edge to be found. I think it's got some time left, but I won't hesitate to open my other.
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Graceful and polished although it took a couple of hours in a decanter to get there. Tight and anonymous at first but it opened up with some air. A superb nose and complex in mouth. Soft ripe fruit, garigue and spice. My wife is getting a little funk but I am not. Only one left but no rush.
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Bretty and starting to show tired on the palate. Tough to get past the earthy animal nose. The palate is back fruits somewhat rich and slightly tired. Drink up.
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Tasted over 2 hrs -mild bricking -glorious full mature sousbois spiced plum vinyl -med/med- acidity, med weight though quite concentrated almost unctuous softly berry earthy fruit with a little spice and animale, med tannins are soft and plush if still fairly prominent, excellent length punctuated with a licorice note -fully mature graceful (for a CdP) and aging well, lovely wine in a somewhat underrated vintage but to be expected for Pégau
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My last of 3 btls. This terroir driven wine screams the rocky, brushy terrain of the southern Rhone. First taste were a little lean and tight so slow oxed in glass and btl for 3 hours. Drank from Riedel Burg glasses. Mature ruby red with 1/2" of bricking on sides. I love the big nose with tons of garrigue, hint of leather, a little funk & red fruit. The garrique carries over to the red fruited palate as does the leather element. There is compelling complexity that keeps you guessing and intrigued to the last drop. A great pairing with Bison burgers. or just fun to smell and sip stand alone after an hour or 3 of slow ox air. Throwing a lot of sediment so pour carefully! Or, decant. 14% alc. Fully mature, I'd drink up within 3 years. Defiantly old school and one of only 2or 3 CDPs I still enjoy. There are likely other small, under the radar, producers in CDP I'm unaware of who might travel in the same direction. Too many are too over the top today for my liking.
Incredible nose of smoky bacon, black fruits, and leather. Flavors of fig, baking spices, and forrest are all well balanced with a fresh acidity that is impressive at 16 years old. A real treat.
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Wow! What a very nice and fresh Chateauneuf! Shiny and light red colour. Smoky nose with red fruits in the back, some vanilla. Beautiful fresh taste with nice equilibrium of acids, fruit and some tannin bitterness. The chateauneufs nowadays often lack the 'freshness = some acidity and bitterness to balance the fruit and high alcohol. But Laurence and her team really got it right in this vintage! Bravo! Sadly it was my last bottle 2004 and it was so good, that I drunk it before it could evolve in the decanter.
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Taste: The feel is Medium bodied with medium- acidity that's a bit flabby and slightly bitter, medium+ tannins. The structure is slightly off-kilter but the feel is lovely with black cherries, black raspberries, licorice, tobacco, garrigue, and violets.
Overall: This was surprising when revealed. It seemed more advanced than I'd expect from this.
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Last bottle of the '04, sadly. This bottle was also very good, but not the stellar showing of the last couple of bottles. This one was a bit disjointed for awhile, and needed quite a bit of air to start to come around. It was pretty nice in the end, but the last two bottles were at another level.
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Just now beginning to wake up from a deep cellar nap. Closed on the nose. Decanted for 3+ hours then it woke up. Had 3 glasses and saved the next one for day 2. On Day 2, it was complex and layered. I wish I had more. No hurry to drink this if you have more. Delish. This a bottle that didn't show much Brett. Bonus.
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Classic CDP. Beautiful notes of fig, dates, and dry fruits, very smooth. The wine is fully matured, but the well-defined integrated structure suggests that it will continue to perform for many years if left in the cellar.
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This is absolutely rocking right now! Amazing sense of complex, classic barnyard "wild child". Not for the faint of heart. Strap yourself in for this one! 93+
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Well this is quite stunning to see how healthy and majestic it remains after 15 years of age. Stunning aromas of dark fruits, slight asian soy, lavender and great earthiness which I enjoy so much. Brooding and yet waves and waves of flavors following each sip and comforting my soul with its lush texture. This reminds of a wonderful lower tone of a beautiful viola sound and it has many years ahead. A superb wine at a peak stage which will last for quite a while.(I hope) Cheers,
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Very expressive nose of kirsch, bacon fat, herbs (thyme and oregano), blackberry and plum. Palate was ready to go right away and this bottle was at peak/plateau in terms of maturity. Very good but needs food to truly shine.
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A wild wine with almost everything in abundance... Color only is a medium garnet. Nose is explosive with wild Mediterranean herbs, cured meat, barnyard, olives and macerated fruit. Sweet and full bodied on the palate with plenty of alcohol (which does not get hot though), mellow tannins and moderate acidity . Full taste and long finish. A wine to pair with hearty rustic dishes. Very enjoyable if you're in the mood for such a beast...
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Clear light red. Great savoury nose, meat, earth, dried mushrooms and some nice red fruit. Delicious dry peppery red cherry flavours and a long dry finish.
Perfect balance and textbook Rhône nose.
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Ruby red. Heavy sediment. Plush, sweet cherry liqueur, some savory black olive and meat notes on finish. Very fresh and energetic- another terrific bottle.
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Everyone is spot on, with an hour of air this is a classic, middle aged traditionally made cdp. Full on sandalwood, roses and dusty, shroom laden earth notes on the nose give way to a crunchy raspberry leather palate. Refined and powerful, still fresh. Absolutely delicious and drinking at peak for me.
Brought to a wine tasting group BBQ. Of over 20 wines tasted, this was the consensus wine of the night. As amazing as everyone thought it was, I regret that it didn't last long enough to open fully and show it's full potential. I'd sure love to get my hands on more of this.
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A really great showing here with rewardingly rich and complex waves of sundried black cherry, black currant, tar, bresaola, leather and bags of spice. Has quite a firmly tannic finish and the fruit seems very well supported so wouldn’t be surprised if this keeps going for a while. 94
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With family at Tumalo Feed Company in Bend Oregon. PnP. Similar to bottle of this we had last year. Still very vibrant and complex. Went well with a variety of dishes which included halibut, chicken and grilled meats. Seems to have plenty of life left. Perhaps not as great as the 2003 version of this, but an excellent CdP nonetheless.
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Just an amazing wine. Drank over the course of 5 hours and it continued to develop and change the entire time. Initial nose of barnyard and palate was all earth with little fruit. Half an hour and black cherry, blackberry and blueberry exploded; another hour showed cherry cola and licorice; soon leather and cedar joined in. Hard to imagine a more pleasurable CDP. Went great with a grilled sirloin.
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Lavender, thyme, leather, and bloody meats on the nose. A little bretty at first, but it is Pegau. Mid to full bodied, but carrying its weight well. Savory more than fruity on the palate, meaty like roast pheasant, with Provencal herbs, and some red berry fruits under the more savory main tones. this has excellent texture, without any heaviness, and a sense of balance that is admirable. Lovely classic CdP drinking at peak. 93
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Exceeding all expectations. Some barnyard upon uncorking, but that blew off after a half hour decant. Black and blue fruit, smoky meat, garrigue, pepper and cedar on the palate. Well-rounded tannin still prominant, and lively acid with a long finish. Superb.
This is mature.....darker flavors and less typical CDP flavors.....guesses again ranged from supertuscan to bordeau. A good drink for sure, but not typical. My last. Now on to some 2006's
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drinking really well. the second one wasn't corked. great color and depth. a bit soft on the palate but good concentration. just becoming a mature wine although still more primary than secondary.
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Celebrating CellarTracker's Fifteenth Anniversary (Seattle, WA): This has always been one of my favorite vintages of Pegau, and this opens up as an exceptionally meaty and vibrant bottle. Absolutely screaming of garrigue yet with a different energy than many other vintages. As I recall, in this vintage the entire white production went into this red wine. The only troubling note was some funkiness and a hint of oxidation that crept in as we sat with the bottle. I have every reason to believe it was a proper example (I have been drinking bottles from this same case for years and the cork was perfect), but there was just a hint of tiredness that started to show up in the wine. No matter, it is always a treat, but I am going to start drinking up my last ones while this is still a background note.
Delicious wine at its peak. Sublime nose which will take you in the Provence region with its generous sun and gorgeous landscape of lavander, wild flower and meticulously kept wine yards.(if you have imagination) On the palate it is gorgeous with superb caressing texture yet generous at same time coating every corner of your palate with rich, suave fruits, sweet in the most natural manner. Slightly earthy but oh boy that earthiness would be such an example of how a suave earthiness would be all about... this gem simply makes everyone on the table so happy and satisfied to have in their glasses and savor every moment of it. It has its own soul, coming from Chateauneuf du Pape and couldn't be from anywhere else and at its best. Cheers,
Last tasted in August 2015. Improved after c 2 hours decanting. Decent nose and finish. Lacked a bit of structure. Is this now past it’s best or was this bottle an (underwhelming) anomaly?
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This is ready to go. This is becoming a much softer and more subdued version of what it was even 5 to 6 years ago. Gone is the harsh alcohol and the pruny tastes. What shines through is a nice example of what an elegant well-balanced Pegau should taste like. Lots of dark blackberry and some provincial herbs on the nose with similar replays on the palate. Very nice. 93
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Found this in a corner, and it is singing. Compared to he 2001 tasted a few days before, this is certainly lighter with a more pregnant acidity, but the good old beef blood and iron is certainly present. Fine fullness, fine balance. #Kandestederne
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Still fresh and with some lightness of being, despite it's hardcore body of beef blood and local Grenache, garrigue. This really shows of the underrated vintage. While mature, the fruit is fresh, primary even - this has years to go - but I do not see a reason to wait, won't get better.
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PnP and consumed bottle over 4 hours. Medium ruby, getting lighter at the edges. Really pretty and delicate nose. Red fruit mixed with floral elements, pepper and game; maybe a touch of cumin. Medium to full in body.
Palate is bursting with energy. Sappy red fruit with a mineral beam underlying it. Juicy and silky. Some lightly grippy tannins with a touch of dust at the finish. The nose might just be perfect - intoxicating and complex. Drinking perfectly.
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Quite a bit of sediment, took roughly 90 minutes to open. A bit past it’s time. Tertiary notes, Amber in color, lacking a bit of that classic finish from Du Pape
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My last bottle of the ‘04. For me I think is just past peak. Smooth, integrated, softer than prior bottles. Mild hints of Brett but comparatively clean bottle. Red fruited, mostly tertiary fruit at this point. Strong sandalwood influence. Nice aromatics but not as complex or potent as a bottle a few years ago.
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Served alongside the 2000, along with some mild Indian food, this was quite spectacular. Fruitier than the 2000, it was also richer in texture, but also mostly resolved, and so drinking very well. There was plenty in reserve, but as I said about the 2000, why not drink it now while it is so delicious.
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Brought up from the cellar two hours. Dark and cloudy dark garnet color. Nice nose of Pegau fruit with its’ true guarigue mixed with tart Cherry fruit. Oxidation is changing this flavor quickly. The guarigue is dissipating with oxidation which I will miss, but this bottle is drinking great. EG #ArchitecturalArtistry #WineArchitect
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This is the stuff you want. Deep, mature with that Pegau twang on the backend. Three hours after opening and it’s still singing. Drink now or over the next 5-7 years.
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It is drinking beautifully with terrific balance; open and full, wonderful fruit, maturing but still vibrant and in younger side, will age well for much time to come
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With friends at Harvey's restaurant in Ashland, Oregon. This bottle was even better than the one I opened last year. Somewhat similar notes, but this one was a bit more intense, yet very elegant. Still quite complex. This surely must be at its peak.
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First bottle of the 2004 in 9 years! It is in an absolutely great spot. meats, garrigue, herbs and floral elements, with lots of still bright red fruits. Very nicely balanced.
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I’ve drunk a lot of Pegau CR over the past 25 years, the best being the magnificent 1990 drunk in ‘96. Price increases have now made this less attractive. I think this is the last bottle in the cellar. That said the is one of the very best bottles encountered. Ruby red with moderate sediment. A strong nose of raw-meat, anise, forest floor, blackberries, cedar. A clean, mouth filling body leading to a gripping and prolonged finish. A great wine!
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Clean and correct but just slightly boring, hot, and surprisingly young. Still has medium tannins and good acidity so I would sit on this for a few years to see if it develops more interesting flavors.
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Dinner with Rick Born. With half an hour of air, this bottle was beautiful. So much balance and complexity. Lively red fruit, garrigue, minerality, good acidity. Really outstanding. These will be good for at least a few more years, but drinking great now with a short decant.
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Hommage a DryCab - Washington Wines release; 5/3/2018-5/5/2018 (Various spots in Walla Walla): From a 3L. To be fair there was a minority of folks who thought this might be corked. I didn't get that at all, but my tolerance for brett is higher than average. To me it was lovely. That sweet, candied, cherry flavor that a good grenache can producer. Paired with a white pepper. Very fresh and young tasting. Went back to revisit and it was gaining some more structure with some time, but overall quite nice.
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I gave up on Pegau after experiencing too many disappointing bottles. This one was super clean with glorious aromatics. The palate was herbaceous with dark fruit, tannic, and a little rustic. Pegau can be a crap shoot, and this 2004 is a winner.
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Great nose. Red and black fruit, garrigue, anise, tobacco and floral notes. Graceful and polished. Plenty of life still but excellent now. One of the best CDP's I've had lately.
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Brought to Lento for dinner with Manny. Took a little while to open up but then this was really nice. Good fruit, lots of complexity, no issues with brett at all on this bottle. Was really liked by all.
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Beautiful nose. This is mellowing very nicely. Red and black fruit, garigue, anise, tobacco and floral notes. Graceful and polished. Plenty of life still but excellent now. .... added a point after three hours of air. It keeps getting better.
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Every bottle of Pegau is a crapshoot. Took a while to figure whether this was funk or cork. Cork won out, just enough to ruin the wine, which I tried over a few hours.
NOTHING TO ADD. Here is my review from two years ago, I cannot improve on it. "YES Please. The glass had the legs of a super model, drunk on 14%. Hot, but not on the nose as you would expect. Fruity but classier in its thin-ness than the usual Pegau rustic offering. Really a very nice wine showing the best that CNF has to offer. Drinking well now, a few tannins yet to be resolved but obviously will improve. Drink one a year for the next 10 years." Tho' tannins now resolved.
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For Thanksgiving dinner I decided to open my three oldest bottles of Pegau, a 2001, a 2003 and a 2004. All three were excellent choices for a massive turkey and dressing meal with sweet potatoes, green-bean casserole with bacon, and numerous other food choices. All three vintages were in very different phases. The 2001, unfortunately, had moved well past its prime and definitely had a muted quality that despite three hours of decant would not allow the primary flavors that were so present in its youth to emerge. It was still delicious in its subtle way, but disappointing in that it had faded so far. Hints of fruit and terroir clearly were hiding in there somewhere, but overall there was very little, if any, tannic structure left. Nevertheless, two of the women in our party cited this wine as their favorite of the three. Even so, if you still have any of these, I highly recommend drinking up as soon as possible. The 2003 was the winner, imo, and was still singing with a delicious fruity tartness and gobs of earthy, barnyard terroir. This one, like the 2001, had dropped a weight class even though the decline was not nearly as pronounced. I just remember this wine at the five-year mark being one of the greatest wines I have ever tasted, but, despite its complex brilliance, this particular bottle did not come close to replicating that experience. That it shone above the others was not a surprise considering the high marks this vintage received. Moving on to the 2004, I found this one to be a bit clipped, with less depth and complexity, though still in fine shape and carrying a healthy weight. This vintage just does not stack up with the other two, and even at its peak was a substandard representation of Pegau, imo. I don't want to convey that these wines were not delicious; they all were, and most importantly, all three were a perfect complement to the outstanding meal. But none of them reached the sublime level I have experienced so many times in the past with Pegau and have almost come to expect. Thankfully, these were not the only bottles of these vintages I have owned, so I have tasted all three at much younger ages. To be honest, I have not had much luck with aged wines (10+ years) of any kind lately, and I am becoming more and more of a proponent of drinking them early, or earlier anyway. Whether Bordeaux, Cali cabs, or CDPs, I am finding the five-year mark to be a sweet spot for maximum enjoyment as a general rule, but feel free to disagree.
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Generous CDP drinking well right now. No need to wait. Tasty now. Not as bretty as some vintages. Very integrated now. Had with roast chicken & baked yams. Maybe a little dimension not there any more, but drinking great.
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Vinetasters: Pégaü (1989-2007) (Skokie, IL): Served blind in a Pégaü lineup. This was one of my favourite wines in the lineup, although it was showing surprisingly advanced for its age (it was in comfortable company with the 1989 and 1990). Certainly darker in colour than the others, but the palate has a fairly autumnal sensation as well. Relatively speaking, this isn't too ripe, and there's a bit of barnyard, sweet cherries, and spice. The palate is again structured, but with much more acidity than many of the other wines. My #2, group's #8.
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A bit more saline and less fruit-forward than is the norm for this producer. Otherwise, the meaty, kirschwasser flavors were classic Pegau. Very nice with pan-seared venison medallions.
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Impeccable and virtually unchanged; beefblood, iron, minetality, fine freshness from the vintage, sweet Grenache galore, 2004 remains the overlooked vintage, but it is so fine now from many producers, Pegau not least.
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Surprised at the extent to which this has settled out over the past few years. Deeply colored still; gone are the crazy wild gaminess and green olive rough edges, even nearly all of the BRETTy stink is gone. (Sad, as just a modest amount of that gave complexity and intrigue.) Consider it as having just emerged to drinkability. But hoping it adds back some of the "wild side" and further complexity.
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Still youthful tannin promising to mature further but already at a stage one can enjoy every single sip of this beauty. Splendid CdP indeed showing off its beautiful yet rustic side, healthy fruits mingling with spices, lavender, earth and the texture is surprisingly up lifting. On the nose it invites you to imagine what it would be like to drive through the beautiful landscape of southern rhone and on the palate it brings you up to decide it is time to go back there for a few more visits! Yum... this went so perfectly with roasted lamb. Cheers,
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Ruby with some tawniness at rim. Explosive nose of ripe red fruit and olives. Medium to full bodied with superb, meaty, mouth coating feel. Amazingly fresh pomegranate and fig fruit that is naturally sweet but not stewed. Complex array of savory elements-licorice, bark, and spice. Framed by excellent acidity and an orange twist. No brettanomyces on this bottle. The last of my bottles of this and what a way to finish! I've gravitated away from Chateauneuf, but this is the best I have had in a long while, and everything I used to look for in these wines. Assertive and interesting without being too heady.
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Brought to cousin Mathews to enjoy with grilled lamb and beef. PnP, and was immediately welcomed by a very nice herbal (and somewhat floral) bouquet. Nicely balanced on the palate, tannins have essentially subsided, giving it a smooth yet complex feel. Tasting typical Pegau garrigue, black currants and some meatiness. Went well with both lamb and beef. Perhaps not as great as the 2001 Pegau we had last week, but an excellent CdP nonetheless.
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Medium bodied, ruby red. One of the "cleaner" Pegau's I've ever had- very little to no funk in this. Smooth and well integrated cherry, plum, and currant fruits. This is probably in its peak drinking window, and I suspect it will stay there for quite some time.
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My palate has moved away from CdP over the years and I rarely reach for one these days. It was cold and rainy and something warm and red appealed to me, though, so I grabbed one of these to see how it was showing. Ended up being pleasantly surprised. This was earthy with ripe but not overripe red currants and raspberries, and a small dose of sweaty horse and saddle leather. It had a nice chewiness in mouth with some tannic grip and acid backbone. There was a little cough drop element, which isn't my favorite, but it didn't bother me too much. All in all a nice wine, and one I was happy to drink.
Chateauneuf du pape tasting (at Eli Raban's home, Rehovot): dark translucent red-purple-brown ripe mature red fruits nose, sweet notes, tart, medium-full bodied, soft integrated tannins, well balanced, structured, medium complexity, sour red fruits flavours, sweet & sour finish and aftertatse
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Decanted 30 min, tasted over 2 hrs, bottle from secondary market -ruddy dark red, minimal bricking -plum dark berry and earth -med acidity, subtle remnants of dark fruits and berries, hints of mature elements, tannins mostly resolved and just a touch of warmth on the backend -this bottle more evolved and open than last bottle almost 3 yrs ago, very nice now in a sweet spot squarely on its mature plateau, very Pegau and very '04
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Still going strong, this is splendid and effortless in its showing; garrigue, beefblood, grenache-sweetness, this is comfortfood in a bottle. Worked with the lamb and parmesan-bisquits...
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Dinner at the Marc with friends - One of the more pure Pegau's I've had with fresh fennel, horse lather, dark chalky fruit, garrigue, on a streamlined palate.
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Popped and poured at cellar temperature. This was dark, big, showing plenty of dark, concentrated fruit and some nice funky secondaries. It seems right in the zone, but capable of holding for some time. Had we let it warm and open more I think it would have been even better, but no complaints as this is exactly what you hope for in a Pegau. Good stuff. A-
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Poured at a wine dinner at The Marc in Walla Walla. I usually straddle the fence regarding following a vintage or house debate. I tend to favor vintage, but there are exceptions, Latour, Pontet-Canet, Potensac, Vieux Donjon, Oreno, G. D. Vajra, Gramercy Cellars, Evesham Wood, and now Pegau, after tasting two supposedly off vintages last weekend. This wine was actually a standout of the weekend, truly memorable. It smells and tastes as it should, features striking concentration and depth, great balance, and is true to place. Likely to evolve for several more years. 95-96.
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Hmmmm...no real in depth analysis here as it's from memory over the weekend, but this was a really good bottle. Nose of mushrooms, red fruit, and a touch of Brett. Silky body on the palate with red fruits really coming through. med+ finish with tannins there but fairly integrated and nice spice/acidity on the back-end. This was a good bottle, but overshadowed a bit by the 2013 Cayuse Armada and the 1999 Podere Roche Barolo. That's not a knock on this wine at all, it just speaks to how fantastic those two bottles end up being.
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A superb wine in the making. Not quite at its peak yet but wow, this offers so much life and so much more ahead to look forward to. Beautiful and yet rough fruits show a true profile of the appellation along with lavander, spice, leather and a slight soy sauce(or is it just me )Gorgeous fruits totally at ease with presence of the above scents and aromas. Medium body, full flavors. Cheers,
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Weakest showing I've had yet from a wine I normally love. Loads and loads of bretty spice on the nose and palate crowded out the array of other aromas and flavors I've enjoyed from 2004 Pegau before (and I have a very high brett tolerance). I thought it was going to be a perfect pairing with my wife's Texas chili, but it came across as flat and one-dimensional (that dimension being brett). Totally got outclassed by the Lapierre that preceded it. Bummer.
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Decanted and poured. Dark garnet color, nose of black fruit and brambles. Really drinking very nicely right now, dark fruit (black raspberry) enveloped in earthy, brambly flavors which unfold slowly in your mouth and the finish is once again super long. Well balanced and integrated - sad to see this was the last bottle.
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Gorgeous. Opened and poured a couple of glasses. Consumed about two hours later. Did not decant. It has been standing in the cellar for a couple of weeks. There is a lot of sediment.
Some bricking around the rim. Very perfumed with some cigar box scents that show a bit of age as well. There is some red berry fruit (my wife suggested cherry tobacco) but it's really all about the spices and minerals - garrigue, rocky minerality, anise, and maybe a little iodine. It had a very pleasant barnyard smell on opening, but at the two hour mark that was all but gone. Everything is nicely balanced with a long smooth finish.
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all '04's, all still good, will drink a bit longer. pegau definitely different in style than the other 3, more elegant without any detectable heat, with notes of garrique, minerality, and a touch of barnyard. vielle julienne better balanced than the cristia's which seemed a bit hot and heavy.
(1 tie) vielle julienne (93): better balanced than the cristia's, minimal heat, good acid
(1 tie) pegau cuvee reservee (93) - loved the elegance, balance, garrique, minerality, long lingering finish.
(3rd place) cristia v.v. (92)- seemed a bit oaky (does this wine have oak in it?), a bit overdone in style but still good.
(4th place) cristia renaissance (91) - lesser version of the v.v.
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Ready to go. A great Pegau on the sappy side with lots of sweetness, but all the power to punch you in the face if you laugh at the pink dress! All Pegau elements are in check here...The funk, acidity, the complexity, the length....You know, its a Pegau! Very long, very dry still, very drinkable. Great stuff. Drink
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I've all but disavowed buying any more CDP having mostly lost my grenache mojo with its high Alc and sense of weightiness. But, I dare any lover of traditionally styled, terroir driven wines to not enjoy the hell out of Pegau! This is a wine from somewhere and this wine screams the rocky, brushy terrain of the southern Rhone. I'm guessing the non rave, non "over the top ripe " and non critic's vintage of '04 also contributes to my admiration of this wine with Alc stated at exactly 14% on the label. I decanted it about 2 hours, poured back into the btl just before serving and drank from Riedel Burg glasses. I love the big nose with tons of garrigue, hint of leather, a little funk & red fruit. The garrique carries over to the red fruited palate as does the leather element. The fruit seems a little darker in the mouth and there is compelling complexity that keeps you guessing and intrigued to the last drop. My son in law, who was smitten too, noted that they need to try other reds than the usual suspects like Napa Cabs. I had the 2010 about 18 months ago and wish I had a few of that Pegau vintage to follow too! This was at time sublime and at times slightly burly but always fascinating and a perfect match with medium rare steaks tonight.
Needed an hour to resolve but lovely after a decant. Not peak Pegau by any means but still v good. Slightly hot alcohol notes and. Bit of burnt rubber distracted from a higher score.
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Really restrained nose and initial entry. No sign of alcohol burn on the nose or palate, something which mars many grenache based wines in my opinion. Actually it displays lovely bloody, meaty aromas with red fruit notes. On the palate it's rich but not fat and slips down remarkably easy. My issue is with the finish. It' finishes a tad harsh and dry. It's shorter than the nose and initial taste leads you to expect. Needs more time, or a characteristic of the vintage? It remains one of my favourite C9 producers though.
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A very nice vintage of this wine, this certainly kept my interest. Beautiful ruby color. Ripe red fruits, baking spice, black pepper, garrigue, forest floor, and tobacco. Full-bodied and silky on the palate. Still has tannins to resolve, but they are nicely balanced. So fresh on the finish, showing no heat at all. As always, Pégaü Cuvée Réservée delivers excellent value.
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Pegau Reservee Vertical (Frederiksberg): Juicy but also very "raw" and harsh. A touch of blueberry fruit and a good acidity but the aftertaste is a bit short.
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This is a wonderful wine. The coolness of the vintage suits Pegau so well, the Grenache-fruit is clear, yet robust, there is garrigue galore, but also minerality and freshness. Will keep, but it is drinking extremely well right now.
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Greatly relieved that this wine showed so much better this time. This was packed with spiced plum favour and plenty of exotic complexity but importantly was kept fresh by some mouthwatering acidity. Good power too - wouldn't worry about leaving these for a while, but drinking beautifully now. 93
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CT Seattle CdP Tasting (Amoroso Room, Bellevue Wine Storage): Brett, dried fruit, and chalk on the nose. Lighter body. Pomegranate, dried fruit, and lots of acid in the mouth. Quite tannic on the finish. Second of 9 wines at CT SEA CdP tasting, added the "minus" to my score after a second taste. My fifth, group's third of 9 wines. Should have known this was the 2004.
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Good looking cork with little saturation and a nice, dark pour. Complex, with briny, tobacco, earth and high-toned fruit notes. Sleek and integrated while maintaining a bit of a gritty edge.
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I last rated this wine back in 2009, but what a difference several years has made. Bottle 9 of 12 purchased in 2006 and stored perfectly. 2 hour decant, and this wine is practically flawless. Nice barnyard nose as expected but it has evolved into so much more. Brick in color, meaty and big yet elegant. Musty, with layers of complexity. Drinking perfectly and still has the structure to last for many more years. I say why wait? Drink up and enjoy.
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Decanted for two hours prior to serving. Drinking really well right now - super enjoyable. Color still dark garnet - no bricking. Nose of dark fruit, earth, a tiny bit of funk. Very smooth and fully integrated on the palate - 60 second finish. Just lovely!
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An excellent CNDP right at its peak. Deep rich color, opaque. Pronounced aromas of "barnyard", mushrooms, burnt wood, deep black fruits and cassis. Rich, full-bodied flavors to match, blackberries, plums, coffee, very typical of great CNDP. Drink soon...wouldn't want to miss all that it has now. Ric
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Medium ruby with minimal fading. Apart from this being the most brett-laden bottle I've had over the past couple of years, in every respect like the others-savory, chewy, complex, great acidity, and just about at its peak. This has drunk at this high plateau for at least the last 18 months, and it has enough stuffing and balance to maintain this level of pleasure for at least a few more years. Another excellent bottle, even accounting for the slight barnyardiness.
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A rocking wine for a bbqed hanger steak. Gentle on the nose with tell tale bramble, tar and garrique. We cannot get enough of her wines--- I would say that the vintage seems softer after an hour of air and I would be remiss not to enjoy one a year for the next decade.
Drink by 2025.
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A Pegau vertical (and a Foreau) (My Home): Purple/ruby in color. The nose has great nuances. Not as robust as some but then besides the cherry fruit, there is a green tobacco, spice and just the slightest hint of funk. Great acidity on the palate. Still quite young. Sinewy tannins. Pure cherry fruit on the palate with lots of depth. Persistent finish.
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Can't imagine this isn't at its peak right now. Amazing nose, perfect integration and long finish. Drank right before a 2005 Pegau which was significantly tighter and has a few more years to go clearly. Sad this was the last bottle.
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While this may not ultimately be the best vintage of Pegau, it is the greatest Pegau I've ever tasted, in terms of where the bottle is right now. Perfectly mature but not at all on a decline. Black olive Pegau trademark is there and this bottle had no Brett.
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Salted meat and earth and spine; dark cherry is in the background. I would think that this will always have structure in the forefront, but I would also think it will be less prominent with more time, allowing the cherry liqueur to show more of its stuff. A strong performance (especially with a steak), but still has room to grow. Drunk alongside the 2001, which is showing more overt fruit.
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Another superb bottle of this wine. As I've said before, this is right up there with my favorite CdP's ever. It's got everything: fruit, garrigue, depth, balance, freshness - just exciting wine that is not meant to be put on a pedestal but rather to be enjoyed with a good meal and good conversation. (97)
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So many good notes from tasters I know on this wine and it doesn't disappoint. This is everything I love about CDP. It's rich, meaty, brambly, and darkly fruited with the amplitude turned up to 11. All this without being over the top as there wine maintains perfect balance. Oh, and it's a clean bottle to boot. No brett. Woo Hoo. I can't see this one getting any better and will drink my last bottle if i run into it. Super tasty.
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Dark red in the glass. Tight and reticent at first. After some time, can taste the barnyard, garrigue and pepper. Fruit never fully comes out. More rustic than elegant. Will last but not sure it will get much better.
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Classic Pegau. Not particularly large but very meaty, fully mature with loads of umami. And brett. Tres sauvage. I'd drink these sooner rather than later.
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Medium ruby. Wonderful savory elements mixed with dark red fruit, cinnamon, and garrigue. Medium to full body, moderate remaining tannin. An underrated Pegau.
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Plums, earth, Asian spices, raisin and olive. Can't help think there is a little too much heat here and that the flavours have faded but not come together. Will look forward with interest to my next bottle. 91
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An excellent bottle. Drinking beautifully. 4 hrs decanted, beautifully integrated in all aspects - nose (bouquet & volume), taste, length, balance. The faintest of faint tannins left that mean it doesn't petre out in the your mouth. Lasts at least 40 seconds. Damn, it was my last bottle.
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Not a great bottle. Showed a lot of heat initially and tons of funk. With air it rounded out a little bit but had a ton of sediment in the glass. When this bottle is clean, it can be fantastic. Unfortunately, this bottle just wasn't.
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Tasted the Cuvée Laurence and Réservée beside each other in a massive Pégaü tasting and in this stage the Réservée shows better than the Laurence. In the bouquet red berries, beautiful garrigue and a touch of (horse) barnyard. On the palate beautiful and fresh acidity, a touch of sweetness, some green impressions and slightly sticky tannin. The wine is in its young maturity stage now and it will continue to develop over the next 4+ years and drink lovely for some more years. For this evening I scored it 93 – 94.
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This was great, as usual, with its beautiful nose full of florals, herbs, and smoldering embers. However, its structure is fading, and this felt a bit more diffuse than previous bottles. Would drink these sooner rather than later.
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YES Please. The glass had the legs of a super model, drunk on 14%. Hot, but not on the nose as you would expect. Fruity but classier in its thin-ness than the usual Pegau rustic offering. Really a very nices, wine showing the best that CNF has to offer. Drinking well now, a few tannins yet to be resolved but obviously will improve. Drink one a year for the next 10 years.
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This did not have the traditional perfume nose from teh '04 vintage that I was hoping for but nice minerality and balance. Not too much bret. I'm a fan of this wine and Pegau in general.
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Oh, What a Night... Mid-December Back in Fifteen (Spoon & Stable, Mpls, MN): Very dark red color. PNP, drank 1+ glass over an hour. Almost boisterous on the nose tonight, cherry, spicy, more subtle garrigue though, floral, though not as perfumed as before, some raisin, and the earthiness emerges more slowly than in the past. The palate seems more full bodied than I recall from the last bottle, less brett, good earthiness and minerality, lots of cherry, very ripe, more garrigue on the palate, some heat, spice, anise, long finish. this was excellent though not quite as good as the last bottle we had.
A little on the elegant side for Pegau...not quite the level of garrigue and funk as other vintages. Lots of structure left, with the fruit sharing the lead. Could definitely hold but drinking very well now. Cerebral wine.
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Decanted 4 hrs. Spectacular showing, this baby was firing on all cylinders last night, Multi faceted nose of floral themed plums and cassis, dark olives, some garrigue, very pretty. More on the palate, but with terrific substance and grip, dark raspberry fruit that is starting to hit on secondary development. Very classy and bold. I could drink this anytime. Terrific Pegau.
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Drank for 10th Anniversary at Le Diplomate. Decanted for about 2 hours and then decanted at restaurant as well. Drank about 3 hours in and it was perfect. Note was strong cherry and spice with some burnt sugar in the middle and a smooth finish. Probably has another 5 years at a minimum. Some sediment was present.
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This is really drinking well and why I like aged CdP. Smells of a truckload of spices. Lots of balsam notes with underlying red fruits and garrigue. Will hold for years to come.
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A few years sinice I last had this vintage. Very clean and young on the nose. Almost cherry fruit instead of dark red fruits. Less animal, leather and forest floor (i.e. tertiary aromas) than I would have expected. Just a very young rendition of Pegau. Certainly not mature yet by a long way.
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Very clean bottle, really no sign of brett; not quite opaque, rich, medium ripe dark, deep plum, some nice earth, sweet/ripe notes chime in but overall it's a very nice rendition. Showing a bit of age, but has a long way to go.
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Popped, breathed in bottle 60 minutes, consumed over next 90. This was very nice, but it just didn't seem to completely open up and sing the way I know this bottling can.
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fantastic even before the 2 hour decant. great depth and backbone yet fruit shining through. A great overall bottle. This was definitely a Dr. Jekyll bottle. If only we could eliminate the Mr. Hyde versions.
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First bottle of the case. If this was a car, it'd be a 90s Jag--finicky, frustrating, powerful, and damn beautiful in the distance.
Plum, red berry and liqueur aromas almost shockingly apparent on the very hot nose, with smoke, barnyard, hay/straw, blueberry, and burnt sugar underneath. Totally coating on the palate yet finishing perfectly clean.
A fascinating wine, and I'm curious to see variation between the bottles. Still youthful, but both the stuffing and clarity are there to last for many, many years. Just fun to drink. If I had to rate, 93-94, with the potential to jump to 96 if the heat softens in time.
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Medium ruby with minimal bricking. Classic Chateauneuf aromatics of blue fruit, bark, and herbs. This one was really showing its inner Mourvedre tonight-ripe but savory, spicy, and chewy. Excellent acidity. Some tapenade and round tannins on the finish. One could definitely hold onto this for more leafy, autumnal development, but I've been loving its old style qualities and freshness in the bottles I've opened this year.
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Like others, the inconsistency of these bottles is driving me nuts. I've completed half my case and I've gone from undrinkable to absolutely amazing and back! This one was okay but nothing extraordinary. I bought way back when for the release price but for what you'd pay now, its not worth the risk.
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Absolutely awesome bottle. Consumed as part of our end of summer celebration with the family. The Grenache notes and garrigue were on full display. I see why people love the 2004 right now. :)
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Wow ... just ... wow! This wine is drinking phenomenally right now, and represents all that is good about CdP. Medium bodied. Loads of garrigue and plum. Classic Pegau Nose. Fantastic fantastic fantastic! Drink or continue to Hold.
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I've read that bottle to bottle variation in the Pegau is very high typically. I've found that through this case. I've had 5 bottles of my case, the first I'd say I drank too early and it was highly tannic but even more so than I would have expected. I thought it was awful. The next three bottles became progressively better and I really enjoyed all of them. This bottle was lighter and just not as interesting as the previous three. Tannins are integrated at this point but wine just wasn't that great. My initial impression was actually an "88" score but at least the wine improved throughout the night and I raised my score as a result.
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I could drink a case of you; virtually unchanged from a year ago, this offers sweet grenache galore, garrigue and local feeling all the way through. Creamy, dense with lots of primary fruit, this will go on, but it is hard to resist at the moment. #atlast home from 80thbirthday
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Opened to accompany burgers on July 4th. Darker garnet hue. Immediate scents of black plum, pepper, licorice, lavender, and rock on the nose. Layers of juicy plum, blackberry, garrigue, black pepper, and olive tampenade on the palate. Moderate acidity and filed off tannins, leading to a longer finish of tangy plum fruit, grip, and stone. Very harmonious pairing with burgers and a delight on a holiday weekend.
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Game dinner with friends (@ t Jachthuis): No formal notes. After party wine of a fantastic evening! Red fruits, good garrigue and some pleasant barnyard. Not extremely concentrated, but still youthful with good acidity and friendly tannin. My blind guess that it was a 2004 was correct. Beautiful and elegant C9duP.
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Very nice, dark spices, barn, saddle leather, lavender; excellent balance, in a really good place, tertiaries starting to come on, tannins a bit softer and plush with good concentration. best of the CdPs tonight.
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Tasted alongside the 2005. Dark ruby. A touch of brett that is under control. In this context, lush, round, and fruity (dark red fruit-cherry and plum) with some tobacco. Really excellent and seemingly less evolved and more primary than the younger wine. Tonight, I preferred it to the more heralded adjacent vintage.
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This continues to be one of my all-time favorite chateuneuf's. A model of wildness, balance and Provençal countryside. At the top of its game tonight. Not a blockbuster blind tasting winner - just perfect wine to savor and enjoy. (96)
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Nose dominated of brett. Otherwise its nothing wrong. VERY big bottlevariation on pegau. Sadly because when they are good they are really good. But since its 50/50 I dont think they are worth its price.
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Primary ruby. Raspberry aromas. Medium to full bodied, sappy and meaty feel. Completely clean fruit with tobacco leaf and minimal rosemary. Good acidity, round tannins. Excellent and at a stage of early maturity.
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Nez sur le cuir, le tabac, les olives et les prunes confites. En bouche, capiteux et légères notes de réduction. Des saveurs animales et de prunes avec des tannins rugueux. Long et un peu asséchant.
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3hr decant,, very nice CDP rich, ripe, big, lush, plenty of kirsch, great acidity and structure, totally disagree with previous note that this was ready, on the contrary, needs at least another five years, with of course proper storage. 1 bottle left , I wii wait!
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Decanted 30 minutes. Very nice wine, with solid fruit and all the CDP elements. More elegant than the bit 2001 but still plenty to show. Maybe just a touch austere on the finish but good with food and might improve a bit. A-
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Dinner with the monthly group at Restaurant le Nicolas (Nicolas Restaurant, Teck Lim Street, Singapore): Very nice. This was quite a bit better than the last bottle we had barely a few months ago. For one thing, there was not an ounce of Bretty funk on this - the nose was all dark cherries and ripe berries, then dried earth and mineral and spice, all garlanded with sweet, fragrant scents of garrigue and wild flowers. The palate was very tight at first, all iron and blood and clean, but indistinct dark fruit notes. It opened up very nicely over a few hours in the decanter though. The fruit really filled in with a lovely pure expression of cherries and red berries, almost cranberry, laced with a lovely clean acidity that have the wine such a lovely sense of definition and clarity. There were wonderful complexities wafting out amidst the fruit as well, with gentle drifts of earth and meat, spice and wild garrigue, and a lovely rivulet of iron mineral suffused through the whole thing. Really, really nice. Good finish too, neat and compact, yet with a subtly fresh length, it trailed of with a little Provencal kiss of fruit peel and fresh herb. There was still some tightness in the fruit and a little chew of firm structure from the wine's fine tannins and bright acidity, but this was otherwise drinking quite pleasantly. I would easily give this 5-6 years more before it hits peak though, perhaps even more.
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PopnPour, tasted over 3 hrs -nearly opaque dark red, minimal bricking -quite reticent nose, brooding, iodine, garrigue -med/med+ acidity with med weight, mostly earth with some black fruits and licorice, med chewy tannins -seems more shut down than last bottle 3 years ago, needs a decant or more time in bottle
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Blind tasting with 9 other reds from different regions. This was WOTN despite being confused with a 2000 Barolo on most of the tasting sheets! Best score was 5 right out of 9 but this wine stood out nonetheless. Big deep expressive nose and wonderful long finish. Like S. Rhone perfume.
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This was opened last friday. It was a blind tasting. None guessed CDP! There was lots of leather and dark fruit. I was surprised, but I recorked the half bottle and put in the cellar. Three days later I opened the bottle and WOW! It was exuding a huge note of perfumed fruit. I warmed up a glass and found a gorgeous wine with red fruits in abundance and a nice finish. This was after 3 days. This bottle was shut down on the first day after an hours' decant. WAIT on these. They will return and ascend to the heights that Pegau can reach.
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Bright ruby in color, this wine reveals tobacco leaf, olive tapenade, spice and saddle leather on the nose. The mouth feel brought intense, somewhat sweet tannins and elements of espresso, charcuterie, iron and lavender. The finish was complex and long, with seamless red fruits and acidity that kept coming out longer and fuller.
Recently purchased at retail for $99US, this wine is in a beautiful place right now. It easily has another 10 years of life left. It paired perfectly with my venison entree at the Blue Bottle Cafe in Hopewell, NJ (an outstanding BYOB).
Imported by Hand Picked Selections, Warrenton, VA.
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First bottle in 5yrs. Brilliant deep ruby color with just a hint of browning on the edge. Very expressive nose of kirsh, herbs de Provence and Christmas cake. Palate with fresh red fruits, very spicy and peppery, with chalky tannins on the back end. Really hangs on the palate. This is in a perfect place for me. Great balance of fruit, spice, and mature with zero hint of heat. I don't see this getting better with time, and I really like the freshness and energy the fruit still has.
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18th Annual Lyon 10 Year Retrospective (Lyon Down Inn): My WOTN in this blind tasting. The most open nose with kirsch, plum, forest floor, spice/anise, and fig on the palate. Nice muscular yet velvety mouth feel that goes on and on. Even smoother on day 2, 96 pts still.
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Opened next to 08 Beuacastel. Barnyard funk on the nose, dark fruit on palate, medium bodied and not at all over the top. A classic Pegau. Drink now or hold for 5-10 years.
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This had some seepage along the cork, our first experience with this for this wine. Won't rate for that reason; did not seem as strong as previous bottles.
Decanted and improved over dinner with air. Still not quite up to previous bottles, but good, 90.
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Dark ruby without any fading. Tobacco leaf and leather on the nose. Very deeply flavored with a savory mix that recalls Syrah and Mourvedre more than red fruited Grenache. Weighty, serious, young and tannic with a touch of "animale" to complement the fruit. Very impressive and old styled tonight.
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a bit underwhelmed by this bottle. a bit of heat initially that did fade as wine opened. thought the wine lacked length and structure. no real texture to the wine and limited secondary flavors. not a bad bottle but lacked personality to be anymore than ok.
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Good long decant before to legume Wine much paler than darker Spanish wines but still quite rich and drinking well I wish this had lasted until later in the dinner with entrees Solid flavor profile
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Dinner at William and Gina's (William & Gina's): A really nice wine, constantly evolving in the glass - I somehow could not shake the feeling that it is in a rather awkward stage though. It smelt really funky on first pour, full of muddy earth and meaty, barnyardy notes, but these opened up very nicely with time into a lovely ripe nose with almost roasted tones of blackberries, blackcurrants and dark cherries chased with a little spice and fragrant bursts of garrigue, lavender and wild flowers. Really something. The palate was very strong as well - full and fruity, it showed deep draws of ripe black fruit laced with earth and spice and mineral. Very satisfying, and really nicely balanced. There was still a primary edge to the fruit, but there were already a lot of little complexities coming up, especially at the great long finish, which was full of spice and cocoa, garrigue and earthy mineral. With time though, the fruit receded slightly, and a stern underlying structure of fine but mouthcoating tannins and more of that grippy minerality came to the fore, making the wine seem a little austere, maybe even grumpy. Perhaps still in a rather awkward stage I thought. It was a great pairing with grilled beef on the night, but I would still put it aside for 3-4 years, perhaps even more. It is clearly a wine of great quality and character though. Very good. 92+
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Subtlety corked. Dark garnet color. Aroma is slightly restrained. Licorice, leather, some coffee notes, and grenache raspberry. It finishes with chalky slightly puckering tannins.
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I can't speak for the wine in general as others find it full of life, but this particular bottle was on its way downhill. Still some nice spice, pepper and cola but nothing special and not holding together all that well. Even worse on the second night. Hope yours hold up better.
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Decanted for four hours. Flowers fruit and the funk. Meshing wonderfully. Tasted next to an 04 Mordoree and as good as that was it was no contest. Prime time for the 04 Pegau. I don't think it will get any better.
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Tuesday Night Double Blind $40+ (Bin 75): Dark chocolaty core, sediment, large bricking; aspirin, animal, sweet, fresh, floral, tart, cranberry, raspberry; palate is strong, good tannin wrap, cranberry, raspberry, some alcohol on back; called '01 Pegau.
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Another great showing, albeit still on the young side; barnyard, garrigue, sweet grenache and all the Pegau-fixers, nothing is missing, but I am stunned at the youthfulness of this wine. Normally, the 2004's are quite ready, this has another ten yers left, easily. Now, hands off, please, resist the temptation ....
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Bought this at auction at 2014 Camillus house dinner in Miami. Unfortunately the cork on this bottle is loose, and air has been seeping in, and wine seeping out - only saw it upon removing capsule. A lesser wine would have been completely ruined, however this one only partially ruined. I hope the other 5 bottles don't have the same cork issue.
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I love this wine. Its sporting an attractive blood red color with an aged aroma. I gave it a two hour decant and it rewarded with lovely fruit and integrated tannins and depth.
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Awesome again. Lots of old world funk - it dissipates somewhat with air but remains. Earthy with very, very rich fruit. Long and smooth and nicely balanced.
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Medium ruby without much hinting at maturity. Laid back aromatics of bark and green herbs. Medium weight but round with crisp acidity. The fruit is neither overripe nor exuberant, but a very serious mix of dark red, blue, and black flavors with a bit of spiciness. Fairly somber style of Pegau that is still youthful and vigorous. Excellent wine that only disappoints slightly in its prickly, shorter finish.
Still showed fresh and strong, although a little alcoholic, the next day out of the recorked bottle.
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Continues to be a nice bottle of Pegau. Crystalline ruby and light bodied. Aromatic and complex, there is absolutely some bretty funk, but for my palate it is an enhancement, not detractor. I have no problem drinking this now; I assume it will evolve, but don't imagine it getting much better.
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Showing a medium dose of brett on the nose, the band-aid and horsehair variety. Underneath there is some bright boysenberry fruit. The palate is rich and tasty with a sweet and sour flavor profile and a medium length finish.
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Still quite primary at 10 years of age. Such a complex and funky style of palate with great freshness. Medium to full bodied with such an immediately lifted nose. Flavours of cured meats, dried herbs, black olives and a bit of spice, everything you want in a CdP. Love Pegau.
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Full of garrigue, mature aromas of truffle, hint of smoke and charred oak overtones. Palate has brisk acidity gives it a marine metallic feel with dense fruits finishes medium with graphite and sweet tannins. Outstanding wine.
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This deep red/garnet wine's aromatics are immediately expressive after decanting. Plum, garrigue, cinnamon, smoked meat, earth and pipe tobacco are intense and incessant on the nose. Full-bodied and fresh on the palate, it follows with flavors which mirror the nose. The tannins are medium in weight and fine-grained, while the alcohol (listed as 14%) is seamless. Solid in the middle, it concludes with a long finish which shows a degree of tannic grip. This Châteauneuf is unquestionably classic in quality. It has the fruit and structure to provide pleasure over the next decade (or more). Drink now-2024.
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An expressive nose of black licorice, fig, grilled meat, a little barnyard and pepper that lead way to a dark fruited palate with chestnut and tar flavors that glide on through on the elegant finish.
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A vintage that doesn't bite your head off. This is actually classically styled. One of the more tamer Pegau's I've had. This was a well stored bottle - no heady brett or barnyard aromas, just sexy, silky grenache juice. Fresh, with juicy plum, kirsch, red licorice, wild herbs. Structured equally by acidity and fine tannin. Good energy. nicely integrated at this stage. I would say this performs better on opening for us. On day two, the wood sets back in and sort of takes over the wine.
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Inaugural Sanger Wine Challenge: Chateauneuf du Papes (Blind Tasting) (Chez Sangers): Such a contrast to the '99, this '04 Pegau has a clean modern style with a mild captivating spice-box bouquet. A beautiful wine with citrus and garrigue. Is Pegau finding a sweet spot or are they losing some character? I like the direction. My second place wine tonight.
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This one's a beauty. Delicious ripe fruit, good concentration, silky mouthfeel, garrique and acidity to balance. Paired great w hangar steak. Drink now or next 5+.
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Blood red. Nose is moist humus, wet leather, rather over powers the dark rd fruit. On the palate this is substantial, again with soil notes and then cherry fruit. Quite heady. Firm and very good. From my cold cellar.
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This was fun. Best flight of the year so far for my as this was served side-by-side with the '99 and '01 versions. The contrasts were thrilling. The '99 was the champ but this tasting note is for the '04. A young wine still coming into its own. Bright red fruit and a taut focused core. This is going to develop into something very special. It's got the fruit and structure to go the distance. Some red earth, currant, summer/outdoor salinity. Explosive aroma, at least in contrast to the more garrique '99 and crazy funky '01. So fun. Glad to own some other '04s, I believe they'll be wow bottles in about 10 years.
This was the only wine I guessed correctly. Huge stink on the nose, with herbal notes and blackberries. This wine tasted like beef stew. Very gamey and dense on the palate, some modest fruit and good length.
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Delicious. Fantastic classic CdP nose -- funky, barnyard, and spice box; such great earthiness to play off the generous fruit. The light garnet color might fool into thinking the palate will be thinner, but it is rich with layers of red fruit, licorice, vanilla (on the nose nose and palate) and a wonderfully long, sweet finish. Complex and elegant, it is one of the best wines I've had in the last 12 months. It is in a great place now but has the power to keep going strong for 7 or so more years if you prefer the fruit to be more subdued. I had no regrets opening it now.
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Initially a bit of funk that was not unexpected. Once it blew off after a few minutes a very nice wine. Very nice balance of a full-body CdP without being overly extracted. Nice mix of red fruit and earthy notes.
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The wine is drinking beautifully. A little more syrupy than I remember the last bottle. Great flavor - licorice and plum with a very long finish. Still plenty of life left. Enjoyed with elk sausage and strong cheeses.
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Evolving quickly, tertiary aromas predominate (leather). Some hint of a beginning of dissociation, but the wine remains extremely pleasurable to drink. Big and powerful yet alcohol completely in balance. Tannins with a rather large grain, one could talk of rusticity here... a bit terroir on the edge, but a distinct personality for sure!
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High-toned red-fruited aromatics with beautiful, deep, underlying herbaceousness and campfire smoke. Rich, sappy, and herbal on the palate with plenty of vigor from the acidity. Tannins are mostly resolved, but you feel this has the strength to keep going for years to come.
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Opened at cellar temperature and had a small sip. We then allowed the wine to warm and evolve. Distinctly Pegau with purple flowers and black fruits on the nose. On the palate, lots of black tea, purple plum, garrigue and a nice dose of ground black pepper on the finish. Tannins are still pronounced on this one but the lovely fruit balances and there is a delightful, herbal, Amaro-like bitterness as an exclamation point. The mid-palate had a dead spot after about an hour but it resolved quickly as some red briar fruit emerged. Very, very happy.
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Popped and poured. Whiff of funk and barnyard on the nose upon opening. Quickly blew off. A delight to drink. Starting to become very nicely integrated. Classic CdP flavors and just so smooth.
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Christmas (and birthday) party (Our house): From magnum, deep purple color leads to complex nose of tar, menthol, black truffle and raspberry. Incredibly complex body shows all the classic chateauneuf flavors. Bravo! This was noticeably better than 750 ml bottle I had a few months ago.
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I have had this wine a number of times over the past few months and it is never less than stunning. All the character and charm of much more expensive bottlings. Harmonious notes of plums, spices, garrigue, etc, etc. with terrific delineation.
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Decanted. Very dark red, somewhat cloudy. Nice complexity on the classic C du Pape nose. Smooth. Red cherries on the palate, with a sweet finish that is a tad too sweet for my taste. Nice wine.
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Deep color out of the bottle. Great aged aroma. Still heavy tannins on open but after an hour decant, gorgeous fruit. Just awesome. I've been drinking a bottle a year and they just keep getting better.
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Tuesday Night Double Blind $40+ (Bin 75): Dark garnet almost to rim; radish (I know who, what, and where we are), leather, funk, green, sweet tart, red fruit, acorn; leaner, hard red fruit, good freshness; not exactly sure why I didn't like this more; 90+.
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Popped and poured. Nice ruby color. Wonderful Grenache nose, plus herbs, spices, fresh cut flowers and a little leather. Very clean. Smooth on the palate, with a clean though not long finish. Fine wine, one of the most enjoyable C du Papes I've enjoyed in the past year. Drinking so well now, I'll probably drink mine up in the next year or two, though I'm sure it will hold longer.
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My wife and I have a love hate relationship with this wine. I love it. She hates it. This evening she is out of town so my daughter came over and we opened a bottle to go with grilled lamb chops. Well I wish the wife had been here. This bottle lacks the funky, feral notes that put her off. Everything is dialed back. It is leaner, lots of minerality, garigue, more evolved fruit, anise, and minimal tannins. Tonight it is subtle. Bottle variation or the vintage moving into a different place? I don't know but she would have liked this one.
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Still quite primary with a fresh and lively red fruit and good acidity. It has the lightness of the vintage and the local garrique-barnyard character of Pegau, but it is still some years from reaching maturity, and certainly improves in the glass. Though approachable now, I will keep the remaining bottles and look at the wine again in a year or two, certainly no rush to drink this – it will improve.
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Typical, if somewhat muted Pegau nose, with some funk, earth and bloody meat. The color seemed a touch lighter than prior bottles, but what was surprising was the fresh, bright red fruit on the palate - more like an Australian grenache. Good wine, just didn't seem like a Pegau. It had everyone scratching their heads once revealed.
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Medium dark red; lots of spices in the nose, a bit of sour socks, very clean nose of cheries underneath; very nice, rounded and balanced, spiced, staple; very good and nice
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Definitely needs a decant or lots of air time. Beautiful evolving nose of cherry, Dr. Pepper, barnyard, black and red licorice, garrigue (now that I know what it is...). On the palate, the fruit tastes blacker (black cherry, blackberry, plum), leather, pepper. Dark garnet color. Full bodied, medium+ tannins, light acidity, long finish. To me the finish is a little hot and one-dimensional, with the pruney Dr. Pepper taste lingering along with the tannins. 14%. Very enjoyable, but I wanted to like this more, given the other great TN scores. It doesn't quite wow me at this time. Will try again in a few months.
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My first Pegau (at least what I can remember). Decanted for an hour, drank over next 4. Got smoother and better throughout. 1 bottle every two years seems perfect for remaining 5. Life is good!
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Crimson red in color. 14% ABV. Super concentrated nose of cherries, plum, cocoa and blood and iron. The palate has a little of everything. Pepper, kirsch, iodine, licorice, dried cherries, raspberry liqueur, garrigue and spices. Full bodied and rich. Great structure. The wine is pretty clean with maybe just the faintest hint of brett. Silky tannins and a great finish. This wine has a great future ahead of it. I have 4 bottles left which I will drink over the next decade.
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Great example of Pegau's power. Aromas of red fruit, beef, cacao, anise, garrigue and spices. The palate displays tastes of cacao, earth, blood and a meatiness
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Drank side by side of the Charvin 04. This had a lot more of the Chateauneuf punch, typical prune and herbs and was delicious as is... but lacked the finesse of Charvin. Different style, more raw.
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Purchased on release, this was our first bottle from a case. It was decanted leaving a small amount of very fine sediment and returned to the bottle to air for 30 minutes before serving with pan seared fresh tuna, black rice, and oven roasted asparagus. This bottle, while pleasurable, seemed very youthful and in need of more cellar time for my taste. While I did find the same general aromatics and flavors as other notes mention, it was taut and dominated by structure. There was not even a hint of brett. After an hour, and with a selection of cheeses, the initial tension abated and this began to show not only more red fruit suggestions, but some clear secondary notes. Everything about this indicates a glorious future, but I will wait a few years to try another and finish up my 98 Pegau and 99-2000 Beaucastel in the interim.
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Drinking very well at the moment, and I'll make a point to drink my remaining bottles over the next couple of years. Intriguing nose of cola and red cherries. Smooth. Medium bodied. Nice, lingering finish. Very enjoyable.
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Medium to Dark crimson to the rim. Great nose of dark fruit. Palate is dense and smooth. Full body. Dark currant dominates the flavors. Good finish. Plenty going on here. No signs of fading. Delicious and balanced for the long haul, at least 10 years.
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Explosive bottle. Blood and white pepper. Provencale herbs. Simply electric stuff. This is one of the great modern vintages of Pegau and also one of the most utterly drinkable. Stellar.
Classic CDP, dark cherries, beautiful soft tannins and great spread of forward, middle and back palette finesse. Great wine and still have some life ahead of it.
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The wine looks Dark colored and oily. It smells like Blackberry, Forest floor, Mineral. It tastes like Strawberry, Blackberry, Meat/Leather, and Mineral. The body is Full. The wine has soft texture and very long finish. Very good balance for a C9DP! Great wine with great potential. I've tasted other vintage of this same wine and this vintage is particularly well balanced and has a very nice finish.
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Kleur: Diep donkerrood, opvallend donker voor een Ch9Dp. Aroma / bouquet: Donker kersenaroma dat meteen na het ontkurken de kamer vulde. Niet de verwachte zoete kruidigheid. Donker en zwaar aroma met teer, leer, inkt en Garrigue-kruiden. Smaak / Afdronk: Zoetig, kruidig en geweldig geconcentreerd. Zacht zuurgraad, krachtige maar mooi gerijpte tannines, Indrukwekkend lange afdronk. Algemeen / potentieel: Enorm geconcentreerde powerwijn. In dit stadium een eetwijn. Groot ontwikkelingspotentieel. Eigenlijk pas drinken vanaf 2018. 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 13 + Smaak / Afdronk: 18 + Algemeen / potentieel: 9 = 95/100
Color: Deep dark, striking dark for a Ch9Dp Aroma / bouquet:. Dark cherry aroma that filled the room immediately after uncorking. Not the expected sweet spiciness. Dark and heavy aroma with tar, leather, ink and Garrigue herbs. Taste / Finish: Sweet, spicy and great concentration. Soft acidity, powerful but nicely ripened tannins, impressive long aftertase. General / potential:. enormous power, concentrated wine. At this stage a dinner-wine. Great development potential. Next bottle: in 2018. 50 + Color: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 13 + Taste / Finish: 18 + General / potential: 9 = 95/100
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Yummm, I really enjoyed this, and I am not a granache fan, in general. This bottle was in a happy place with blue blackish fruit, fun complex aromatic including lots of spice, graphite, cassis, liquorice, and in the mouth you have a full balanced wine with moderate tannic structure. On day two, the profile became slightly muddled compared to right out of the bottle, nonetheless, it retained most of its core profile. Drink if you have multiples, if you have only one, drink if you like them adolescent, hold if you like it more mature.
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Second and third bottles of the case. See tasting note of first from five years ago. First bottle last nite was decanted for several hours and brought to the restaurant (Chez Moi) specifically to pair with their Cassoulet. The nose was huge and floral; color dark and opaque. The taste so big and full bodied that it was on the edge of too much. Certainly not subtle. 5 years ago I felt this could be a 95 pt wine and it is. With another 5 or 10 years, this may approach perfection. This was so good that we went home to open another. That taught quite a lesson. Without decanting we could recognize the same wine but it unremarkable for over half an hour when it started to open up. I really regret opening the second bottle of the night because it never got the chance to reach its real level of tastes. But I can look forward to nine more evenings made great by the remainder of the case.
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Developing very nicely, with dark fruits, lavender, blood, iron, and black pepper. Still it is very young and could benefit from more time in the cellar.
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Earthy musty smell, great purple/ruby color, bright. Mouth feel is exquisite and full, coats the palate, tastes of dark dried cherries, some black currant flavors, mushrooms, good blance of tannins, smooth long finish.
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It's just stupid how good this vintage is, although it is not for the brett haters of the world. This wine is just exploding right now with licorice, roasted plum, white pepper and blood. It is perhaps the most expressive nose I have seen on any vintage of Pegau with the exception of the 1990. The palate is moving along well and getting some awesome secondary aspects, peppery, papery (an odd textural thing that I find in some Grenache dominated Châteauneuf-du-Pape), dry and surprisingly powerful. Very much in the vein of the 1994 and 1999 but with a nearly electric freshness and energy. I have had this wine more than a dozen times, and tonight's bottle was easily the best.
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Dark garnet color. Nose upon opening showed some mint and eukalyptus notes. Upon aeration dark macerated fruit emerged together with sweet spice, leather, earthy forest floor and on the background notes of kirsch. Quite complex but not very intense and slightly difficult to define. Quite clean with just a whiff of the barnyard funk that Pegau usually has. On the palate flavors show some age with dark fruit, camphor and sweet spice. Almost full bodied with high gylcerol content and high alcohol which is integrated well. Tannins are big and ripe. Leaves a ferral/bloody aftertaste. Strong wine that needs flavorful food. Decanting is advised.
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Big, ripe, dense and heady. Brambly, sappy fruit, cola, some herb/garrigue character. Quite CdP in character in that it comes off so brutish and lumbering and the end of an evening it's hard to enjoy. This makes the 96 Montrose next to it seem positively lithe. Not sure how I feel about this wine really...
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Hazy notes from last night. Had the classic Pegau funk thing going on, with nice richness, intensity and balance. Got better with air; this will last a while yet, but drinks well now too.
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This is a difficult note to write. In short, I loved it and my wife hated it. This is the second time that has happened with this wine. What I tasted was ripe black fruit, garigue, spice and licorice that has mellowed and smoothed into something approaching rustic elegance. My wife tasted stale urine, soured beef blood and tannins slightly tempered by a hint of fruit in the distant background. At the moment, she is clearing her palate with some Taylor 20 Year Old Tawny. I am savoring the remainder of the Pegau and have resolved to reserve our remaining bottles for boy's night out occasions. The score is mine.
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Decanted 2 hours. Garnet. Consistent notes from 18 months ago. Seems to be a little softer. Very expressive on nose and palate. Great balance, elegant and pretty.
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This is a very well made wine! Dark berries , foggy, cool Norwegian summer forrest with a pine element make this appear cooler than real temprature. Some thrown sediments gives a message that the explosive fruit is fading but a strong backbone of tannins is keeping the wine allive. Its still a baby but if you have more than one start to open!
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Tannins starting to integrate. Nose is rather restrained, which is a downer, I prefer more complexity on the nose. The wine has luscious fruit and a long finish.
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Spectacular showing at Animal in LA. Perfumed Pegau nose throughout the evening. Savage and complex palate with a smooth and long finish. Everything in balance and stimulating all the taste buds. Wow wine.
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Opened this and the 2003 Pegau Reservee on this same night. The 04 really held its own with the 03. In fact at the end of the night they were very close indeed. Color very similar slightly hazy meduim ruby red. On the nose this had classic Pegau forest floor, tobacco, cigar box and some dark red berry fruit. DId NOT have the portiness that the 03 had for its first 10 minutes- on palate this was great from the moment it was opened. With air the nose opened a bit and seconday flavors came into a bit better focus. Medium full bodied with silky texture and supple fruit. This is one of my very favorite Pegaus of the last 10 years, a real sleeper, like the 1999. (New favorite is 2009).
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Had the 2001 and 2004 together. The 2004 was better at this time with sweet fruit and deep layered aromas of ink, smoke and some meat/horse. Fresh acidity and long finish. The 2001 was more liniear and less sweet. Very mature with tertiary notes of leather, dusty spice and pipe tobacco. High acidity and piercing finish.
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Dinner at Marc's (Marc's House - Bellingham, WA): This is great Pegau. Meaty, stinky, earthy...yum. Palate is classy and elegant with big time flavors. Drinking nicely and should continue to improve.
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A very nice classy CDP with charactor and terrior expression. Great nose, great weight and lovely balance. Only problem, the reputation over prices this wine by at least $20/btl. If you do your homework and experiment with other, under the radar, CDPs you can find something just as interesting for $20 -$40 / btl less. Your call but, as much as i enjoy this wine, I'm going to buy the less hyped producers for significantly less.
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immediately after opening garrigue, berries, cherry not a fruit bomb, acid,tannins and fruit in balance and integrated. great mouth feel and finish a a One of the best Pégaü's I've tasted.
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4th sampling over the past few years. Consistent each time, to my recollection, not significantly improving or decaying during this period. I really enjoy the balance of fruit, rustic tones, overall integration and solid craft of this wine. On this evening, this bottle is made special by the company of Sean and Mike over a great steak dinner, on a beautiful evening in Sonoma. Solid CdP.
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Tasted two hours after decanting. It has a wonderful and complex aroma of ripe fruit, garrigue, leather and spice box. Flavours of red and black fruit, allspice, and orange peel. My wife is getting a touch of funk. I am not. Elegant finish with a tart kick. This is the first bottle that we have opened since last December and it is much smoother, leaner and more refined than the last. This wine may well have better days ahead but it is superb now.
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Dès l'ouverture, un nez très expressif sur le fruit, noir et rouge, du kirsch, un peu d'anis. J'ai toujours aimé cette gourmandise des vins du domaine, qu'on ressent jusque dans le nez!
La bouche est un renfrognée à l'ouverture, les tanins sont encore vigoureux. Après plus de deux heures d'aération (en bouteille), il est à point. Un Pegau très traditionnel, sur les fruits à noyaux, le kirsch, d'envoûtants arômes épicés, des dattes. Un vin encore puissant certes, mais équilibré et long, savoureux. Pas aussi plein et baroque que le 2003 sans doute, mais un très beau Pegau classique, qui commence sa phase de maturité et livre beaucoup de plaisir pour l'amateur du style vieillot des meilleurs CNP! 92 pts
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This Pegau never went through a dumb phase. My stock of this vintage may be gone by ten years of age, which is how long I typically wait to open the first bottle of Pegau in most other vintages. Beautiful spicy dark berries, licorice and iron, a little gamey. Fairly primary but open and delicious.
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Saturated red ruby color. Superb nose, well developed, intense and very expressive, combining fresh red fruits with game, meat, graphite and spices. Full bodied, with a killer acidity, this wine has the minerality and the character of a Northern Rhone Syrah (reminded me of 2006 Thierry Allemand Reynard Cornas: odd but lovely !), savoury, long and really delicious. Long finish, with great freshness and some lovely thyme and sage flavors. This is fully accessible now and just a pleasure to drink. Will continue to age well also. 14% alc. (94+/100)
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Consumed on boat with sub-optimal stems, so score withheld. Still, this was typical pegau in a more subdued vintage. Purple color. Some barnyard on the nose with sous bois. Plum, ash, some game. Low acid and medium finish. Lots of sediment.
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape Dinner: Massive, with a funkiness to the aromas... definitely some brett here. Big and tart palatee, and quite gritty. Yup, huge fruits, but also tart and tight. Wow, surprising how tart the finish is. Hugely gritty, showing some tartness, but not much depth of complexity.
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Dark in color, with a nose packed with pepper, garrigue, kirsch, black raspberry, licorice and kirsch, this full bodied, concentrated, fresh, spicy, mouth filling Chateauneuf du Pape delivered the goods.
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I am very lucky to have had the opportunity to purchase and taste many bottles of Pegau over the years. To me, the vintage which most embodies the true nature of the Domaine is the '04. Not the biggest, ripest, most distinct or most subtle. Rather, it captures the essence of the vineyard and winemaking tradition. Rich, classic, funky yet pure all at the same time. Fruit, herbs and earth - All distinct yet nothing dominates. Maybe not the vintage deserving the highest points but I can't think of another with more soul. Wonderful. (97)
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Getting some bottle variation on this wine. More funky, probably bretty than the first two bottle, but not enough to detract from its other assets. Red and dark berries, saddle, peppe; meaty. Funny how the '04's are entering their secondary drinking window at a young age.
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Lovely wine with terrific length and depth from a largely unlauded vintage. Ripe, fresh fruit, five spice and dried herbs, sour cherries, cured meats and well handled oak. Quite firm tannins and more structure than I was expecting but it all works well. Still a very young CdP which is cruising along very nicely indeed.
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CT Offline IV--Hill Country Edition; 5/18/2012-5/19/2012 (Austin / Texas Hill Country / Castleman Ranch): Tons of spice at the front of the palate. Really can't taste a ton fo fruit becaquse of the spice although there are some nice blueberry and blackberry notes on the palate prior to the spice kicking in. Leave this one for several years and it will be magnificent. So strong right now. Once it mellows a bit, and all of the flavor profiles meld and integrate, this is going to be a seriously wonderful wine! Lots of potential for higher score---probably 93-94 eventually.
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popped adn poured and rather tannic....decent red fruits but the tannin never really released its grip...kind of surprised me...will leave the others for a while
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Although the cork was fine and no signs of damage, tannin was prominent, fruit muted, a firm note of wet newspaper spoiling the party. I'm chalking it up to a bad bottle and hoping my next will be like my previous, which was terrific.
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Venturing into the 2004 vintage of CDP, the Pegau was as great a start as any. Indeed, it is positively refreshing compared to some 2003's where raisins and alcohol dominate a great many wines. In contrast, this wine impresses with its subtle but rich flavours of red/black berries, licorice, roast meats and garrigue, all delivered in a cool-autumn sort of way. The alcohol is present but not obtrusive, and the fine tannins suggest a long and comfortable future ahead. Very nice, and an absolute bargain for GBP380/case
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Big and structured wine. Judging from other reviews I must have had an off bottle. This one was very unclean tasting. I thought Brett. There was fruit, it was just in the background behind the funk. Drinkable, but not very enjoyable. Blah.
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Nose was fantastic. The wine now appears to have some tannis left to shed when compared to a 2000 from magnum which was more open and complex but oddly had a more closed nose on this night.
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Popped, breathed in bottle 90 minutes, consumed over next 60. Lovely expression of classic CdP. Ready to go right now, but with room for further improvement.
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Pop & Pour a glass at a restaurant on Hilton Head--then decanted the rest. My initial first sniff was, "Oh Crap--TCA" but it was an overreaction. Camphor, dark cherry. Initially fits into the dark and brooding thread until it really opens after about an hour. Lots of Provencal herb, pepper, black tea, light smokiness. It doesn't touch the 03 we had a few weeks ago but still wonderful.
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Decanted for 3+ hours. Raspberry and blackberry with plum and earth on the palate, berries with pine forest, earth and a trace of mint on the nose. Beautiful wine.
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--- COLOR: Ruby-garnet with ruby rim NOTE: Funky, mineral- and ash-driven nose that brings fruit in from behind. Smells like a nasty Bordeaux layered on top of a nice CDP. Mouth is decent with perfume of white flowers (honeysuckle/jasmin) wrapped around a core of mulberry, blackberry, black fig. The finish just rushes in again with that mineral-, iron-, ash-driven element that is so disgusting to me. I hate this kind of CDP but understand it's well-made though just not my style.
DECANT: 3 hr GLASS USED: Pinot Noir TASTE: 80 OTHER: COST: 63 VALUE: 1.0 PREVIOUSLY TASTED: n/a TRY AGAIN: whenever PAIRING: n/a Inquiries can be addressed to troypeterson@usa.net ---
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Excellent CDP that drank very nicely and without any decanting. Pure fruit and great balance with a lengthy finish. This should be enjoyable for years.
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Central New Jersey Off-Line CT tasting at Peking Duckhouse, New York City (Peking Duckhouse, New York City): Cjsavino and his wife generously shared two bottles of this outstanding wine. Once again, CJ has demonstrated his prowess in picking the best for his cellar. The wine had been opened 5 hours prior to serving and double decanted. Although early in its longevity cycle, exposure to air brought forth some mature qualities. The fruit was generous. The mouth feel was rich and the finish persistant there were energetic bursts of fruit from time to time. The wine continued to evolve all night. This was easily my WOTN. I hope the human anti-aging pill is invented in time for me to visit thus wine again in 10 to 15 years.
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Big and muscular CdP that opened with a nose of black and red fruit, smoked meat and Asian spices. On the palate, the tannins were firm, but mellowed with some air time. The fruit was similar to the bouquet with kirsch and decent acidity. Long finish with fruited tannins that went on for over one minute. A wonderful companion to the great Chinese food,
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Openned two bottles for an evening off line, decanted 6 hours before serving. This wine was really flexing it's muscles last night. Initial gripping tannins that evened out as the night progressed, spicy fruit, and long finish.
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Needs many many years to open up. So tannic it was crazy. That said, once it finally opens up and the tannins are integrated, this is going to be excellent.
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Tasted after an hour in a decanter. Opaque purple. Mineral, spice and rich fruit nose. Flavor is more red fruit than black, pepper, anise and earth. Classic CdP and a great match for this evening's Veal Osso Bucco. I am used to some bottle variation with this wine but tonight it seemed like my wife and I were drinking two different wines from the same bottle. She was picking up over the top funk (barnyard) to the point that she was not interested until it could be balanced with food. I was getting almost none. Strange. The score is mine with some adjustment for her very different take.
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Very aromatic and showing well today. Black olive tampenade, graphite dust, mineral laden wine with licorice notes. Medium to full in the bodied in the mouth, the wine had a great midpalate, and a nice juicy ripeness. Drink or Hold.
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I'm not big on CdP, but much to my surprise and enjoyment, this is a seriously exceptional wine; very impressive. Full bodied, muscular, dark crimson with lighter red edges. After a very short decant, the wine opened up upon pouring into a large Riedel glass. Shows a very aromatic nose of smoke, spice, minerals, leather, anise, flowers, and lots of red and black fruits. Bright plums, fresh raspberries, dark berries, sweet licorice and cherry kirsch liqueur flavor. Very smooth and rounded tannic structure. This is a very complex wine. Great long finish that lingers with cherry, tobacco, and cocoa.
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Tasted alongside Vieux Telegraph 2004. The Pegau was more meaty and dense both in smell and taste, while the VT was more elegant, lighter and more stemmy. The Pegau had a nose of blood, wet metal, some smoke and green herbs. Almost more northern Rhone than southern in its smell. It had a sweet attack and very good mouthfeel with mature tannins still present in considerable amount. Good balancing acidity. Pegau is clearly a great wine.
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Clear garnet/purple. Quite fruity on the nose, red berries, raspberry, earth and wet stone. More red fruits on palate, raspberry, hint of cherry. Mineral. Full body, round, long finish with upfront persistent tannins. Paired nicely with roast pork tenderloin.
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There's always something gorgeous about a clean bottle of Pegau. Just a touch of funk on the nose to this one and underneath a glorious nose of red and black fruit, pepper, meat, and herbal notes. In the mouth, vibrant and rich, without losing a linear precision. Full of fruit and complexity, like a perfect blend between the two. Hard to argue with a wine that sails on so seamlessly like this. A
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Houston we have a problem (Lucio's BYOB, Houston): Great nose of Rhone funk, with black and red fruit, smoked meats, kirsch. On the palate, kirsch, blackberry, smoked meat, sour cherry, spice. Finishes big and brawny. Great stuff.
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Wine with Friends (Our House, Avondale, PA): Wow. I love this wine. Everytime I've had it it stands out among some great wines. Some blood and mineral notes, honey, black pepper, ripe fruit. Very fresh and dry. Fairly masculine. Excellent.
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This is really a stellar vintage for Pegau; full bodied, rich and well balanced. Just a super example of the skill the Ferraud's possess. Drink now or hold.
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Mucch better than prior bottle. I think this is drinking great right now. More firm / less fruit than maybe expected.. fair amount of sediment. Maybe not a long term ager?
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Lower score this time, although this wine I've consistently scored a 93-94. I apparently went to the well one too many times and ran into a little bottle variation. Still a nice bottle, just not the epiphany of the previous '04s. In my experience, the '04 is presently drinking better than anything from '00 on. This bottle was a little clunkier, maybe a slight bit vegetal, but nice funky fruit, iron and leather. Still outstanding, just not "shockingly good," which was my description of the last bottle.
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(from memory) Medium ruby, understated nose of funky red currants, toffee, garrigue and spicy plum, palate is complex and a bit sweet with red and black fruits, ruby grapefruit and hints of other citrus, finish is long with teeth staining, mouth perking tannins
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Shockingly good at such a young age; most Pegau's take 10-15 years to shine IMO. Dense but light on its feet. A great mix between primary and secondary; red & dark berries, kirsch, meat, underbrush and leather. Beautifully balanced.
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A fantastic Pegau, from what has become my favorite CDP vintage since 2001. Complex, savory, and dynamic in the glass. Beautifully balanced and proportioned. Just textbook, classic stuff. This will age gracefully for many years to come.
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Opened and poured a small taste. Initial earth, barnyard and funk on the nose. Blew off after some time. Consumed after the bottle was open for about an hour. Still had a wonderful nose with dried flowers and mushrooms. Smooth and well-integrated. Enjoyed.
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Opened after a nice round of golf with my wife. Bought at the domaine on a day when only Paul was there. Deep garnet almost to the rim. Nose of leather, kirsch, licorice and garigue. A few years ago this was quite tannic but now is completely balanced. Wonderful tastes of dark fruits,smoke, earth,and lavender roll from front to back. Nice finish.
To me this is the "stealth" Pegau ... from an unheralded vintage ... Not profound like 2003 or 2007 but right up there with 2001 and 2005.
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Again no comparison to the 1998 and 1999 we drank the same day, either it was not a great year or it is still to young. Very tannic and vegetal. Didn't really open up even after 3 hours. Still the quality was evident from the Domaine.
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Decanted for about an hour before drinking. This was much more subtle and delicate than I was expecting. Extremelynfloral nose showing lavendar and soft sweet fruits underneath. Perfect balance on the palate with rich red and black berries and garrigue that transition into the smoky floral finish. Really enjoyable from start to finish. It had been awhile since I have had a good CdP, and this didn't disappoint.
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Savory, earthy, meaty flavors mingling with a smooth as silk fruity base. I was struck by how approachable this is right now. Paired perfectly with a unami dominated flank steak and marinade.
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Decanted 2 hours. Red-tinged violet (dark). Rush of dark berry aromas, along with cherries, garrique, anise, earth. Medium plus fruit intensity on palate with loads of soft grip. Feels bright and complex. 'Wants' to display finesse, but there's an underlying expressive power. Good length. Speaks of CdP. Great with grilled skirt steaks and white truffle red wine risotto.
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Decanted and poured. Consumed over two hours. Youthful purple in glass. Expressive nose of roasted meats, with plums and red fruits, herbs de provence, lavender and brambles. Raspberry and cherry kirsch on the palate, with some earth, game, spice and blood. A little toughness on the finish. Delicious now, but with a long and varied life ahead.
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A wonderful bottle to share upon our return from Frnace and a visit with Laurence. i just love this vintage when the bottle is pristine. Exotic, spicy and layered. Delicious and serious. (95)
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Just drinking beautifully now. Rich and meaty yet well integrated tannins make for a sweet ride. Just another reason Pegau remains my favorite Southern Rhone.
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decanted, and highly recommended as this is somewhat of a brutish wine at the moment. i'll need to sample again to get a handle on how it stacks up over the last decade of releases. some brett, asian spiced meatiness, kirsch. it went on a little roller coaster ride over 3-4 hours, yet never quite got me revved up as much as i expected. very rustic and foursquared.
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Saturday Tasting Group (Knightsbridge Wine Shop (Northbrook, IL)): Funky green olive nose, dirt, stinky cheese. Some mossy stewed leaves. Rustic cherry, decomposing leather and anise. Palate is rich and dark. Black berries, dirty earth. Spicy, driven by coal and some game action. Gorgeous savory play I couldn't get over. Loved it. Really nice plum note on the back end. Great wine.
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Just a wonderful Chateauneuf, one could go on and on talking about flavors and flowers and horse's asses (which we smelled none of, btw) and drawing allusions to supermodels vs Katherine Hepburn. But Greenblanket risks digression - this wine was a delicious, poised representation of how great CdP can be.
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CT Offline with JAR1, tantotinto, and Hollowine (Lucio's BYOB, Houston): This bottle was rocking from the get go. Nice nose of Rhone funk with red, black, and blue fruits all fighting for attention with the leather and beef blood. On the palate, raspberry, blackblerry, blueberry, leather, spice, sage. Finishes with great acidity and smooth tannins. Could use another 3-5 yrs IMHO but this bottle is why I love Rhone. Thanks for sharing Tantotinto.
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This night's 04 Pegau wasn't as good as the last several I've had...probably could have used a decant but was at a restaurant and couldn't make it happen. A bit closed and vegetal/stemmy...some nice telltale spice and funk but just not firing on all cylinders. Didn't have that mid-palate weight I found on the New-Year's-Eve-bottle...
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Popped & poured. Impenetrably dark. Dark, fruit-cake spicy nose. Rich entry with blood sausage, Asian spices, lavender, kirsch, lingering minerality. Many years ahead of it.
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From magnum, double decanted three hours before serving, no formal notes taken, but this needs loads of time in this format. Somewhat lower key example of Pegau, nicely structured and well balanced but a little mute on this night.
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Extraordinary vegetal nose on opening. Almost dirty cabbage like. Then it relaxed and opened up. This needs hours to settle before drinking. Very complex, beefy, bacony, almost fatty on the taste and very chewy. Not to everyone's taste who drank it, but I can understand it's popularity
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The wine has a dark red color. The nose is developed with a medium(+) intensity, showing complex aromas of leather, forest floor, dark cherry, smoke, bacon fat and a little bit of musk. In the mouth this full bodied wine is balanced, with great structure and polished tannins, glycerin, starting with a sweet sensation and aromas of red cherry liquor, meat, provencal herbs and spices. There is a medium plus finish with a spicy sweet cherry aftertaste. The wine feels a bit closed and I did not probably decant it enough (only 45 min). There is a touch of heat on the nose once the wine is warming but nothing disturbing and overall a really delicious wine. I would certainly buy more. 93 points
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Cannot say anything that has not been mentioned about this wine. This wine is terrific. It is not heavy, it is not loaded with stuff. It is just a wonderful Chateauneuf, light on the palate, quite traditional and providing a lot of hedonistic pleasure. Wonderful. A shame that I only bought one bottle.
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Opened the 04, 06 and 07 for New Year's Eve. the 2004 was far more open..pop and pour and great aromatics right out of the gate..classic Pegau rustic damp earth, red and black berry fruit. This has nice weight/midpalate and medium long finish.
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Textbook CdP. Dark fruits, leather, spices and roasted meats. Terrific structure and nicely balanced. Seemed to be holding back a bit however I'm sure this will continue to improve with additional time.
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Color: Dark purple (darkest wine) Taste: Mineral, game, boysenberry, cherry Taste: Medium tannic structure with plum, mineral, cherry, crushed rock, violets, and raspberry. I had to analysis this one very carefully as there was a lot going on here. Finish: LONG with raspberry, mineral, crushed rock, violets, and cherry. No funk on this wine. Evaluation: Buy and cellar. Drinking great tonight after 4 hours decanting but ten plus years will do this justice. 94 points
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Decanted 3 hours. The first bottle from a case. Lots of meaty, leather, rustic aromas. Ripe sweet fruits on palate. Plenty of tannins on finish. Really, really good. Drinking well now, but this has the bones for long term aging.
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Popped and poured. I haven't had one since release and I forgot how good it is. It is pure and fruity at first and finishes with the traditional pegau herb, earth and mineral funkiness.
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Grenache with Dan P (Estadio, Washington DC): Another strong showing for this wine. I served it a bit cooler as I like my Pegau to open up in the glass with temperature to allow the perfume to emenate. This bottle was expressive, but perhaps not as expressive as 2 years ago. It opens with signature Pegau characteristics of blood, leather, grange and garrigue. With more time throughout the night, this wine gained in depth and pitch but it is still infantile. This wine clearly has the poise and structure to age brilliantly for an extended period of time, and really hone in its pitch and gain depth and wonderful complexity. This will be a favorite given time.
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So good it is even difficult to rate. Still young, showing a wonderful concentration for the vintage. My grandmother in law said it smells as a cow's mouth what it has to be true, it is plenty of animal, barnyard, dusty notes, with a second layer of very elegant red fruit. Every time I put my nose was different. The palatte is built for the long term, wornderfully structured, silky and tasty. The best is yet to come. 94+
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Very good if a bit closed. Lots of garrigue, sappy fruit, olive and saline stoney notes. Bright yet rich, well balanced, great structure. A tiny twinge of brett is disconcerting for the future, but give this a year or two to unwind and it should be fantastic if the brett doesn't interfere excessively.
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CellarTracker Texas Offline II - Part One (oskiwawa's house in McKinney, Texas): Tasted non blind. Opened a couple of hours before serving. Garnet color in the glass. clear looking throughout. Nose of leather, smoke, white pepper and a bit of flowers. Flavors of berries and cherries. Medium to bright acidity, medium tannins, medium body. Still pretty tight, obviously still very young. Therefore no rating at this time. Hold.
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1st Pegau that I’ve tasted. Dark purple-red robe. Beautiful soaring aroma of spice, sous bois, blue and red fruit, tobacco and garrigue. The rich multi-layered palate of blue-red fruits, beef, tobacco and garrigue is supported by small sweet tannins and vibrant acidity. A lovely wine with plenty of years left until it reaches maturity, but it's drinking great right now.
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Very expressive and intense nose of blackcurrant; structured, stringent, mouth filling with flavours, some tannin; very long expressive aftertaste of blackcurrant
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Good lord this is good stuff. Blood, mineral, meat, fine leather and awesome fruit. Some white pepper and herbs. Rich and long. Some of the party said it smelled like a horses ass and weren't too fond of it. Ann and I loved it. This is the second wine this week that really got me excited. The 05 La Barroche Fiancee was the other. I will try to get more.
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This is great: rich but not cloying, juicy but not tart, tannic but not astringent, etc. Rich red berries but a nice undertone of earth and herbs. I'd say 93 - 94 but since it performed so well with a pop n pour, I'll put 94 in the box. Another half-decade plus and this could easily be high nineties.
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The nose is singing. It smells of dark fruits, herbs and roasted meat, and anise. The palate is a continuation of the nose. It screams more dark fruits, delicious herbs, and incredible balanced acidity. The finish is amazing and lasts forever with round tannins. This wine is incredibly balanced and drinking extremely well right now. This still has room to improve! I will be tracking down some more bottles.
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Sadly, my last of the 04 Pégaü Réservée but it went out with a flourish. Looking at my notes, I've managed to drink a bottle of this right around the same time each year and it's performed fantastically each time. Amazing nose which just leaps out of the glass and into your face with all of it's classic CdP goodness. Brambly herbs, touch of pepper, a bit of a smoked meat streak and we've not even hit the palate yet. Complex, with great weight that just coats the mouth right through to the finish. Loved it. A fantastic CdP.
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My favourite vintage of this producer. The 2004 will be amazing when it is at its peak. Brought by a friend to a dinner, it had that cedary, rustic telltale nose of a Pegau. Inky black in colour, the nose was redolent of blackberry, spicy plums and dark cherries with gallops of cedar, smoke and hickory notes. The palate was silky, not as pruney as the last time I tasted the wine, but had great balance between the acidity and fruit and tannins. Long cedary finish. Revisit in 5 -8 years.
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Deep ruby red. Nice nose of cedar, plums, cherries, cedar and a nice smoky twist. Nice body with good tannins, quite ready now but I will try and resist for a few more years. Medium plus finish.
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This wine is simply stellar. Always. I think this is the seventh time I have had this wine, and it is pure, clean, savory, sweet, spicy and utterly rambunctious. My past notes say it all. Meat, blood, white pepper, roasted plums, Provencale herbs, just textbook Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Even though this is a 'light and approachable' vintage of Pegau, it is awfully dense and delicious. I am not sure if any of my bottles will make it to 10 years, as I always want to reach for this beauty.
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Rich, complex, and tight. A whiff of barnyard, but lots of dense fruit, red and black, spice, a hint of tar, and a lingering finish. Wait a few more years before opening another.
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Deep red. Lots of sweet fruit, pepper and oak on the nose. Very spicey, rich flavours with a ton of structure and body. A long balanced finish. Excellent with room for improvment.
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Very good, well balanced Cdp.Not as much heat as 2003 being a cooler vintage. I've never had a bad bottle of Pegau. The 2004 is very underrated and will try and pick up some more.
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Too young. Wait 2-3 years. Decanted for 30 minutes but kept changing and often disjointed. Had the stuffing to age but it needs some time. Lots of fig paste.
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Not ready. Far from it but I drank this without a decant. Nose of raspberry, cherries, garrigue, vanilla and slightly pruney scents with a oak influence. The palate due to its youth is more linear with monolithic tastes of cherries and vanilla. Leave it alone for some time. Very well balanced and one of my favourite vintages of Pegau since 2001.
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What a fool for drinking this too young. Showing almost exculsively mourvedre for the first few hours, then it magically transformed into a hint of its future self when the roast lamb entered the picture.
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Outstaning evening. Pegau,beaucastel (04)and bois de boursan cuvee des felix(07). pegau: Spicy, leather, complex beautiful colour and most value for money but all 3 was fantastic
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Really, really good wine now and possibly great in the future. Still very primary, it's a pleasure to drink but this needs some serious time to be all that it can be. While the structure was hidden when first popped, after maybe half an hour some serious tannins came out to play. Tons of berry fruit to go with some nice earthy flavors. I put 93 now but this could/will go to 95 plus.
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Very nice wine. Lots of spice, leather and barnyard, plus great fruit. Drinking beautifully now, but will certainly hold or even improve over the next decade.
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Dark opaque colour. The nose offers up a very concentrated dark fruit, cow stable, smoked wood, lead, wet metal and some green spice. Really a good mixture of primary and more evolved tertiary aromas. Sweet attack, but not at all too sweet like the 2003. Extremely soft and mature tannins. I prefer the wine now as opposed to later when the tannins have melted away completely, since the tannins compensate for the fairly low acidity. The sweet tannins lead to a very long and mouth watering finish. Very hard to resist now. Lovely on its own, exceptional with food!
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Dinner with Co-Workers (Mario's Mondo Cafe, Glenview IL): nose: shows off the pegau funk right off the bat, but then opens up to reveal deep and luscious tones of black cherries, kirsch liqueur, creamed black fruits, garrigue and some underbrush tones. Took a bit of swirling to get it going, but it opened up fairly fast
taste: great medium/full body with polished tannins and deftly balanced tones of black cherries, kirsch liqueur, garrigue and a good amount of black fruits. Very good depth, but the tannins are showing off the youth of the wine
overall: a really great young pegau. Needs more time to really show itself, but this was extremely good right off of pop n pour and it opened up pretty fast. Balance is the key word on this wine as it has a ton and has a real attractive dark profile as well
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San Antonio Wine Geeks; 2/11/2010-2/12/2010 (Godai Sushi Bar and Restaurant): Flamboyant nose with hint of barnyard (the good kind), herbs and spices. Palate was quite acidic, with firm tannins on the backend, but very open and accessible, showing kirsch and herbs de Provence on a dense cherry palate. Lengthy finish of spice, tobacco, and mineral. Shows a very similar flavor profile to the ’06, but more open. Fantastic Pegau.
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Birthday Dinner - Restaurant CRU (Blaine, MN): Popped, poured, and at slightly less than room temperature. The color was a deep red/ purple. Dark fruit, herbs, and meat on the nose. The smoked meat and dark fruit are in abundance on the palate, with notes of licorice. It was fantastic, but am looking forward to see what is in store after 3-5 more years.
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I love this bottle of wine. I gave it about 2.5 - 3 hours to come out and stretch. 2 years ago this had a floral nose which has become much more complex. The taste.... absolutely delicious meat, fruit, full, fan for life!!
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Served at 63 degrees without decanting. Deep purple color. Nose of tart ripe fruit, herbs and something savage and animal. Flavors of dark red and black fruit, tar and spice. Great depth. There is a tannic touch in the finish. This wine is primal and seductive. It will be fun to follow where this one goes from here but it is in a really fine place right now.
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Flavours and aromas of rich dark fruits; hints of rosemary and other herbs; slight hints of leather. Good acidity. A bit closed and with a touch of heat early on; better integrated after being open awhile. Was still good the next day.
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Last Offline of the Decade (MLV's & JC's): Decanted for 3 hours which made for a well drinking young CdP. Darker fruit than expected, but still with some of the meaty and earthy notes you associate with these wines (though less than many Pegaus). Well balanced and enjoyable.
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Decanted for one hour and I am not sure if that was a good thing to do or not. The wine was closed tight and not giving up much of anything. It was really a waste to open this.
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Popped and poured fresh from the case.....the wine is clearly young but nicely balanced and not overly hot...still I prefer them with more age....nice sweet fruit that would have really benefitted from more air but there was no time....color a nice rich plum and no fading yet....will be a pleasure to follow the rest of these over the years
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WOTN at Thanksgiving, although it didn't necessarily win my vote. Dark, brooding color with meaty bacon and red fruits on palate and nose, pushing the boundaries of dryness with a syrupy element. Long finish demonstrated the wine's class. Seems to be in a good (if albeit early-side) drinking window.
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Color: Light purple center, with the rim just beginning to go to garnet. Nose: Slightly hot, bright red fruits, a little damp earth, some funk. Palate: prominent grip, a little cooked strawberry/raspberry, clay, nice long finish. Needs an hour or so in the decanter.
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A finer and more elegant (clear) nose than the big and voluminous 03. More berry inspired and less spice. Taste on the other hand has it all. Powerfull, juicy, spicy with a lot of depth/concentration. Well balanced. Couple of hours of air helps for sure. People talking about the lack of finesse and elegance in these CdP wines should try this with an open mind.
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We drank this with friends over cassoulet on 11/1/09. It had a fabulous nose of violet, cherry, earth, sage, and spice aromas. The palate was exceptionally smooth, refined and balanced with cherry, sage, spice and coca flavors. It was not nearly as “big” as I expected…just incredibly delicious.
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Served to out of town guests. Dark garnet. Nose of smoke, leather, blackberry, licorice. Full-bodied palate or ripe sweet black cherry, blackberry, earth, and licorice. Extraordinary length and energy. Refreshing acidity and supple tannins. One of 2009's best wines. Wish I had more...
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At a party for John Hopcroft's 70th birthday. The wine was superb and people genuinely seemed to be astonished by it. My TN from 9/4/2008 still seems like a good description of it at this stage in its life.
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Drinking with friends at home after returning from dinner which featured a disappointing bottle of '86 Gruaud. Hesitated about pulling this wine because after the last few bottles I was convinced it was starting to shut down. Opened it anyways, and it did not disappoint. Nose was quite interesting with sea breeze, iron, vanilla, burnt popcorn (like a Coche) and a touch of heat. Clove, pepper, blackberries, iron and tar on the palate, well-balanced, long finish. This bottle reaffirmed it status as a crowd pleaser.
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It's been nearly 2 years since we last had this wine. Our intention tonight was to have the wine with Osso Bucco but unfortunately it took about 2.5 hours to cook the meal and only 2 hours to finish the bottle. Needless to say, the wine was brilliant just as it was a couple years ago. No 'Brett' on the nose at all and there's a nice mixed of smoked meats, dark fruit, and vanilla. Wonderfully smooth and balanced from start to finish. Drinking wonderfully at 5 years of age.
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Mmm, this vintage is drinking awfully well. Not a huge Pegau, but man this is lovely. A rambunctious nose of white pepper, roasted plums, and a hint of beef blood. Mmm, nice palate, clean, rich, a bit of bitter cocoa, dusty and spicy. Very solid. I was perhaps a bit less excited than prior bottles, but this awfully delicious.
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Popped and poured. Drinking fantastic today, with clean black fruit and spice nose (no brett), very supple palate with perfectly balanced tannins and a long finish. Great.
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brought to restaurant with Val, Bill and the Face - very tight, but after letting it open up it showed its great potential. Needs at least an hour of decanting to truly appreciate, but is excellent and has years to go.
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I love the 04, it never disappoints, great value, classic style, a touch less fruit than the 03 but more of that great CDP funk I love, Great balance, nice grip and acidity, light soft tannin, strawberry nose, tar, and stone, with horse stall action on the palate, smooth long finish, glycerin mouth feel. Really starts hitting its stride ofter 4-5 hrs in the decanter, if I could drink this every night, life would be so nice
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at first pop and pour/taste, great fruit, but after letting sit open for an hour and a half or so, fruit seemed a bit muted. Maybe this is in a bit of shutdown, although others do not seem to think so. Well structured, bit of funk that I enjoy, although I would be curious to know the mix, as the Syrah seems to be higher and the Grenache lower than in some other vintages of this wine. classic Pegau wine and will try again in a few years.
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\nose - plum, caramel. Per Brian light funk, the vinous equivalent of a lambic on the nose. Bready. Per Victor Bretty.
mouth - full bodied, full fruit, still tannic. tasted blind and all the self proclaimed pundits in the group discerned there was too much Syrah in the blend. whatever.
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Occasional tasting group: Extensive Southern Rhône tasting with some extra's. (@ PVa): Expressive and complex bouquet with smells like pepper, spices, pleasant barnyard. Very juicy and expressive on the palate as well. The tannin shows some development, but is still youthful. Tasting this wine beside exactly the same wine brought by another friend. The difference is bizarre. So much bottle variance….
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Better than the 03 next to it. Very similar profile, but thankfully without the raisin/porty type smell and finish. Good fruit, but just too young in my opinion. Strange, a young 05 I had rocked my world, but these, not so much. The 04 and 03 just seemed to lack the elegance of the 05, while also lacking the traditionalist profile in the 1990's versions. Liked it, well put together, but just missing the wow factor I was hoping for. Will try them again in a year or two, hopefully it turns out this was just me, my mood and/or bottle variation.
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Wonderful nose but very, very tight. Decanted for about an hour and finally showed a little release of fruit. Strong tobacco and leather followed with cherry. Loved the wine and wish I had another.
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This is more like it! Much better than the '03 I had last month. Beautiful classic aromas and flavors of meat blood, kirsch, spices, herbs de provence. Dark garnet in color, with a bit of bricking on the edges. Also a bit of leather on the nose. It's full bodied with rich, deep flavors. There is still a good bit of tannin on the finish that needs to be resolved, but it's drinking very well now with potential upside. 93-94 pts
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Very very nice nose; still quite some tannins but sort of disappears after a while; very nice bottle to drink now (sweetish, berries, smokiness) and will be interesting to follow in coming years.
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I love Pegau but this one had left me wanting until day 2. On day one I decanted for 6 hours but it still showed a strange medicinal note and cloyingly sweet fruit. Sipping it now on the second night and it's really come into it's own. I'd still wait on this as the secondary elements are still faint. Approachable yes, but be patient and get much more. This was the first '04 I've popped and I'll wait 2-3 more years before popping another. Update: On day 2 this had come together and was rocking. A terrific wine!!!!
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Dinner at Grace: Cherries and hints of asphalt and smoke on the spicy bouquet. Dark purple-garnet color of great depth. Loads of garrigue and raspberry on the palate; well-balanced, but the tannins do clamp down on the finish; a bit alcoholic; needs lots of time.
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This truly took nearly 4 hours exactly to fully open up. First tasted at hour 3, and the acidity and tannins had not yet integrated. Come hour 4 and finally the balance came out with glycerin offsetting these. Definite notes of game began to emerge to complement the cherry and berry fruits.
Even so, this is still a food wine for now, as the tannins are still quite high. I think this definitely has a long life ahead of it, but currently the 2004 Clos des Papes is working much better. Overall, 92.
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Wow, wow, wow, do I love Pegau or what? I haven't had the 2004 in a year, and man oh man has this really come into its own. Mindblowing aromatics, classic Pegau with the meat, band-aid, blood, and garrigue in a hot summer field kind of notes. Every single time I take I sip I practically throw both hands in the air, scream "YES" and want to start whacking high-fives to anyone in the neighborhood. The wine just makes you smile, it is that good. This is not the 1990, 2001 or 2003. It is much more in the vein of the 1994 and 1999, but I am shocked at how well it is drinking right now. Where a year ao I might have awarded 94 points on potential, this is a pure, here and now, throw me down and take me TODAY, 94 points of bliss. Maybe there is some upside, and maybe I am a point or so high. But this wine is ready to play right now. If you are sitting on some you owe it to yourself to get into some of this exuberance soon. It is in a very good spot.
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2004 Domaine du Pegau Cuveé Réservée, alc 14%...has some leather on the nose...a beautiful spiciness overlying black fruit attacks the palate...some tannins come in after 10 seconds but it is really quite approachable despite it's youth...really sings with the food...great upside potential for this wine
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a bit less weight than the 2003 pape clement served aside it. had to swirl a few times to get nose of herbs, spice, liquorice, and meat. sweet fruit with herbs, licorice, black fruits. medium finish, not too developed or delineated in palate. not particularly tannic. has better acidity and freshness than the 2001 i tasted last week, so more to my liking. a relatively decent experience but not special.
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Dark ruby-red. Extremely complex nose, with kirsch, meat, sous-bois, herbs and minerals. An unusual combination of freshness and maturity. Full bodied, with explosive fruit (but not in the "blockbuster" sense), firm tannins and balancing acidity. Very long finish. Still very young but approachable. Will develop in bottle over the next decade. Magnifficent.
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really solid young CDP...seems a bit more classic in style with secondary flavors already playing a big role with garigue, barnyard balanced by cherry, strawberry fruit...nice acidity and structure. needs time but should be good one.
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Stylistically seems to be a mix between the 2001 and 2003, as it seems to have a bit more fruit and acidity than the 2003, but still has a bit of the glycerin that the 2003 has much of. What is surprising is the level of acidity, but I'm sure that will give it a long life. Cherries and violets on the nose, with a hint of garrigue. Very similar on the palate, but with the acidity and slight glycerin showing up. Overall, very enjoyable. 92-94.
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Dusty nose with a little barnyard. On the palate, dark cherry, licorice, raw meat and long plum finish. This bottle had some big tannins, which I did not pick up on in previous bottles. Nice wine and great value.
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This was not as good as the last bottle I had, which I gave a 94. Could be that the 2 bottles of Pax we had just before skunked our palates, or it could be that the wine needed more time to open. I hope it is not shutting down because this wine is usually a crowd pleaser.
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Pegau Reserve Vertical Tasting: Dark red color. Open nose with sweet raspberry, anise, tomato, got good intensity and seems to open more and more with air. A very well build wine, that shows slightly boiled fruit, plums and raspberry, on the taste. Tobacco on the midpalate, stretching onto the good long finish. A bit of alcohol on the taste and a very dry finish. Really well tied together, I would love drinking more of this in the future.
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This is a great young Rhone. Wonderful barnyard on the nose, strawberry and cherry on the palate (but not a fruit bomb). Very long finish of plum and smoke. This wine is always a crowd pleaser and a bargain relative to other vintages.
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Lovely wine, with osso buco and rosotto. A but shy armoatically at first, but opened nicely, and has a nice Prvencal nose and palate, Bery kirchy, in a good way. Long finish. Far from peak, and years to go, but drink nicely now.
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Brilliant wine, the fruit is not overripe and of very good quality, it manages to contain the high level of tannins. This wine is already open for business as interesting flavors start to emerge that give the wine some complexity. The wine is big, but balanced.
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Great wine with iron, blood notes that enhance the raspberry fruit. This really fleshed out over time to reveal a dense mouthfeel with chewy herbal and meat flavors. Again, the nose shows some barny, metallic notes which melt away via the sweet fruit on the palate.
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Make no mistake. This wine is not for the novice wine drinker. This wine is a big boy. I consumed a bottle of this last year and chose not to comment as I was a bit disappointed and the wine was not decanted. 2009, wine decanted 4 hours and consumed over a 2 day period. This a serious wine. A bit more towards the new world but not even close to over the top. This chateauneuf begs for meat. Works well with red sauce as well. Dark fruit and very spicy. Hints of bacon and smoked meat. Finish lasts for days. Simply delicious.
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Spicy raspberry nose. Tastes of blackberry, raspberry, cherry kirsch and earth. Jammy, New World style. Rich, earthy finish. Still not a huge fan of this wine.
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Dark and brooding, not showing much. Dark fruit, spice and earth and tart cherry on the finish. Well structured and well balanced but for a touch of heat. Re-visit in 5+ years.
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Popped and poured. Barnyard, leather, and earth on the nose. Very tight and somewhat closed on the palate. Over the course of the next few hours, the wine really opened up. Floral notes and fruitier notes to go with the earthy tones. Full bodied, expressive and complex. Smooth finish with some mineral/metallic notes.
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Decanted for 4 hours. Huge, floral nose. Taste was close to too jammy and really needed food. With bread or red meat, it became a very large, full bodied treat. I felt it lacked the depth and complexity of the 2000 and the 2001. I haven't tried my '03 and only dipped into '04 because of all the positive TN's here that said it was drinking well now. I won't argue that, but will retreat to my '00 and '01's in the expectation that a few years will give the '04 more depth and complexity. Still, I'm glad I tried one so I can track the developement of this wine. There's a good chance that this will exceed 95 points 5 years or more from now.
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Pegau Vertical (Morton's Steakhouse, Washington DC): My second favorite. It was the most poised of the young wines, showing a beautifully evolved palate that was rounded and simply lovely. The texture of this wine is the best out of its peers (save the 98). This is the Pegau I will seek to purchase for cellaring. I believe it will turn into something very nice, perhaps special.
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Day 1 - Popped & poured. This wine was shut down & not giving an inch so tossed it in the decanter and gave it a vigorous decant. Still not showing much. Medium bodied with red fruits, bacon and underbrush. Rather acidic on the finish. I poured the rest back into the bottle, gassed and put back into fridge. Day 2 - Pulled from the fridge and let it come up to 60 deg. Not much has changed.....rather disappointing. I can only guess that these have entered their hibernation stage. 50+5+12+14+5=86
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Popped and poured. This has a long life ahead of it. I should have given this a long decant, as the last glass was much better than the first. The only down side was that the acid seemed a bit out of balance (high). We'll see what happens over time.
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Explosive. Pure red fruits, garrigue, roasted earth and roasted herbs. Assuming you get a bottle like this one, this is frankly spectacular... world class wine to be honest. Great grenache, great chateauneuf, great wine all around. Not hot, not overbearing, not overripe, just hugely pure and lifted, hugely concentrated, great mineral streak, great balance, wicked amount of herb du provence, tar and hot stones. Really excellent. In my opinion, superior to the 2003 for it's lift and exquisite balance.
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After all the great ebob notes, decides to try a young un. Really very nice straight from the bottle. Garrigue on the nose and all the usual descriptors. Even the Oz heads liked it. Yum.
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A supple and very attractive Pegau for consumption over the next six to eight years, but perhaps not a long ager. The wine is already showing very well. A medium black/ruby. Nose has Pegau all over it, with ripe plums and raspberries, leather and hints of tobacco, vanilla, toffee, provincal spices. Perhaps a hit of tapenade? In the mouth, powerful yet very approachable, with that tobacco and leather up front, but then sweeter cassis fruit. Modest tannins and acidity; medium length finish.
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From a magnum that showed seepage - wonderful aromas of dark fruits, minerals, beef blood, and some dried herbs. Plush and decadent on the palate, with no real significant amount of brett. Really easy to drink as the wine currently is highlighted by the fruit and the lush texture - very good!
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Decided to go with a young CnP to complete the weekend's comparison among '03 Arcadian Stolpman and '98 Caillou. Decanted 2 hours. I have to say that this wine split difference nicely. The nose was quite forward and of darker fruit (like the Cali Syrah) but it also had bramble and meaty smoke like a grenache-driven CnP. The palate had wonderful almost soft fruit but was balanced by edgy tannins and generous acidity. The stuffings to be more like the Caillou in a few years was evident, but this is great now.
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Finally opened one and it paid off big time. Had strong tannins that are sure to keep this going for many years, but exceptional right now. Tobacco and leather with some deep berries. Covers the mouth and carries a great meal. Decanted for 3 hours in cellar.
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(at Christopher Daniel – Baltimore) I love this wine, but did find this bottle to be less impressive than others tasted. Black cherry and a country field mixed with a bit of chalk. This seems unresolved and tight – not showing the extraordinary balance and complexity of previous bottles. (91)
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Impressive aromas of red berries, pepper and licorice. Huge and massive with wonderfull berries. Intense and long but at the same time complex and pure. A winner and why wait ?
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Beautiful nose w lots red berries, some pepper. Fairly open.
In mouth complex, sweet and WOW. Berries and boiled sweets - still a young wine, but a right charmer. Medium on tannins.
A classic style CdP - the way I like it. I'm convinced it can be put away for 5 years, but the way it was showing... hard to keep hands away now. And not sure it can improve on my, subjective, impression.
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Let’s put this up front – this is a WOW wine. Everything I could ever want in a southern Rhone. Explosive, complex, balanced and harmonious. Big flavors but harnessed beautifully. Any more would tip it out of balance to me. A child in its youthful exuberance, but on its best behavior. One of my favorite recent vintages of this wine. (97+)
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My first 2004 and a very pleasant surprise. Meaty, spicy and got that "blood and bone meal" aspect - woudl be a great match with beef marrow; the fruit sits in the background. Leaner than many modern CDPs but a style I love.
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I've read some recent tastings describing this as tight or closed. This bottle was different; any more open and it would have been obnoxious. Expressive nose and spicy palate; dark berries and plums, licorice, pepper, iron and garrigue. I was much more impressed than MB. I prefer these at 8+years, but don't regret trying this one young.
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Dark red. Very tight nose of red fuit and black pepper. Huge wine that isn't showing very well at this point. A year ago it was fantastic now it needs a long rest in a cellar. Great future though IMHO.
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A delicious example after an hour in the decanter. Not as ripe and concentrated as the 2003 or as brooding and tannic as the 2005, but with all the hallmarks of a classic CdP. Plenty of stuffing, heady kirsch, herbs du provence, anise, and sun-baked soil. Drinking very well now with room to improve and become more complex.
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Gorgeous wine and relatively still accessible. Bing cherry and blackberry notes with some oak characteristics. The palate was surprisingly accessible and not as rich as the power packed 2003 and a little lighter on its feet but still has the stuffing to age well. Slightly grainy tannins on a fantastic long long finish that kept waves of blackberries smashing into your taste buds on and on and on. Wow. I can't wait until this approaches maturity.94+
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Medium ruby with some browning. Open, perfectly ripe, poised fruit on the first pour, but then this took an abrupt turn to a profile more defined by garrigue, spice, menthol, and tobacco. Not a big wine. Smooth mouth feel with excellent core of dark fruit, strong acidity, and little obvious tannin. In the end, it reminded me of many '99s but with more stuffing-cool, savory, and complex rather than impressing with its concentration or depth of fruit.
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Drank over two days. No surprise it was significantly better on the second. Bouquet with impressions of raspberries, lavender and dark cherries on alcohol. In the mouth rather full bodied, well balanced, with some heat in the finish. Sound tannins but already very approachable.
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Truly an awesome wine. Nose was very complex showing kirsch, fig paste, game and forrest floor. Rich flavors of meat, fig, raspberry ganache, tobacco, and plenty of garrigue come through on the palate. Finishes long with plenty of dark fruits. Medium acidity and firm tannins. Although it showed really well, this wine will certainly benefit from some time in the bottle. Recommend holding.
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A hint of brett blows off quickly to reveal a lavender perfume. This is followed by black raspberry, saddle leather, tar and iron notes. There is a chewy green herb/tannin structure as well as a touch of fig underlying the sweet fruit making this a true pleasure to drink. This is a wine that forces you to pay attention and kept improving over the night. It drinks so well now, that I am not sure how much improvement will occur with long term aging.
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Decanted for 2hrs. this was tight and I think decanting it may have shut it down hard. Initially pouring, the aromas of raspberry coulis jumped from the decanter. The flavors of blackberry, raspberry, blood and iron were delicious. But the fruit seemed to shut down early. I think decanting encouraged this. Wanted to try one, but will leave my remaining bottles for 3-5 years.
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Beautifully balanced and approachable right now. There is the slightest hint of bret wine, but it is so slight that it is actually enjoyable. The nose is dominated by kirsch, spice and black cherry, and the palate shows even more spice and rasberry kirsch. There is a touch of heat on the finish, but the acid balances it out. Yummy.
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Yeah, kirsch liqueur and dried figs with tons more going on such as tobacco, earth, and minerals. Earlier it had a bretty thing going on, but I think that’s done with, or most of it at least. A lot of stewed, stewed cherries, plums, dark fruit, licorice. It’s tannic and medium bodied. After drinking, I’m left with a very rich mineral presence. This is an excellent wine.
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Last night I had a mindblowingly good bottle of 2005 Pegau (fresh off the boat). Tonight with a nicely roasted chicken I almost popped another 2005, but at the last second I decided to check in on the 2004. Another lovely vintage for Pegau, spicy, aromatic, a little more stalky/vegetal, but in a good way. Showing lots of spice and white pepper at this stage but intermixed with some fairly racy Grenache. Mmm, this is is pretty racy with a really nice, Grenachey personality. Mmm, starting to show some nice garrigue on the nose.
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After an emotionally draining day, we needed a method of relaxing and something to take the edge off. Karen made a wonderful dinner of penne with walnuts, mushrooms, spinich and grated cheese--just the ticket! The wine exploded from the glass with an intense nose of kirsch, bramble and liquor--a showing that reminded me of my first Pegau--the 2001. So many have written about the Ferraud's efforts, that I too wish to thank them again for such an extraordinary wine that continues to impress and deliver the goods. Loads of tannin and a deep long finish completed a wine that I just am thrilled to drink every time--and still have a case left in the cellar hooray!
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More classical aromas. Some red fruit, leather, herbs and strawberry. More balanced, with structured tannin, still tight with more acid. Still dense with length graphite, some minerals and huge gripping tannin.
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This was, surprise surprise, the WOTN! This bottle also received some air time before the event - 4 hour decant.
NOSE: nice kirsch/funky balance; a bit baked smelling to me; secondary aroma of leather as well.
BODY: fine particulate matter suspended in the wine; medium-full bodied; slightly brickish-red in color.
TASTE: earthy; a bit tannic right now; hollow mid-rear palate; clearly, best is yet to come, but undeniably tasty right now. It's a tough battle between this wine and the '01 Boislauzon for which wine made the biggest impression on me for the evening. The Boislauzon has clearly hit its stride, while this Pegau will probably one day kick the Boislauzon's butt...for today, I must give the nod to the Boislauzon...ten years down the road from now, there would be no question - Pegau in a landslide.
50, 5, 11, 16, 9 = 91 points
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Not sure what all the fuss is about, or maybe it has shut down. Young CdP nose, with some spice and dark fruits. Highly tannic, and almost bitter. We served it with a rib roast and it had a hard time cutting that fats of the meat. I've had the '03 and enjoyed it (grated two different beasts with the '03 summer), but this one left me perplexed. I think I just need to hide it for another 7 years.
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From the list at Redd. Superb. Exactly what it should be with all the parts and flavors in perfect proportion. Beautifully aromatic; medium bodied and balanced in the mouth. I enjoyed this more than my last bottle of the '03.
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Had this alongside the 2003. Both needed more air, but the 2003 seemed more integrated and polished at this point. Even after two hours, the 2004 still seemed muted, with tannis that, at times, overpowered the underlying fruit. Won't open the next one for at least two years.
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Tasted November 23, 2007. Opened and served immediately. Dark garnet color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of rick dark raspberries, a hint of cinnamon and black cherries. Flavors of rich black currants, a bit of jammy black berries and some black cherries. Medium to high acidity, firm tannins, full bodied. Hold.
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Popped and poured at the restaurant, where it was loaded with peppery licorice spices, but seemed a little restrained at the same time. Took half the bottle home, where it gained some depth in terms of truffle and earthy minerality. A real saline streak on the nose and through the finish. The fruit is definitely there, but it is relatively buried underneath it all, with the only clear fruit notes arriving with a raisin tone on the medium long finish. At the end of it, four hours later: some huge tannins, too. There's an interesting future here. 92, potentially 94+ in the future,but I'm not sure I'll come back to it.
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Sent back to Vendor for replacement. Fill was very high, cork pushed out and seepage under the foil. This mag is intended for long term aging, so I do not want to take a chance.
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Prior to opening this wine I noticed that the cork was actually pushed up a bit and then it broke in half quite easily. I suspect this had a lot to do with where I purchased this wine as it had been standing up on the shelf for quite some time. We decanted it for about an hour prior to drinking. This wine was fantastic. Some smoke meat and mixed with vanilla and some fruit poking through as well. The flavors are so complex and well integrated and smooth that it is hard to believe that this wine is just an infant. Although the 03 was rated higher by most critics, we enjoyed this 04 more than the 03.
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This is drinking great right now. Opened and decanted for 60 minutes, while I cooked the Sole Sous Vide and Carrots. The Sole didn’t come out that great, but the Pegau sure did (yea, a bad match, but Sous Vide cooking can be hit and miss if you don’t get the temperature exact). Little change after an hour (for the next five hours). Big huge massive nose, smoke, cherry, earth, licorice, and loads of spice. I love how the nose just explodes with a little bit of swirling in the glass – this is an incredibly fragrant wine. Although very tannic, the fruit initially masks this until the end of the finish, where you get a real tart lift. Still, I have no complaints about this wine.
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Audozed for 4 hours. Amazing stuff. Very accessible. Prototype CDP. If you don't like this, you don't like CDP. Period. Not as rich and deep as the 2003, but very enjoyable and hedonistic right now. So, if you can't wait for the 2003 to hit its peak (or didn't get any for a reasonable price) this is your choice. Not cheap cheap, but definitely a super QPR! 93-94 points
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Robe assez sombre, nez épicé discret, un peu de réglisse. En bouche il y a à la fois un beau fruité de jeunesse exubérant et une structure qui ne laisse aucun doute quant à son potentiel de vieillissement. Richesse et équilibre y sont, le vin est tannique et se refermera peut-être comme le 2003. J’aime beaucoup, c’est une réussite à l’image d’un millésime que j’apprécie beaucoup en CNP. 92-93 pts
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Super deep garnet color with rich olive oil scent to it. It had almost a bacon wrapped, sage crusted meat (lamb or venison) smell and flavor to it. Definite cigar box/cedar to it with bordeaux type notes. Hints of Chocolate. Super rich with underripe pomegranate and plum flavors which should mellow out in 5 years time. Great acidity. Could go for 20 years.
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Camille's notes (blind). The Thunder Show Aug. 26. Decanted 4.5 hours. Garnet-purple color. Gorgeous nose of blueberry, spice, plum, cedar, smoke and tar. On the palate, sour cherries, cocoa, cinnamon and massive acidity. Big tannins, but smoother than Le Vieux Donjon. Paired awesomely with bresaola, mushroom risotto and other foods. Great acid and really nice nose. 91-92 pts. Camille's guess, Barolo.
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Exploring Chateauneuf-du-Pape @ Peter Z. (Belgium): Young, austere, tight. Cassis, blackberries, white pepper, Syrah-like in its presentation. Smoked sausage, creme de cassis and bbq-sauce on the palate. After aeration this is getting more playful, inviting and suave. Wonderful wine, tuck away in the cellar for 3 years. 17.5/20
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Tasted at Maru in Valencia, CA with The Godfather. Dark in color, big wine. Hung, earthy nose. Excellent right now but I am sure this one gets better with some time in the bottle.
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Real bretty nose, with hints of cherry, plums, mushroom and even some truffles and spices. Massive tannins and great acidity. Long finish. Well balanced but still a btrut force. I think will be a great wine.
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From a different lot as the first bottle tasted; This bottle was again more bretty than I prefer. The wine is balanced under all the brett but I question how this one will age if this bretty now? The other taster did not mind the brett but felt that the bottle was not as good as many previous vintages. [Decanted about 30 minutes and improved over the next two hours]
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Drunk over 2 nights. Night 1: popped & poured, initially seemed very inert, even considered that it may have been a bit corked given what I could smell. It had light fruit that passed through a hollow middle palate and died on a tannic finish. Night 2: different story! Opened out beautifully with mouth filling, long lasting fruit, excellent structure and balance.
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Classic Pegau. Kirsch liqueur, garrigue, leather, truffle. In a classic CdP style with good fruit but on the leaner and drier side. Textbook Pegau that reminds me most of the 1999.
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Again this was one of the more bretty bottles but definitely identifiable as Pegau. It was quite balanced with lower alcohol than the 2003. Comparing it to prior vintages I agree that it is most like the 1999 - a wine that drank well young and never really shut down. A decant might have helped this open up.
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first half of the bottle was outstanding. all of a sudden, mid way through, developed a strange and strong iodine-like smell and some funky flavor. don't know what happened. left it for the next day and was unchanged. maybe just too much air?
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Back in February I tasted this wine for the first time at a big Pegau dinner with Laurence Feraud in attendance. At the time she raved about this vintage, making strong comparisons to the style of the 2001 and going on at length about how spicy and intense this wine is. At the time I felt that the bottle we were tasting that evening made it awfully hard to reach that conclusion, as the wine was quite reticent and brooding without a lot of the opulence I am used to in this wine.
Tonight I braised a pot roast and roasted some root vegetables, and Châteauneuf-du-Pape was the obvious choice. I was going to grab a 1997 Pegau and then realized that I had promised myself I would dig into a 2004 and follow it more closely. Well on pop and pour I saw all that I needed to. The wine absolutely exploded on first pour, a complex and powerful melange of kirsch, sweet cherries, horse, licorice, white pepper and spicy Provencale herbs. This stuff was roaring like a locomotive, indeed very reminiscent of the muscular 2001, perhaps a bit less exotic and lighter but not at all far off the mark, definitely a bigger wine than the 1999 (another vintage to which this has drawn comparison). And no sooner did this strut than it shut down 15 minutes later. Sulky, dark, lots of licorice, hints of balsamic, this was closed as quickly as it had opened. What a tease!
I kept following this, and finally after 3 hours this started to open again. This is not an opulent vintage of Pegau, but it does have a lot of purity in a very classically structured frame with very rambunctious and spicy Grenache, mmm, garrigue, just love it. Unlike the 2000 and 2003, this does not seem seem to be a vintage that will reward very young drinking, but I am quite pleased to have a lot of this resting in the cellar. A really clean and powerful example.
This is 94-95 right now, but I will give it the benefit of the doubt, as it seems obvious that it's a wine destined to improve.
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Gourmet dinner and tasting at ProActive: Another great performance by this popstar of the Rhône Valley. Very nice and a bit rustic - stables, "elephant cage", lots of dusty red cherries. Very animalistic, yet pleasing and seems to touch every pore in mouth and nose. Still drinks great even though its so young.
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Tasted from bottle with Paul Féraud at the domain, seems to be a second bottling of the 2004 according to Paul... Nose of cocoa, very ripe cherries, licorice, pain d'épice, black chocolate, loads of spices. In the mounth, very concentrated, with cherries and load of spices, loads of integrated and soft tannins. This wine was even better than the cask sample of 2005 and 2006… This is a true "Must have" for a Pégau lover!!
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Opened at 11:30 am and let stand in cellar. Decanted 1/2 bottle at 5:30 pm because first sip indicated that this was going into a shut down mode. After a little while in glass got some red fruit, barnyard and scents of red meat. Palate had nice dark red fruit, herbs, little earth. Great body and texture. Seems like it has everything to age beautifully. Will not touch the rest for a long time. I hope. Day 2: this showed so much potential with red fruit. Hold on!
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Decanted 2 hours. Deep garnet color with slight herb and dark fruit on the nose. Palate is outstanding with good balance and subdued alcohol..although it is surely robust. Definitely sensed the tannins on initial opening but they did subside over time. Love the ageability on this wine..will enjoy my next 11 bottles over the next 2 decades. Bravo!
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Great nose of herbs and red fruit. Incredibly balanced and seamless. Red and black fruits, garrigue and some spice on the palate. While I have no doubt this will get better, it was very open on this night. Very elegant for a CdP. Outstanding.
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Ne Plus Ultra: The 95 & up club: WS96. Dark red color. aromas of dark fruit, molasses, and maple syrup, with hints of band aid, raisins, prunes, green and kalamata olives on the finish.
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Full deep red. A nose that embodies the essence of the southern rhone. Garrigue, black raspberry, plum, and barn yard. Complex and intrigueing. Green peppercorns. The palate is tannic and medium bodied. Nice balancing acidity. Fruity earthy finish. Long and persistent. A well balanced wine that is enjoyable now but will reward several years in the cellar 50 + 5 + 13 + 17 + 8
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Very deep garnet with a touch of purple. Wild nose of plum, red and black berries mixed with herbs – this just screams southern France. The nose is very powerful – it really fills the room. Supper palate presence – initial pop of flavor is followed by layer after layer of sweet fruit and a lovely rusticity that makes this wine so special. Still so balanced. This has a depth and complexity of flavor that put the other chateauneufs from the weekend to shame. This is another testament to the greatness of the 2004 CdP (my opinion obviously). This is the best one I have tasted so far. Will only get better over the next 10 to 15 years. (96+)
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Stunning wine and not at all what I expected. Very pure nose with tell-tale Pegau herbs and sweet fruit, but the fruit profile was elegant, but not in a thin way. Lots of sap and grip on the midpalate with explosive fruit on the finish. Very silky with great energy and no heaviness. This is a complete wine. Love it!
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Decanted 3 hours. The bottle never really opened up to show everything it has, but it is still very young, so that is not surprising. The nose was shutdown for the most part, although I did get some red fruit, licorice, herbs and a hint of bacon. On the palate, the wine was medium bodied and very primary with red currants and red cherries. The tannins where quite present when first opened and tasted, but settled a little after the 3 hour decant. I am not experienced enough with Pegau to say where this wine will go, but I think it will improve with some time in the bottle and gain a few more points.
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Domaine du Pegau Tasting at Wild Ginger with Laurence Féraud (Seattle, WA): Laurence declared this wine has having a string "licorice" element. OK, I can see that. What I found was a spicy, peppery and intense young wine that showed a nice, bloody, sanguine note and a lot of Grenache personality. Of all the wines served tonight, this was the only one where I felt that I never got a great read on where it was going and rated conservatively as a result. That said, Laurence was so excited about this vintage, comparing it very favorably to the 2001, that I simply need to pop a whole bottle at home soon and follow this one for a day or two. Interestingly, there was no Blanc produced this year, and all of the white juice was co-fermented with the red to make this 2004.
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A tremendesly good wine but still a baby. A good consentration with all sorts of dark berries and roasted/smoked coffe like aromasWell hung meat.Nice grip .Rock solid but elegant. Even if served at correct tempratur it feels rather cool. Agree with former members that it will close down after a short while
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Brooding nose of black fruits, fruit sirup, kirsch, chocolate and animal blood, les 'hot' and more classical CDP then the '03. On the palate animal blood, kirsch, red and black fruits, black coffee and refreshing acidity. Lots of material, mouth filling and youthfully approachable, although this will no doubt close down. At least as good as the 2003 but less over the top.
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Local merchant Dan McCarthy was kind enough to sell me a bottle from his slim allocation. Knowing I will be dining with Laurence next week, I wanted to bone up on the most recent vintage.
Very plush and viscous without the twang the 03 opened with; more like a rich burgundy than a rhone. However an hour later the wine was rockin' with herbs de provence and some tar. Drunk with rib eye steak and chard, it was a great wine to savor and enjoy, best of all half the bottle remains for tonight after work!
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I had been on the hunt for Pegau at local retailers, and Kathy @ Peppertree happened to get six bottles in today. I bought all of them, and had to open one tonight. Decanted for about 30 min before tasting. Great deep ruby color than thinned out just a bit on the edge. Killer nose with a definite "terrior" feel to it, integrating dark fruit and earth. Good minerality on the palate, with a blue stone (not sure what that is exactly, but that is what came to mind) quality. Big tannins that I imagine will soften with time. Loooong finish of about 30 seconds. I'll lay the others down for a while, and look forward to my next bottle.
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This wine rocks !!! 2 hours of decantation, and you'll have a winner - completely blew the 02 vintage away which was served next to this beauty... this is classic Pegau...drink within the next year before it closes down...
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Dark purple. Nose is shy, but very classy with red fruits, leather and some smoke. Medium to full-bodied with a very pleasurable silky feel. This is an enormously nice surprise! I have to admit that I was skeptical: my experiences with 2004 CNDP has been mixed with mostsamples being acidic, tight and not really pleasurable. This is not anywhere near the warm and meaty 2003 (which I rated 97) but its not to be ignored for that reason. On the contrary it represents an elegance that may ultimately show more appealing.
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Decanted 1 hr. A little bit shy on the nose for the first 1 ½ hours, but did finally offer up some aromas of sweet plums and licorice with aggressive swirling. The initial impression in the mouth was almost Paulliac-like, that is, a core of red raspberry fruit, loads of pipe tobacco and shades of minerals. Mid palate however, steers this ship back to the Rhone with kirsch and olive nuances, herb flavors develop, and this does seem indeed a classic CdP. The finish is felt all the way down the throat, and needless to say this kept getting richer and more defined with extended airtime in the glass. No need to compare to the 03 at this point, this is damn fine juice.
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Barrel sample tasted at the domaine. Broad, typical Pegau aroma profile of reddish fruits, garrigue and spice. Quite open and expressive. Dense and balanced on the palate, with plush texture. Reminds me of the 2000 Pegau.
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4/8/2024 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points
Funky nose that needed 15 min in the decanter to blow off all kinds of VA, brett, reduction and what have you. Then came in his own. Lots of garrigue, farmyard funk and earthy elements intermixed with red fruit, blueberry and spice. 14% Alc, they did not go overboard with the alc luckily
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3/10/2024 - europat55 wrote: 95 Points
Gorgeous CdP! In a great place right now... at 20 years old!
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2/10/2024 - Eric wrote:
ESTG does Pegau-Palooza (Seattle, WA, USA): White pepper, TANNINS, so, so spicy, so structured. This particular bottle is unusually tannic, reserved and powerful. There was a lot of debate about this wine, because many of us have had MANY bottles of the 2004 which is usually quite opulent and approachable. The general structure and reserve of this particular bottle was unusual, as none of us have ever encountered a closed bottle before. All that said, I revisited the last few ounces on day 2, and this remained fresh, powerful and shockingly structured.
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2/9/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 94 Points
Deep dark crimson color. Intensely sweet red fruit and a hint of smoke on the nose. Similar tasting notes - sweet, mildly smoky strawberrries and sweet red plums on the nose.
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2/7/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 89 Points
Blind, 3 hour decant. Garnet in the glass. Not much nose, for me.
Not many notes to this one. Thought it was a Syrah with the mild pepper notes. Didn't seem Grenache to me. My bad. Just didn't do a whole lot to float my boat. Again, probably just my palate.
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2/7/2024 - WineComix Likes this wine: 92 Points
Korken perfect
Nase Garrigue
Tannine präsent
Säure präsent
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überwältigend
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2/1/2024 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
One of the Chinese New Year wines, welcoming the Dragon. Very popular tonight. Right off the bat, highly aromatic with farmyard funk, oak, dark and red fruit. I like the freshness here and the relatively moderate alcohol. Remains very drinkable, not a bruiser as so often seen in this region.
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1/27/2024 - AllRed wrote: 92 Points
4th Saturday Brown Bagger (J&S’s): Blind, though easy to pick out as our bottle of Pegau in the flight. A bit lighter in color, I had placed this toward the end of the table with the lighter wines so that it would end up in the first flight. Aromas of cherry liqueur, dried herbs/garrigue and red berry fruit with the signature Pegau funk underneath. Medium-bodied, with soft tannin and nice acidity. Lovely red berry fruit on the palate, with subtle spice accents. Finishes with good length.
I think it faded a bit and would have shown a little better a couple of hours earlier in the first flight, although other tasters enjoyed this very much. At peak for my palate, now through 2025.
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12/26/2023 - wmccone54 wrote: 95 Points
What a beautiful wine, even better than the last bottle enjoyed in December 2011. PnP. At peak maturity; displays a deep garnet color with a small ruby core. A potpourri of deep, complex, and persistent aromas and flavors showing decaying forest floor, smoked meat, dried herbal tones, seasoned sandalwood, old shoe leather, stale cherry pipe tobacco, crushed fennel, dried fig, stewed cherry, chewy plum, day old raspberry preserves and a mineral laden vein of red iron ore. Rich and balanced mouthfeel with red fruits, oak, tannin and acids all in perfect harmony. Enjoyed with left over, smoked beef tenderloin. Very long finish, which really enhances and adds to the enjoyment of the smoked meat. At nineteen years, I doubt this will improve much more, but I think this will drink well over the next 1-2 years and possibly beyond.
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12/10/2023 - brianofthevine Likes this wine: 93 Points
Oh man, if you like barnyard funk, then this wine is for you. Funky and gamey on the nose with red cherry and strawberry fruit. However, this has now really given way at this point to the tertiary notes of leather,, tobacco, forest floor, mushrooms and herbs. Still has some nice acidity and good long finish. I would drink now and over the next couple of years as it's probably at its peak.
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12/1/2023 - wine4ever Likes this wine: 94 Points
Fabulous. Our 3rd of 4. Decanted and drank over 3 hours. A classic CDP. Gorgeous funky complex bouquet. Super smooth palate. Dark fruits, truffle, leather, bacon fat, spices, mushroom and a lovely long finish. The wine has definitely entered its mature phase. I love how this wine has evolved over the years - it's always different and always a treat.
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11/25/2023 - WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: 93 Points
A Rhône Rapture (K&L Wine Merchant - San Francisco): Dat funk. Wet, rotting mulch, dried dates and red plums, forest floor after a heavy rain, and damp twigs. Surprisingly, hasn't gotten to the point of complete funk where you're taken aback.
On the palate were spiced dark red fruits, a fleeting damp tree bark, bright and shiny minerals on the finish, with a clean and comforting steeped tea as well.
I've come to enjoy Pégau after having gotten used to the funk and all. I prefer this maybe a bit younger for fresher fruits with the funk. Still good now though.
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11/25/2023 - drwine2001 wrote:
Premium Rhône Tasting (K&L Wines, San Francisco): Muddled garnet with fading. The Pegau "magic sauce" (i.e., a touch of brett) on the nose. Complex faded but gently sweet red fruit, earth, excellent acidity, and a tobacco/tannic finish. Nicely fluid but completely resolved and probably attenuating at this point.
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11/5/2023 - Donjcorleone Likes this wine: 94 Points
Fully resolved and in all of its glory with softening aromas of black raspberry licorice, leather and underbrush that lead to sweet, lively, dark fruited and savory chestnut flavors that fade on the finish.
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11/4/2023 - SoundinBetween wrote:
Not budged too much in the 4 years since last tasted, with sumptuous fruit (blackberry and blueberry), herbal tones, great depth, well balanced showing no heat with not too much in the way of tertiary flavors or aromas. Excellent tonight, probably close to peak but would stay there for some time.
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10/19/2023 - afsinclair Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drank over a few days poured via Coravin. Exceptional CdP. Perfect cork. Dark garnet color. Elegant spice. A subtlety of earth and dirt. Leather and berries and toasted oak. Sublime
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9/14/2023 - jmoore431 Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is beautifully classic CNdP as it has gained back a good bit of the funk I had found missing in previous bottles. Wonderful depth of ripe fruit and glorious spices. Cries out for braised meat, lamb or a great stew. 93+
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8/27/2023 - The Wine Monkeys Likes this wine: 94 Points
Showing beautifully. Dark, packed with notes of licorice, spice, dark berries, and pepper. Full bodied, concentrated and rich this, Pegau was singing!
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8/5/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
Siggy's Annual BBQ (Chez Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN): Medium-dark red color. Small glass. These '04 Pegau's are always very good. I love this vintage, elegant, full of perfume, dried garrigue, earth, soil, raspberry, spice, a touch of anise.
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7/28/2023 - Wineallover wrote: 93 Points
I have probably tried this vintage 8-9 times over the past 10 years and i feel this was my best bottle so far. Very well integrated, textbook mature CdP. I don’t think it will tremendously improve from here but it gives me a bit of confidence it will stay great for a while (to be confirmed by another bottle, as i have been drinking many bottles due to past perception it was going downhill). So great bottle of the lot or it indeed improved: other comments seem to indiicate this might be the latter. A few notches below the Pegau 2001 drunk earlier this year.
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7/3/2023 - Eric wrote: 94 Points
Textbook 2004, perfect cork, dark, ripe grilled plums, smoke, blood, white pepper, spicy herbs, this has so much energy from first sip to last. Mmmm, pure raspberry, still chewy tannins, this is aging glacially.
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4/16/2023 - tward Likes this wine: 93 Points
Excellent++. Though it has passed peak, this is drinking terrifically now. Just what you'd expect: Pegau + aged character. Just hints of barnyard, garrigue, old leather, plums and subtle prune, toasted earth, spice and a dash of kirsch. Nice on PnP and over a couple of hours. What a great pairing with braised lamb neck and white beans - more of an Italian preparation with some garlic and tomato in the beans, so I almost pulled an old Barbaresco, but I had the itch for this and glad I went with it.
14% abv
80% Grenache
9% Syrah
6% Mourvedre
5% others
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2/25/2023 - AllRed wrote: 90 Points
4th Saturday Group brown bagger (R&S's): Double blind. Light color. Plum, earth and red berry fruit with an herbal overtone. Herbs and red fruit on the palate. There's just the slightest hint of brett in there too, giving this away as the Pegau once we knew one was in tonight's lineup. (MM)
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2/25/2023 - ppearson9 wrote: 95 Points
sensational. in it’s prime like deion
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2/20/2023 - Dj6544 wrote: 94 Points
As before. This is showing a few wrinkles and distinguished grey hairs. Still dashingly handsome and continues to make you wobble at the knees, though this may be at its peak.
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2/12/2023 - VindependenceDay Likes this wine: 92 Points
This needed 1+ hours airtime to flesh out. Straight out of the bottle it was thin and tart. After some air, it put on a pleasant weight and the nose also became more noticeable with barnyard, tar, plum, cherry coke. Most importantly it avoids the stewed prune and cloying jamminess that I think many CDP succumb to. It has a medium body and enough acidity and tannin to go well with food - falafel and pita. Also went well with chocolate and cheddar post dinner.
Update: 2 days later finished the rest of bottle after Coravin. The wine has become a bit lighter bodied, but with softer tannins and a velvety texture. Really delightful now. I think that I prefer this to the first evening (even after 1+ hours air time).
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1/21/2023 - Diane (LI) wrote:
This is what I want when I drink Chateauneuf du Pape, and it’s why I started out collecting them. So many changed direction but Pegau stayed true to the region. Dark cherry on the nose. On the palate, it is more subdued. It is herbaceous with prominent black pepper, black olive, and tannic. I’m glad to have 2 more, because there is so much life left.
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1/18/2023 - Sanlucar Likes this wine: 93 Points
Loved the mild spices and woodsy qualities; dark fruit and some chocolate too. Excellent cork, very mild tannin and a little sediment, but the fruit is beginning to fade away.
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1/9/2023 - fisk15 wrote: 94 Points
Started off a bit subdued but really grew into a nice cherry, earthy iron flavor and nice persistence. Probably not getting any better at this point, but drinking very well.
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12/26/2022 - 87tellub Likes this wine: 92 Points
Medium to dark garnet. Nose is very expressive and gives off sweet cigar box, lovely burnt earth, trace of lavender. Palate has some mineral and iron, dark plum and anise. Very nice power into the finish and it's lengthy. Already more open after 20 minutes with palate displaying some black pepper and meaty notes into the finish.
Didn't take me to the highs a previous bottle of this did a few years ago, but still quite good.
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12/24/2022 - peternelson Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very cool, tar, leather, cherry and plum and prune syrup, lavender notes with a little brett, melted licorice; soft and slightly sweet/ripe attack; lots going on, in good shape but at its peak IMHO. Seattle at Eric's
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12/19/2022 - PITT Wine Guy Likes this wine: 94 Points
2004 Domaine Pegau CDP Reserve
Cellared since purchase
Coravined x 2 nights, then opened on night 3.
Purple color to the rim with abundant legs.
The nose contained black fruit and tobacco.
The palate revealed a big, rich, young tasting wine with mouth filling fruit. There was very good balance and a freshness to the wine. The tannins were soft and integrated. There was a 20 + second, spiced finish.
2004 was not a heralded vintage in southern Rhone (or anywhere in Europe) but this wine showed the influence of a really good producer. I agree with other reviews, it has come around beautifully.
94 Pts. I have one more bottle I will drink alongside of the 2004 Cuvee Laurence.
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10/13/2022 - dougie Likes this wine: 93 Points
Richer at start. Filled out nicely. Great journey with this wine over time.
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10/2/2022 - europat55 wrote: 95 Points
This is such a wonderful combination of complexity and finesse!
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9/15/2022 - beatles wrote: 93 Points
Remains a wonderful wine. So very much a Pegau, beefblood, garrigue etc, sweet Grenache galore - and yet the lightness of the vintage. IMHO this is for drinking now, won't improve, so great though.
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8/6/2022 - Saint Stephen wrote: 95 Points
Singing.
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7/26/2022 - winedru wrote: 94 Points
The 2004 Pegau has never disappointed. Completely resolved, but with plenty of life ahead. Some funk, but not the main note. Lots of raspberry, smoky garrigue and silkiness. Really great with hanger steak. Totally underrated on release.
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6/18/2022 - Isobel goudi Likes this wine: 93 Points
südliche rhone at its best. wunderbar jetzt zu trinken. alles sehr harmonisch und trinkfreudig. kann sicherlich auch noch liegen, wird aber nicht mehr besser werden.
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6/13/2022 - fisk15 wrote: 95 Points
Drinking very well. Maybe not going to improve more but delicious now.
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5/12/2022 - FiggySmalls wrote:
developed ruby color, but with a beautiful touch of translucence and haziness.
fantastic nose. expressive and intense. red fruit jam, cherry herring, herbs, fennel. no hint of alcohol. black olive and oak spiciness
fantastic acid. rich with definite oxidation but there's amazing freshness to the fruit. medium-bodied. very herb-tincture-like. slight brininess. tannin presents as mild astringence. overall very savory
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4/8/2022 - IAmVintage wrote: 95 Points
Absolutely delicious for my Rhone loving senses. Perfect cellar life. Decanted, filtered & aerated. Mid-light sediment with big nose explosion. Definite bricking yet remained bright on the palate with lively dark red fruit & funky herbal blood sausage complexity. Longgg finish resolving to spiced vanilla is so nice. A perfect pairing with fresh angel hair pasta, fresh tomato, herbs & mushroom cream sauce and seasoned grilled chicken. Yummy!
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4/3/2022 - wineshaman wrote: 94 Points
Decanted 30 minutes, lovely Pegau, beautiful balance, cedar, cigar box, plums, truffles, figs, white pepper, fine tannins.
What a pleasure to drink, very complex and ready to consume but should hold for several more years.
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3/31/2022 - David J Cooper wrote: 95 Points
Bright medium dark red. Intense nose, red cherry and berry fruit, spice, raw meat, iron and thyme. Dry rich spicy berry flavours and a long balanced red berry finish.
I opened this hours before the tasting, decanted it and gave it a sniff. Poured it back and corked it. No need to give it air.
I love this wine.
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3/17/2022 - Vinnut Likes this wine: 93 Points
Deep, dark garnet in color with slight clearing at the edges. Full, fragrant & attractive nose of ripe fruit aromas of dark cherries, blackberries & plums, with overtones of kirsch & garrigue notes, Provençal herbs, earthy/dusty, spice notes of cinnamon, anise, pepper, mushrooms, leather, tobacco, minerals & cedar undertones in the background. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of blackberries, dark cherries & plums, pepper, spices, toasted oak & a hint of vanilla. Smooth lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present & at 18 years of age, I doubt any further development for continued aging would occur.
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1/30/2022 - Ernestas Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is a masculine powerful CdP made from a blend of 13 grape varieties with 80% Grenache, also a splash of Grenache Blanc. Intense and rich aroma of barnyard, leather, dried plums and raspberries, garrigue, exotic spices, dried herbs, roasted meat, tobacco. Full body, explosively rich, powerful and concentrated with dried sweetish berry flavours, smoky, meaty and herbal layers, saline hue, well structured with firm sandy tannins, long rustic dry fruit finish.
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1/24/2022 - mflesh wrote:
Crazy to say that this one required a healthy decant at 18 years old. But it did. Even then after an hour, it seemed like there was more in reserve. Black fruit, aged, truffle and mushroom. Yet the extended huff was surprisingly youthful. The palate is dark fruit, brambly fig, dirty black cherry, mint and baking spice. Black pepper finish. Still a lot of acidity and would have done very well with another 5-10 years of bottle aging. This one showed well with a decant, but probably 10 years away from a pop and pour.
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1/5/2022 - peternelson Likes this wine: 90 Points
Faded muddy ruby; fairly clean nose for Pegau, licorice, stewed plum, med. creamy, sediment, bubble gum wrapper notes, in a good place now. Drink up. AT M-Pole xmas dinner. Note: H also brough a 2004 Pegau blind and they were distinctly different (his was more brown, and muddier, earthier,more Bordeaux-like)--he left his out of the cellar at his home with some other wines for a year prior to tonight! Quite a difference.
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12/29/2021 - RichardsEric1 Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Purchased on release. Storage was perfect. Must admit I am disappointed.
Color. Garnet red. Faded at edges.
Nose. Alcohol. Violets. Graphite. Its disjointed and disappointing.
Palate. Broken palate. Tannins come and go. Flavors go from fruit to wet stones. Its not the smooth silky wine I remember.
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12/21/2021 - tantotinto wrote: 94 Points
Tasted immediately after a decant. That took a while. Lots of fine sediment. The nose is magnificent. Vibrant and polished fruit, spice and just the right tannic touch. To my taste a bit understated for a CdP but it is dazzling. Beautiful validation for aging these bottles.
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12/15/2021 - pren wrote: 85 Points
same batch of cdp from chambers, bad conditions,
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12/6/2021 - Eric wrote:
CT Offsite: Day 1 Tasting: Love it, an especially rambunctious bottle, grilled meat and plum, spicy and peppery. Everything I love about CDP.
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11/20/2021 - Amerique wrote: 93 Points
Rich, delicious, soft, round black raspberry fruit with smokey flavors, excellent structure, ample
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11/16/2021 - beatles wrote: 95 Points
Tasted in a set of 2004's, this stands out as proper Pegau: blood, stones, beef, the song of la Crau with the cool sense from the vintage. Great, great wine - will go on.
#Bagnols-en-Forêt
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11/6/2021 - Eric wrote:
Steve Sigmond's 50th Birthday (Minneapolis, MN): It's not really possible to compare Pegau to Rayas, but I thought this held its own incredibly well. Laurence blended all of the white grapes into the Cuvee Reservee in 2004, and I have always found this to be an usually soaring, vibrant and energetic vintage of that wine. This was a perfect bottle with textbook garrigue and savory, bloody, plummy notes echoing on a peppery, vibrant and explosive palate. Delicious, absolutely delicious.
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10/29/2021 - tomlee wrote: 94 Points
Crimson in color. 14% ABV. Super nose of red fruits, garrigue, lavender and roasted herbs. Medium body with medium acidity. Fresh, rich and clean with a great core of sweet fruit. Well balanced. Kirsch, blood, tapenade and cracked pepper on the palate. Exceptional length on the finish with silky tannins. For me this was always one of the wines of the vintage and it is still drinking beautifully at 17 years of age. I’ll open my last bottle in 2024.
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10/16/2021 - mclanew Likes this wine: 94 Points
Slow ox for five hours. Classically styled, medium bodied, fully mature and almost Burgundian in style. The wine shows flavors of blackberry, raspberry, smoke, spice and roast meat. This is in a perfect drinking window now where the wine is still reasonably vigorous but it’s inherent complexity is coming through. This is not one for the ages so I would drink in the next five years
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9/25/2021 - svdheijden wrote: 93 Points
Double magnum. Youthful and fresh as could be expected from this format. Textbook mature Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
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8/8/2021 - WineDoctors wrote:
Drink now. Fade to garnet as tannins move to dust. dark plum liquor medium bodied, medium acid. Not likely to improve with additional aging.
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8/2/2021 - roel wrote: 94 Points
Wow, gained complexity since the last time I had this. Less fruit forward, absolutely captivating. Next (last) bottle by 2026 or so, when I expect it to be in a very nice place.
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7/24/2021 - dbkitc wrote: 97 Points
As my notes suggest, I just love this wine. It’s big, full, sweet, complex, somehow balanced, wild, fun and groovy. Approaching end of peak in 750, I have a few more bottles that I will drink over the next few years. Just a kaleidoscope of southern France goodness. In your face in the best sort of way. (97)
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7/10/2021 - pjhr Likes this wine: 95 Points
Delicious blackberry, garrigue, smoked meats, and lavender on the expressive nose and layered palate with silky tannins on the long finish. Drinking beautifully! Paired beautifully with lamb ragu.
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6/13/2021 - jmoore431 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Brought to dinner out so no formal notes; very consistent, as in consistently good! Varied level of appreciation within the group, depending on one’s appreciation of garriigue, galets, roasted meats, BRETT and Chateauneuf. Scores in the group ranged from 91-94, I was at 92 and continue to love this wine. Regrettably just a few left from 2 cases purchased.
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5/29/2021 - travelinglulu Likes this wine:
Pleasant bottle, better on second day
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5/17/2021 - sdonahue Likes this wine: 94 Points
A very mature cdp. I loved the earthiness. I think it is near the end of the window however since the long finish is gone. Drink it up now.
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5/7/2021 - Dj6544 wrote:
Still delicious. No sign of this changing any time soon.
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5/6/2021 - OenophilistMN Likes this wine: 95 Points
From a magnum. Ninety-minute decant. Wine was not very aromatic during decant. Clear; still very dark purple in the glass, no amber. In the glass, a wonderful nose of black fruit, leather, smoked meat, lavender and mesquite. In the mouth, smooth as can be! Fruit had incredible depth: plums and blackberries all bound up by some allspice. Long finish suggesting ripe cherries and a hint of anise. Everyone at the table (and some staff at the restaurant) was blown away by this wine. It has a long life ahead of it in the magnum format at this plateau.
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4/4/2021 - MLipton wrote:
Opened with an Easter dinner of Provencal-inspired grilled leg of lamb. The wine was purity itself, silken in texture, no trace of heaviness or heat. It serves as a reminder of what CdP can be when it's not overextracted and heavy.
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3/30/2021 - beatles wrote: 95 Points
Ah, the juice. Absolutely singing tonight, with beef blood galore, yet with a light touch - not to be confused with thin, cause there is plenty here. This is classic Pegau and a firm reminder to buy them in the less ballyhooed vintages - the price is better and often so is the wine. Drinking a point, no signs of decline whatsoever.
#Kandestederne
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3/13/2021 - Highlander wrote:
Wonderful! If ever you want a mature CnP, this is it. Tannins fully integrated, complex dark flavors with a hint of tobacco, currant and so much more. Drink up in the next 18-24 months
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3/9/2021 - grapist wrote: flawed
Crease in the cork allowed air to oxidize the wine
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2/27/2021 - peternelson Likes this wine: 91 Points
purple with dark burnt brick, cloudy and med. faded rim; stewed cherry, stewed tomato, touch sweet like cough syrup, wet clay, anise, barnyard, potting soil; smooth entry, resolving lower tannins, hint sweet note but with bitter old wood notes in the finish. faint hint of brett, med + body but a bit hot. Nice, in a very good place now, perfect with Burgers never say Die. 91-92
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2/13/2021 - Rollerball wrote:
Sinful and specific. Ready. Just decant for sediment and enjoy its sultry individuality. Drink now.
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2/8/2021 - winemaker Likes this wine: 93 Points
Excellent! Fully mature. Savory, garrigue, provencal herbs. Just delightful.
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1/16/2021 - up4wine wrote: 92 Points
Wine in very good shape; fruit is full and robust. Still a champ.
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1/1/2021 - SadEdjo Likes this wine: 93 Points
Like new cork. Dark colour. Plush fig, tar, fruit cake, dusty tannins. Lots of life yet.
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12/31/2020 - Chris Likes this wine: 94 Points
With only one of my original case left, its been a lot of ups and downs but this bottle was definitely an up. Gorgeous, still a little tight with significant tannins so I'll save my last one but nicely tasting its age. Lots of sediment so you have to decant for sure. Good fruit despite its age. Great bottle overall.
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12/28/2020 - wine4ever Likes this wine:
From our cellar. Decanted and drank over 3 hour window. Beautiful and fully mature wine. Huge nose. Very traditional in style. Big wine, full bodied, still lots of fruit, herbs, spices, meaty and earthy flavors. Secondary characteristics are in full swing as well as some funk (which dissipated over time). Very complex and a well made wine. Occasionally a little bitterness was detected. Probably 3-5 years left at this stage.
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12/27/2020 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 95 Points
From a bottle purchased upon release and cellared under ideal conditions, decanted and consumed over three hours, this deep garnet blend of 80% Grenache, 9% Syrah, 6% Mourvèdre and 5% other allowed varietals (all from very old vines) delivers immediately expressive aromas upon decanting. Dark bramble fruit, plum, garrigue, cinnamon, smoked meat, earth and pipe tobacco scents are front and center, later to be mirrored by similar flavors on the palate. Full-bodied, fresh and with unnoticeable alcohol (listed as 14%), this still carries enough tannic grip (in the face of plentiful fruit) to ensure that it will continue to provide enjoyment for several more years. Drink now-2025.
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12/25/2020 - davergny Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drank almost a case of this wine through the years. Ripe and full, with raspberry fruit, garrigue, savory herbs, and provencal character. I always thought the fruit was a little roasted in this vintage, and this bottle is no different. Finish is a little bitter. Not quite as good as Boursan Felix or Beaucastel in the same vintage IMHO. Still, an excellent Pegau with plenty of life left.
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12/24/2020 - mclanew wrote: 92 Points
Slow oxed for 30 min. This bottle isn’t as good as the last one as it has a bit more funk. Black currant, leather and spice on the nose. The palate shows black fruits, smoked meats, and spice mixed with a bit funk. There is still a fair amount of tannin still showing through also. Overall this is still an impressive wine particularly for. Vintage but it might be on the decline now as the fruit component seems to be fading relative to the earth and funk.
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12/15/2020 - brianofthevine Likes this wine: 95 Points
Oh man....love this! Typical barnyard funk and game on the nose with red cherry and strawberry fruit but has mainly given way to the secondary flavors now. Mid-palate notes of pepper, licorice, tobacco, earth, leather and cured meat. Still has some acidity left with savory, smooth tannins and wonderful long finish. Beautiful wine right now...can certainly pop now or still let go for a couple years.
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12/1/2020 - ctc wrote:
This was a wonderful wine but now I think it's past its prime.
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11/28/2020 - ieatprawnsss wrote: flawed
Flawed
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11/26/2020 - DrBad Likes this wine: 93 Points
Thanksgiving turkey dinner opened along with a 2010 No Girls Grenache. Short decant for sediment this was drinking well from the start. Some typical barnyard aged CdP funk gamey aromas. Sappy cherry fruits and tobacco giving way to strong secondary flavors. This faded after 2-3 hours while the younger by 6 years No Girls Grenache kept on opening for several hours more but it was good while it lasted. No long decant needed.
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11/2/2020 - signotim Likes this wine: 95 Points
Beautiful mix of fruit, spice, and herbaceous notes. As others have suggested, this is now in prime time and should drink at its peak for several years. Great Pegau
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11/2/2020 - dougie Likes this wine: 94 Points
Became fuller and richer the first 2 hours. Became more elegant and seamless the last 2. It’s been fun following this wine with 6 bottles. One left. Gets better and better. Last one during next few years.
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11/1/2020 - Montesquieu Likes this wine: 96 Points
Bullseye. This bottle is drinking absolutely perfectly right now. Primary flavors have fully given way to secondary, and they're marvelous. This is why one keeps the right CdPs for well more than a decade. If you have this wine, please try it now. A marvelous mature wine that beats all but the very best Rhone varietals in their youth.
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10/3/2020 - Miceri Likes this wine: 94 Points
Réservée and Laurence tasted together - both 16 years old and both purchased at the Domaine in April 2008; both medium dark red; R pronounced well-known typical Pegau barnyard, rank and intense, L more tobacco and licorice, less fierce and fiery, more quiet and assembled; R soft, rank, sweet, caramel, slightly tannic end, L masculine, tobacco, smoke with soft mellow tones at the end; two different styles, both quite good, “best” depends on taste, occassion and food; final vote to L, although R impresses with its sweetness; if no food would go with R, but L “envelops” better with the food (Moussaka in this instance)
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10/2/2020 - Kim Gerner wrote: 88 Points
CH9 semi blind vertical tasting of Pegau, Beaucastel and Salon 1990-2009 (Nordsjaelland): Flavours of Green bell pepper and lots of tertiary farmyard notes. High tannin
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10/1/2020 - Outplaying Likes this wine:
Almost nine years since the last bottle. Still very good, and it doesn’t seemed to have changed much. I really like this vintage and won’t rush to drink my last bottle.
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8/1/2020 - pbaek wrote:
Pure Southern France joy in a glass. Lovely red fruited palate combined with garrigue notes, thyme, lavender, mint - a hint of leather and tobacco. This is still very fresh, airy, shows no signs of fatigue. Old school neuf, no bells and whistles. Love it.
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7/9/2020 - JohnSh wrote: 93 Points
From a 500 ml bottle. I haven't had a lot of luck with CDPs lately, as I have found them increasingly heavy and painful to have more than one or two glasses. This bottle was different. It was open for business almost right away, with a smooth, velvety texture and classic Pegau plums, garrigue and a hint of brett/funk. Certainly not light, but much lighter and more balanced than other CDPs I've had lately. Ready now, certainly in secondary mode, but lots of life left (A-).
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6/21/2020 - Chris Likes this wine: 94 Points
Getting down to the last few of my original case. I'm going to keep these last two a few more years. Deep, deep red with aromas of blueberries on pour. Looks amazing with gorgeous color. A little cloudy in the glass at first but that seemed to burn off. Fabulous fruit for a 16 year old bottle. Integrated tannins. Finish borders a little on sweet but not overly so. A wonderful effort.
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5/28/2020 - dougie Likes this wine: 94 Points
Opened for an hour with glass poured off. Expanded over the first two hours. Just wonderful.
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5/24/2020 - tomlee wrote: 96 Points
Crimson in color. 14% ABV. Stunning nose of red fruits, garrigue, lavendar and leather. Medium body with exquisite acidity. Concentration and power that belies 16 years of bottle age. Clean and well balanced. Cherries, kirsch liqueur, spiced plums and pepper on the palate. Tremendous length on the finish. Rustic, yet fresh and absolutely delicious. Great CdP from an overlooked vintage. This wine will drink well for at least another 2-4 years.
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5/21/2020 - martin_e Likes this wine: 95 Points
The second bottle confirmed my previous impression of this classic aromatic fully matured CdP: plumb, dry fruits, red dates, licorice, mid-to-long finish. Enjoy it!
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5/10/2020 - dbkitc wrote: 98 Points
Probably my favorite CdP of all time. Tasted a dozen times, this bottle shows a great wine at the end of its optimum peak. Deep color is starting to brick. The nose is heaven: wild berries and the purest garrique you will ever encounter. The palate is velvet with notes of pepper and the south of France. Not elegant, but an impactful mouthful of the sun splashed region. I love it. Drink up. (98)
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5/3/2020 - champussi Likes this wine: 93 Points
Mittelgewichtig! Gute Struktur mit merklicher Säure. Würze und Frucht gut im Einklang! Verträgt viel Luft und auch noch einige Jahre Keller. Eine positive Überraschung über den Erwartungen! Trinken!
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4/10/2020 - Smirrie Likes this wine: 97 Points
The bottle was in awesome condition 16 years later
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4/10/2020 - grossie Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very balanced and full of class. I drank it a night after drinking an 05 from another producer. The 05 had stronger fruit but a real edge to it. This 04 pegau was gorgeous, rounded, and classy. Not a hard edge to be found. I think it's got some time left, but I won't hesitate to open my other.
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4/9/2020 - Simply Wine wrote: 94 Points
Drinking very well now; still vibrant but showing some beautiful maturity.
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4/3/2020 - tantotinto wrote: 93 Points
Graceful and polished although it took a couple of hours in a decanter to get there. Tight and anonymous at first but it opened up with some air. A superb nose and complex in mouth. Soft ripe fruit, garigue and spice. My wife is getting a little funk but I am not. Only one left but no rush.
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3/25/2020 - llink wrote: 89 Points
Bretty and starting to show tired on the palate. Tough to get past the earthy animal nose. The palate is back fruits somewhat rich and slightly tired. Drink up.
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3/24/2020 - Cote d'Or Likes this wine:
Tasted over 2 hrs
-mild bricking
-glorious full mature sousbois spiced plum vinyl
-med/med- acidity, med weight though quite concentrated almost unctuous softly berry earthy fruit with a little spice and animale, med tannins are soft and plush if still fairly prominent, excellent length punctuated with a licorice note
-fully mature graceful (for a CdP) and aging well, lovely wine in a somewhat underrated vintage but to be expected for Pégau
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3/21/2020 - chablis28 wrote: 94 Points
My last of 3 btls. This terroir driven wine screams the rocky, brushy terrain of the southern Rhone. First taste were a little lean and tight so slow oxed in glass and btl for 3 hours. Drank from Riedel Burg glasses. Mature ruby red with 1/2" of bricking on sides. I love the big nose with tons of garrigue, hint of leather, a little funk & red fruit. The garrique carries over to the red fruited palate as does the leather element. There is compelling complexity that keeps you guessing and intrigued to the last drop. A great pairing with Bison burgers. or just fun to smell and sip stand alone after an hour or 3 of slow ox air. Throwing a lot of sediment so pour carefully! Or, decant. 14% alc. Fully mature, I'd drink up within 3 years. Defiantly old school and one of only 2or 3 CDPs I still enjoy. There are likely other small, under the radar, producers in CDP I'm unaware of who might travel in the same direction. Too many are too over the top today for my liking.
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3/21/2020 - Thief Likes this wine: 94 Points
Incredible nose of smoky bacon, black fruits, and leather. Flavors of fig, baking spices, and forrest are all well balanced with a fresh acidity that is impressive at 16 years old. A real treat.
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3/12/2020 - WineWimpie wrote: 94 Points
Wow! What a very nice and fresh Chateauneuf! Shiny and light red colour. Smoky nose with red fruits in the back, some vanilla. Beautiful fresh taste with nice equilibrium of acids, fruit and some tannin bitterness. The chateauneufs nowadays often lack the 'freshness = some acidity and bitterness to balance the fruit and high alcohol. But Laurence and her team really got it right in this vintage! Bravo! Sadly it was my last bottle 2004 and it was so good, that I drunk it before it could evolve in the decanter.
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2/15/2020 - KeithAkers wrote: 90 Points
Saturday Blinds at Prarie Grass (Prarie Grass Cafe, Northbrook IL): Nose: This seemed advanced and a bit thin with black cherries, black raspberries, licorice, mesquite, garrigue, tobacco, violets, and leather tones.
Taste: The feel is Medium bodied with medium- acidity that's a bit flabby and slightly bitter, medium+ tannins. The structure is slightly off-kilter but the feel is lovely with black cherries, black raspberries, licorice, tobacco, garrigue, and violets.
Overall: This was surprising when revealed. It seemed more advanced than I'd expect from this.
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2/10/2020 - SpoochMan Likes this wine: 92 Points
Last bottle of the '04, sadly. This bottle was also very good, but not the stellar showing of the last couple of bottles. This one was a bit disjointed for awhile, and needed quite a bit of air to start to come around. It was pretty nice in the end, but the last two bottles were at another level.
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2/2/2020 - cadamson Likes this wine:
In a great spot. Many years to go. Nice and funky, bright fruit, traditional nose.
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2/1/2020 - TXRhoneRanger wrote: 95 Points
Just now beginning to wake up from a deep cellar nap. Closed on the nose. Decanted for 3+ hours then it woke up. Had 3 glasses and saved the next one for day 2. On Day 2, it was complex and layered. I wish I had more. No hurry to drink this if you have more. Delish. This a bottle that didn't show much Brett. Bonus.
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12/30/2019 - martin_e Likes this wine: 95 Points
Classic CDP. Beautiful notes of fig, dates, and dry fruits, very smooth. The wine is fully matured, but the well-defined integrated structure suggests that it will continue to perform for many years if left in the cellar.
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11/21/2019 - jmoore431 wrote: 93 Points
This is absolutely rocking right now! Amazing sense of complex, classic barnyard "wild child". Not for the faint of heart. Strap yourself in for this one! 93+
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11/20/2019 - swyang wrote:
Well this is quite stunning to see how healthy and majestic it remains after 15 years of age. Stunning aromas of dark fruits, slight asian soy, lavender and great earthiness which I enjoy so much. Brooding and yet waves and waves of flavors following each sip and comforting my soul with its lush texture. This reminds of a wonderful lower tone of a beautiful viola sound and it has many years ahead. A superb wine at a peak stage which will last for quite a while.(I hope) Cheers,
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11/13/2019 - brianakrin wrote: 90 Points
This bottle was not like those described below. For me, good but not great. Elegant, good fruit but a bit crisp and short.
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11/2/2019 - SoundinBetween wrote:
Very expressive nose of kirsch, bacon fat, herbs (thyme and oregano), blackberry and plum. Palate was ready to go right away and this bottle was at peak/plateau in terms of maturity. Very good but needs food to truly shine.
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10/29/2019 - Stefanos T. Likes this wine: 94 Points
A wild wine with almost everything in abundance...
Color only is a medium garnet. Nose is explosive with wild Mediterranean herbs, cured meat, barnyard, olives and macerated fruit. Sweet and full bodied on the palate with plenty of alcohol (which does not get hot though), mellow tannins and moderate acidity . Full taste and long finish. A wine to pair with hearty rustic dishes. Very enjoyable if you're in the mood for such a beast...
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10/18/2019 - David J Cooper wrote: 94 Points
Clear light red. Great savoury nose, meat, earth, dried mushrooms and some nice red fruit. Delicious dry peppery red cherry flavours and a long dry finish.
Perfect balance and textbook Rhône nose.
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10/14/2019 - Neecies Likes this wine: 94 Points
Absolutely perfect for current drinking. Rich plummy fruit, pepper, sage and black olive explode in the mouth and lead into a lengthy finish.
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10/3/2019 - mjf@ulkner wrote: 93 Points
Ruby red. Heavy sediment. Plush, sweet cherry liqueur, some savory black olive and meat notes on finish. Very fresh and energetic- another terrific bottle.
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9/8/2019 - bonedoc wrote: 94 Points
Sadly, last bottle. Nicely done garrique and minerality, complemented by savory plummy fruit.
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8/23/2019 - DHJ1968 wrote:
Everyone is spot on, with an hour of air this is a classic, middle aged traditionally made cdp. Full on sandalwood, roses and dusty, shroom laden earth notes on the nose give way to a crunchy raspberry leather palate. Refined and powerful, still fresh. Absolutely delicious and drinking at peak for me.
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8/21/2019 - MTC2 wrote: 94 Points
Brought to a wine tasting group BBQ. Of over 20 wines tasted, this was the consensus wine of the night. As amazing as everyone thought it was, I regret that it didn't last long enough to open fully and show it's full potential. I'd sure love to get my hands on more of this.
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7/30/2019 - Dj6544 wrote: 94 Points
A really great showing here with rewardingly rich and complex waves of sundried black cherry, black currant, tar, bresaola, leather and bags of spice. Has quite a firmly tannic finish and the fruit seems very well supported so wouldn’t be surprised if this keeps going for a while. 94
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7/20/2019 - Escher Cellars wrote: 95 Points
Absolutely delicious. Stewed dark plums with the balance of tannins and slight tannin after-taste. Thiss is absolutely fantastic. Drink now. Cheers!
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7/6/2019 - mhudes Likes this wine: 94 Points
With family at Tumalo Feed Company in Bend Oregon. PnP. Similar to bottle of this we had last year. Still very vibrant and complex. Went well with a variety of dishes which included halibut, chicken and grilled meats. Seems to have plenty of life left. Perhaps not as great as the 2003 version of this, but an excellent CdP nonetheless.
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7/6/2019 - MTC2 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Just an amazing wine. Drank over the course of 5 hours and it continued to develop and change the entire time. Initial nose of barnyard and palate was all earth with little fruit. Half an hour and black cherry, blackberry and blueberry exploded; another hour showed cherry cola and licorice; soon leather and cedar joined in. Hard to imagine a more pleasurable CDP. Went great with a grilled sirloin.
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5/31/2019 - cct wrote: 93 Points
Lavender, thyme, leather, and bloody meats on the nose. A little bretty at first, but it is Pegau. Mid to full bodied, but carrying its weight well. Savory more than fruity on the palate, meaty like roast pheasant, with Provencal herbs, and some red berry fruits under the more savory main tones. this has excellent texture, without any heaviness, and a sense of balance that is admirable. Lovely classic CdP drinking at peak. 93
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5/26/2019 - MTC2 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Exceeding all expectations. Some barnyard upon uncorking, but that blew off after a half hour decant. Black and blue fruit, smoky meat, garrigue, pepper and cedar on the palate. Well-rounded tannin still prominant, and lively acid with a long finish. Superb.
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5/26/2019 - edjBoca Likes this wine: 92 Points
This is mature.....darker flavors and less typical CDP flavors.....guesses again ranged from supertuscan to bordeau. A good drink for sure, but not typical. My last. Now on to some 2006's
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5/15/2019 - Montecalvo wrote: 92 Points
drinking really well. the second one wasn't corked. great color and depth. a bit soft on the palate but good concentration. just becoming a mature wine although still more primary than secondary.
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5/15/2019 - Montecalvo wrote: flawed
corked. What a shame as there was still tons of fruit and its color was preserved.
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4/25/2019 - Eric Likes this wine: 94 Points
Celebrating CellarTracker's Fifteenth Anniversary (Seattle, WA): This has always been one of my favorite vintages of Pegau, and this opens up as an exceptionally meaty and vibrant bottle. Absolutely screaming of garrigue yet with a different energy than many other vintages. As I recall, in this vintage the entire white production went into this red wine. The only troubling note was some funkiness and a hint of oxidation that crept in as we sat with the bottle. I have every reason to believe it was a proper example (I have been drinking bottles from this same case for years and the cork was perfect), but there was just a hint of tiredness that started to show up in the wine. No matter, it is always a treat, but I am going to start drinking up my last ones while this is still a background note.
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4/25/2019 - tantotinto wrote: 92 Points
Graceful and polished. Soft ripe fruit, anise and spice. Superb pairing with grilled ribeye and a glass raised for CellarTracker’s 15th.
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3/17/2019 - Rollerball wrote: 94 Points
Sultry beneath innocence.
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3/8/2019 - winotang Likes this wine: 93 Points
PnP. Deep and bright color. Medium body. Classic garrigue nose, with blackberry and dried herbs. Silky with a hint of oak and a good finish.
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2/27/2019 - swyang wrote:
Delicious wine at its peak. Sublime nose which will take you in the Provence region with its generous sun and gorgeous landscape of lavander, wild flower and meticulously kept wine yards.(if you have imagination) On the palate it is gorgeous with superb caressing texture yet generous at same time coating every corner of your palate with rich, suave fruits, sweet in the most natural manner. Slightly earthy but oh boy that earthiness would be such an example of how a suave earthiness would be all about... this gem simply makes everyone on the table so happy and satisfied to have in their glasses and savor every moment of it. It has its own soul, coming from Chateauneuf du Pape and couldn't be from anywhere else and at its best. Cheers,
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2/17/2019 - Deryl wrote: 93 Points
Ready now. Decanted about an hour. Paired nicely with Châteaubriand. Worth the wait but don’t wait longer.
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2/16/2019 - neilsforest Likes this wine: 89 Points
Last tasted in August 2015. Improved after c 2 hours decanting. Decent nose and finish. Lacked a bit of structure. Is this now past it’s best or was this bottle an (underwhelming) anomaly?
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2/9/2019 - mimik wrote: 94 Points
This is ready to go. This is becoming a much softer and more subdued version of what it was even 5 to 6 years ago. Gone is the harsh alcohol and the pruny tastes. What shines through is a nice example of what an elegant well-balanced Pegau should taste like. Lots of dark blackberry and some provincial herbs on the nose with similar replays on the palate. Very nice. 93
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2/8/2019 - beatles wrote: 93 Points
Found this in a corner, and it is singing. Compared to he 2001 tasted a few days before, this is certainly lighter with a more pregnant acidity, but the good old beef blood and iron is certainly present. Fine fullness, fine balance.
#Kandestederne
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1/13/2019 - beatles wrote: 93 Points
Still fresh and with some lightness of being, despite it's hardcore body of beef blood and local Grenache, garrigue. This really shows of the underrated vintage. While mature, the fruit is fresh, primary even - this has years to go - but I do not see a reason to wait, won't get better.
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12/22/2018 - 87tellub Likes this wine: 95 Points
PnP and consumed bottle over 4 hours. Medium ruby, getting lighter at the edges. Really pretty and delicate nose. Red fruit mixed with floral elements, pepper and game; maybe a touch of cumin. Medium to full in body.
Palate is bursting with energy. Sappy red fruit with a mineral beam underlying it. Juicy and silky. Some lightly grippy tannins with a touch of dust at the finish. The nose might just be perfect - intoxicating and complex. Drinking perfectly.
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12/20/2018 - G la passion wrote: 94 Points
C'est un magnum. Mise en température 1 jour avant ouverture 30 min avant. Le premier nez est complexe mais des notes de
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12/7/2018 - head4iu wrote: 90 Points
Quite a bit of sediment, took roughly 90 minutes to open. A bit past it’s time. Tertiary notes, Amber in color, lacking a bit of that classic finish from Du Pape
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10/14/2018 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 92 Points
My last bottle of the ‘04. For me I think is just past peak. Smooth, integrated, softer than prior bottles. Mild hints of Brett but comparatively clean bottle. Red fruited, mostly tertiary fruit at this point. Strong sandalwood influence. Nice aromatics but not as complex or potent as a bottle a few years ago.
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10/13/2018 - Rieslingfan wrote:
Served alongside the 2000, along with some mild Indian food, this was quite spectacular. Fruitier than the 2000, it was also richer in texture, but also mostly resolved, and so drinking very well. There was plenty in reserve, but as I said about the 2000, why not drink it now while it is so delicious.
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10/10/2018 - WineArchitect Likes this wine: 93 Points
Brought up from the cellar two hours. Dark and cloudy dark garnet color. Nice nose of Pegau fruit with its’ true guarigue mixed with tart Cherry fruit. Oxidation is changing this flavor quickly. The guarigue is dissipating with oxidation which I will miss, but this bottle is drinking great. EG #ArchitecturalArtistry #WineArchitect
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9/16/2018 - BradA Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is the stuff you want. Deep, mature with that Pegau twang on the backend. Three hours after opening and it’s still singing. Drink now or over the next 5-7 years.
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9/5/2018 - Simply Wine Likes this wine: 95 Points
It is drinking beautifully with terrific balance; open and full, wonderful fruit, maturing but still vibrant and in younger side, will age well for much time to come
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8/22/2018 - mhudes Likes this wine: 95 Points
With friends at Harvey's restaurant in Ashland, Oregon. This bottle was even better than the one I opened last year. Somewhat similar notes, but this one was a bit more intense, yet very elegant. Still quite complex. This surely must be at its peak.
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7/15/2018 - cadamson Likes this wine: 94 Points
First bottle of the 2004 in 9 years! It is in an absolutely great spot. meats, garrigue, herbs and floral elements, with lots of still bright red fruits. Very nicely balanced.
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6/27/2018 - Taronti Likes this wine: 97 Points
I’ve drunk a lot of Pegau CR over the past 25 years, the best being the magnificent 1990 drunk in ‘96. Price increases have now made this less attractive. I think this is the last bottle in the cellar. That said the is one of the very best bottles encountered.
Ruby red with moderate sediment. A strong nose of raw-meat, anise, forest floor, blackberries, cedar. A clean, mouth filling body leading to a gripping and prolonged finish. A great wine!
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6/15/2018 - BillBell73 Likes this wine:
Clean and correct but just slightly boring, hot, and surprisingly young. Still has medium tannins and good acidity so I would sit on this for a few years to see if it develops more interesting flavors.
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5/7/2018 - SpoochMan Likes this wine: 95 Points
Dinner with Rick Born. With half an hour of air, this bottle was beautiful. So much balance and complexity. Lively red fruit, garrigue, minerality, good acidity. Really outstanding. These will be good for at least a few more years, but drinking great now with a short decant.
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5/5/2018 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Hommage a DryCab - Washington Wines release; 5/3/2018-5/5/2018 (Various spots in Walla Walla): From a 3L. To be fair there was a minority of folks who thought this might be corked. I didn't get that at all, but my tolerance for brett is higher than average. To me it was lovely. That sweet, candied, cherry flavor that a good grenache can producer. Paired with a white pepper. Very fresh and young tasting. Went back to revisit and it was gaining some more structure with some time, but overall quite nice.
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4/6/2018 - Diane (LI) wrote:
I gave up on Pegau after experiencing too many disappointing bottles. This one was super clean with glorious aromatics. The palate was herbaceous with dark fruit, tannic, and a little rustic. Pegau can be a crap shoot, and this 2004 is a winner.
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2/18/2018 - brianakrin wrote: 95 Points
Great nose. Red and black fruit, garrigue, anise, tobacco and floral notes. Graceful and polished. Plenty of life still but excellent now. One of the best CDP's I've had lately.
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1/25/2018 - SpoochMan Likes this wine: 94 Points
Brought to Lento for dinner with Manny. Took a little while to open up but then this was really nice. Good fruit, lots of complexity, no issues with brett at all on this bottle. Was really liked by all.
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1/21/2018 - eyeguy Likes this wine: 92 Points
Excellent, smooth and ready to drink now!!
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1/12/2018 - tantotinto wrote: 94 Points
Beautiful nose. This is mellowing very nicely. Red and black fruit, garigue, anise, tobacco and floral notes. Graceful and polished. Plenty of life still but excellent now. .... added a point after three hours of air. It keeps getting better.
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1/10/2018 - MikeCW wrote: flawed
Every bottle of Pegau is a crapshoot. Took a while to figure whether this was funk or cork. Cork won out, just enough to ruin the wine, which I tried over a few hours.
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12/31/2017 - SadEdjo Likes this wine: 93 Points
Vibrant, red fruit and kirsch with Provençal herbs. Lots of life yet
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12/28/2017 - mukden wrote: 92 Points
NOTHING TO ADD. Here is my review from two years ago, I cannot improve on it. "YES Please. The glass had the legs of a super model, drunk on 14%. Hot, but not on the nose as you would expect. Fruity but classier in its thin-ness than the usual Pegau rustic offering. Really a very nice wine showing the best that CNF has to offer. Drinking well now, a few tannins yet to be resolved but obviously will improve. Drink one a year for the next 10 years." Tho' tannins now resolved.
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11/23/2017 - JRDillon Likes this wine: 89 Points
For Thanksgiving dinner I decided to open my three oldest bottles of Pegau, a 2001, a 2003 and a 2004. All three were excellent choices for a massive turkey and dressing meal with sweet potatoes, green-bean casserole with bacon, and numerous other food choices. All three vintages were in very different phases. The 2001, unfortunately, had moved well past its prime and definitely had a muted quality that despite three hours of decant would not allow the primary flavors that were so present in its youth to emerge. It was still delicious in its subtle way, but disappointing in that it had faded so far. Hints of fruit and terroir clearly were hiding in there somewhere, but overall there was very little, if any, tannic structure left. Nevertheless, two of the women in our party cited this wine as their favorite of the three. Even so, if you still have any of these, I highly recommend drinking up as soon as possible. The 2003 was the winner, imo, and was still singing with a delicious fruity tartness and gobs of earthy, barnyard terroir. This one, like the 2001, had dropped a weight class even though the decline was not nearly as pronounced. I just remember this wine at the five-year mark being one of the greatest wines I have ever tasted, but, despite its complex brilliance, this particular bottle did not come close to replicating that experience. That it shone above the others was not a surprise considering the high marks this vintage received. Moving on to the 2004, I found this one to be a bit clipped, with less depth and complexity, though still in fine shape and carrying a healthy weight. This vintage just does not stack up with the other two, and even at its peak was a substandard representation of Pegau, imo. I don't want to convey that these wines were not delicious; they all were, and most importantly, all three were a perfect complement to the outstanding meal. But none of them reached the sublime level I have experienced so many times in the past with Pegau and have almost come to expect. Thankfully, these were not the only bottles of these vintages I have owned, so I have tasted all three at much younger ages. To be honest, I have not had much luck with aged wines (10+ years) of any kind lately, and I am becoming more and more of a proponent of drinking them early, or earlier anyway. Whether Bordeaux, Cali cabs, or CDPs, I am finding the five-year mark to be a sweet spot for maximum enjoyment as a general rule, but feel free to disagree.
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11/18/2017 - edjBoca Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drinking great again ...see past notes. Should last 5 years.
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11/12/2017 - TXRhoneRanger wrote: 94 Points
Generous CDP drinking well right now. No need to wait. Tasty now. Not as bretty as some vintages. Very integrated now. Had with roast chicken & baked yams. Maybe a little dimension not there any more, but drinking great.
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11/5/2017 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Vinetasters: Pégaü (1989-2007) (Skokie, IL): Served blind in a Pégaü lineup. This was one of my favourite wines in the lineup, although it was showing surprisingly advanced for its age (it was in comfortable company with the 1989 and 1990). Certainly darker in colour than the others, but the palate has a fairly autumnal sensation as well. Relatively speaking, this isn't too ripe, and there's a bit of barnyard, sweet cherries, and spice. The palate is again structured, but with much more acidity than many of the other wines. My #2, group's #8.
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9/16/2017 - MLipton wrote:
A bit more saline and less fruit-forward than is the norm for this producer. Otherwise, the meaty, kirschwasser flavors were classic Pegau. Very nice with pan-seared venison medallions.
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9/14/2017 - beatles wrote: 94 Points
Impeccable and virtually unchanged; beefblood, iron, minetality, fine freshness from the vintage, sweet Grenache galore, 2004 remains the overlooked vintage, but it is so fine now from many producers, Pegau not least.
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9/5/2017 - jmoore431 wrote: 92 Points
Surprised at the extent to which this has settled out over the past few years. Deeply colored still; gone are the crazy wild gaminess and green olive rough edges, even nearly all of the BRETTy stink is gone. (Sad, as just a modest amount of that gave complexity and intrigue.) Consider it as having just emerged to drinkability. But hoping it adds back some of the "wild side" and further complexity.
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7/27/2017 - swyang wrote:
Still youthful tannin promising to mature further but already at a stage one can enjoy every single sip of this beauty. Splendid CdP indeed showing off its beautiful yet rustic side, healthy fruits mingling with spices, lavender, earth and the texture is surprisingly up lifting. On the nose it invites you to imagine what it would be like to drive through the beautiful landscape of southern rhone and on the palate it brings you up to decide it is time to go back there for a few more visits! Yum... this went so perfectly with roasted lamb. Cheers,
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7/7/2017 - drwine2001 wrote:
Ruby with some tawniness at rim. Explosive nose of ripe red fruit and olives. Medium to full bodied with superb, meaty, mouth coating feel. Amazingly fresh pomegranate and fig fruit that is naturally sweet but not stewed. Complex array of savory elements-licorice, bark, and spice. Framed by excellent acidity and an orange twist. No brettanomyces on this bottle. The last of my bottles of this and what a way to finish! I've gravitated away from Chateauneuf, but this is the best I have had in a long while, and everything I used to look for in these wines. Assertive and interesting without being too heady.
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7/2/2017 - mhudes Likes this wine: 93 Points
Brought to cousin Mathews to enjoy with grilled lamb and beef. PnP, and was immediately welcomed by a very nice herbal (and somewhat floral) bouquet. Nicely balanced on the palate, tannins have essentially subsided, giving it a smooth yet complex feel. Tasting typical Pegau garrigue, black currants and some meatiness. Went well with both lamb and beef. Perhaps not as great as the 2001 Pegau we had last week, but an excellent CdP nonetheless.
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6/27/2017 - KVM wrote:
Medium + red. Roasted meat, ripe dark fruit, cherry liqueur nose, leather. Full body, luscious ripe fruit and firm finish.
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6/26/2017 - mjf@ulkner wrote: 92 Points
Medium bodied, ruby red. One of the "cleaner" Pegau's I've ever had- very little to no funk in this. Smooth and well integrated cherry, plum, and currant fruits. This is probably in its peak drinking window, and I suspect it will stay there for quite some time.
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5/31/2017 - NYC_Maenad Likes this wine:
My palate has moved away from CdP over the years and I rarely reach for one these days. It was cold and rainy and something warm and red appealed to me, though, so I grabbed one of these to see how it was showing. Ended up being pleasantly surprised. This was earthy with ripe but not overripe red currants and raspberries, and a small dose of sweaty horse and saddle leather. It had a nice chewiness in mouth with some tannic grip and acid backbone. There was a little cough drop element, which isn't my favorite, but it didn't bother me too much. All in all a nice wine, and one I was happy to drink.
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5/17/2017 - Yagil wrote: 93 Points
Chateauneuf du pape tasting (at Eli Raban's home, Rehovot): dark translucent red-purple-brown
ripe mature red fruits nose, sweet notes, tart,
medium-full bodied, soft integrated tannins, well balanced, structured, medium complexity, sour red fruits flavours, sweet & sour finish and aftertatse
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5/14/2017 - Cote d'Or Likes this wine:
Decanted 30 min, tasted over 2 hrs, bottle from secondary market
-ruddy dark red, minimal bricking
-plum dark berry and earth
-med acidity, subtle remnants of dark fruits and berries, hints of mature elements, tannins mostly resolved and just a touch of warmth on the backend
-this bottle more evolved and open than last bottle almost 3 yrs ago, very nice now in a sweet spot squarely on its mature plateau, very Pegau and very '04
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4/30/2017 - beatles wrote: 94 Points
Still going strong, this is splendid and effortless in its showing; garrigue, beefblood, grenache-sweetness, this is comfortfood in a bottle. Worked with the lamb and parmesan-bisquits...
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4/20/2017 - bajayngo wrote:
Dinner at the Marc with friends - One of the more pure Pegau's I've had with fresh fennel, horse lather, dark chalky fruit, garrigue, on a streamlined palate.
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4/20/2017 - MC wrote:
Popped and poured at cellar temperature. This was dark, big, showing plenty of dark, concentrated fruit and some nice funky secondaries. It seems right in the zone, but capable of holding for some time. Had we let it warm and open more I think it would have been even better, but no complaints as this is exactly what you hope for in a Pegau. Good stuff. A-
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4/13/2017 - Winiac wrote: 91 Points
Mineraly with a velvety texture and fruit. Medium acid.
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4/13/2017 - Motz wrote: 96 Points
Poured at a wine dinner at The Marc in Walla Walla. I usually straddle the fence regarding following a vintage or house debate. I tend to favor vintage, but there are exceptions, Latour, Pontet-Canet, Potensac, Vieux Donjon, Oreno, G. D. Vajra, Gramercy Cellars, Evesham Wood, and now Pegau, after tasting two supposedly off vintages last weekend. This wine was actually a standout of the weekend, truly memorable. It smells and tastes as it should, features striking concentration and depth, great balance, and is true to place. Likely to evolve for several more years. 95-96.
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4/4/2017 - Martin Amis Likes this wine: 94 Points
Seriously good wine. Kind of a brawler. Great nose. Maybe not epic in complexity but I didn't feel like waiting. Great finish.
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3/25/2017 - Chris Likes this wine: 91 Points
nice color on open with still healthy tannins and good fruit. After 2 hour decant, aged aroma, nice
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3/4/2017 - grafstrb wrote:
More subdued than the 8/08/15 bottle; still enjoyable; going into a weird stage?
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3/4/2017 - yonster24 wrote:
Hmmmm...no real in depth analysis here as it's from memory over the weekend, but this was a really good bottle. Nose of mushrooms, red fruit, and a touch of Brett. Silky body on the palate with red fruits really coming through. med+ finish with tannins there but fairly integrated and nice spice/acidity on the back-end. This was a good bottle, but overshadowed a bit by the 2013 Cayuse Armada and the 1999 Podere Roche Barolo. That's not a knock on this wine at all, it just speaks to how fantastic those two bottles end up being.
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2/13/2017 - swyang wrote:
A superb wine in the making. Not quite at its peak yet but wow, this offers so much life and so much more ahead to look forward to. Beautiful and yet rough fruits show a true profile of the appellation along with lavander, spice, leather and a slight soy sauce(or is it just me )Gorgeous fruits totally at ease with presence of the above scents and aromas. Medium body, full flavors. Cheers,
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2/5/2017 - Billigan wrote: 87 Points
Weakest showing I've had yet from a wine I normally love. Loads and loads of bretty spice on the nose and palate crowded out the array of other aromas and flavors I've enjoyed from 2004 Pegau before (and I have a very high brett tolerance). I thought it was going to be a perfect pairing with my wife's Texas chili, but it came across as flat and one-dimensional (that dimension being brett). Totally got outclassed by the Lapierre that preceded it. Bummer.
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1/28/2017 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:
Decanted and poured. Dark garnet color, nose of black fruit and brambles. Really drinking very nicely right now, dark fruit (black raspberry) enveloped in earthy, brambly flavors which unfold slowly in your mouth and the finish is once again super long. Well balanced and integrated - sad to see this was the last bottle.
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1/17/2017 - phil the agony wrote: 92 Points
Très typique de C9P aussi mais en plus soyeux et accessible que le vieux télégraphe.
17/20 +
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1/14/2017 - chitowncdpguy wrote:
Gorgeous. Opened and poured a couple of glasses. Consumed about two hours later. Did not decant. It has been standing in the cellar for a couple of weeks. There is a lot of sediment.
Some bricking around the rim. Very perfumed with some cigar box scents that show a bit of age as well. There is some red berry fruit (my wife suggested cherry tobacco) but it's really all about the spices and minerals - garrigue, rocky minerality, anise, and maybe a little iodine. It had a very pleasant barnyard smell on opening, but at the two hour mark that was all but gone. Everything is nicely balanced with a long smooth finish.
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1/1/2017 - RonniePiemonte wrote: 90 Points
Very enjoyable. Easy drink with food or alone.
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12/19/2016 - bonedoc wrote:
all '04's, all still good, will drink a bit longer. pegau definitely different in style than the other 3, more elegant without any detectable heat, with notes of garrique, minerality, and a touch of barnyard. vielle julienne better balanced than the cristia's which seemed a bit hot and heavy.
(1 tie) vielle julienne (93): better balanced than the cristia's, minimal heat, good acid
(1 tie) pegau cuvee reservee (93) - loved the elegance, balance, garrique, minerality, long lingering finish.
(3rd place) cristia v.v. (92)- seemed a bit oaky (does this wine have oak in it?), a bit overdone in style but still good.
(4th place) cristia renaissance (91) - lesser version of the v.v.
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11/27/2016 - SteelerFan wrote: 93 Points
Delicious. Classic Pegau sweetness over a core of tar, berry and iron. Very good now and should add complexity.
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11/20/2016 - Purple Tooth wrote: 94 Points
Ready to go. A great Pegau on the sappy side with lots of sweetness, but all the power to punch you in the face if you laugh at the pink dress! All Pegau elements are in check here...The funk, acidity, the complexity, the length....You know, its a Pegau! Very long, very dry still, very drinkable. Great stuff. Drink
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11/19/2016 - chablis28 wrote: 94 Points
I've all but disavowed buying any more CDP having mostly lost my grenache mojo with its high Alc and sense of weightiness. But, I dare any lover of traditionally styled, terroir driven wines to not enjoy the hell out of Pegau! This is a wine from somewhere and this wine screams the rocky, brushy terrain of the southern Rhone. I'm guessing the non rave, non "over the top ripe " and non critic's vintage of '04 also contributes to my admiration of this wine with Alc stated at exactly 14% on the label. I decanted it about 2 hours, poured back into the btl just before serving and drank from Riedel Burg glasses. I love the big nose with tons of garrigue, hint of leather, a little funk & red fruit. The garrique carries over to the red fruited palate as does the leather element. The fruit seems a little darker in the mouth and there is compelling complexity that keeps you guessing and intrigued to the last drop. My son in law, who was smitten too, noted that they need to try other reds than the usual suspects like Napa Cabs. I had the 2010 about 18 months ago and wish I had a few of that Pegau vintage to follow too! This was at time sublime and at times slightly burly but always fascinating and a perfect match with medium rare steaks tonight.
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11/17/2016 - David J Cooper wrote: 91 Points
Not really a serious note at this point. Developed red fruit and earth nose. Nice dry finish. Medium richness. Dry finish.
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11/11/2016 - jmoon Likes this wine: 92 Points
Needed an hour to resolve but lovely after a decant. Not peak Pegau by any means but still v good. Slightly hot alcohol notes and. Bit of burnt rubber distracted from a higher score.
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11/11/2016 - WilD wrote: 94 Points
Give this wine some air. After that, WHOW. Great Pegau wine. Chapeaux. Young maturity stage now.
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11/2/2016 - Frank Schneider wrote: 89 Points
Good bottle ! But no fun in the wine !!! Dump !! Wait till 2018 für next bottle
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10/23/2016 - rayq wrote: 90 Points
Really restrained nose and initial entry. No sign of alcohol burn on the nose or palate, something which mars many grenache based wines in my opinion. Actually it displays lovely bloody, meaty aromas with red fruit notes. On the palate it's rich but not fat and slips down remarkably easy.
My issue is with the finish. It' finishes a tad harsh and dry. It's shorter than the nose and initial taste leads you to expect.
Needs more time, or a characteristic of the vintage?
It remains one of my favourite C9 producers though.
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10/14/2016 - DrinkBordeaux wrote: 94 Points
A very nice vintage of this wine, this certainly kept my interest. Beautiful ruby color. Ripe red fruits, baking spice, black pepper, garrigue, forest floor, and tobacco. Full-bodied and silky on the palate. Still has tannins to resolve, but they are nicely balanced. So fresh on the finish, showing no heat at all. As always, Pégaü Cuvée Réservée delivers excellent value.
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10/12/2016 - dougie Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wonderful. Everyone loved it.
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9/24/2016 - canan wrote: 91 Points
Pegau Reservee Vertical (Frederiksberg): Juicy but also very "raw" and harsh. A touch of blueberry fruit and a good acidity but the aftertaste is a bit short.
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9/13/2016 - beatles wrote: 94 Points
This is a wonderful wine. The coolness of the vintage suits Pegau so well, the Grenache-fruit is clear, yet robust, there is garrigue galore, but also minerality and freshness. Will keep, but it is drinking extremely well right now.
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9/11/2016 - EhrlichDY Likes this wine: 93 Points
Another tasty bottle. This wine continues to show generous fruit and great balance. This was my last bottle and I need to find more.
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8/20/2016 - Dj6544 wrote: 93 Points
Greatly relieved that this wine showed so much better this time. This was packed with spiced plum favour and plenty of exotic complexity but importantly was kept fresh by some mouthwatering acidity. Good power too - wouldn't worry about leaving these for a while, but drinking beautifully now. 93
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7/26/2016 - skifree wrote: 91 Points
CT Seattle CdP Tasting (Amoroso Room, Bellevue Wine Storage): Brett, dried fruit, and chalk on the nose. Lighter body. Pomegranate, dried fruit, and lots of acid in the mouth. Quite tannic on the finish. Second of 9 wines at CT SEA CdP tasting, added the "minus" to my score after a second taste. My fifth, group's third of 9 wines. Should have known this was the 2004.
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7/8/2016 - edjBoca Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decant for 1-2 hours and this becomes sublime....darker fruits, complex and a long smooth finish.
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7/2/2016 - gmbdds wrote: 92 Points
Good looking cork with little saturation and a nice, dark pour. Complex, with briny, tobacco, earth and high-toned fruit notes. Sleek and integrated while maintaining a bit of a gritty edge.
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7/2/2016 - RJurman Likes this wine: 95 Points
I last rated this wine back in 2009, but what a difference several years has made. Bottle 9 of 12 purchased in 2006 and stored perfectly. 2 hour decant, and this wine is practically flawless. Nice barnyard nose as expected but it has evolved into so much more. Brick in color, meaty and big yet elegant. Musty, with layers of complexity. Drinking perfectly and still has the structure to last for many more years. I say why wait? Drink up and enjoy.
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7/1/2016 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted for two hours prior to serving. Drinking really well right now - super enjoyable. Color still dark garnet - no bricking. Nose of dark fruit, earth, a tiny bit of funk. Very smooth and fully integrated on the palate - 60 second finish. Just lovely!
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6/30/2016 - Ex-Ray Likes this wine: 96 Points
An excellent CNDP right at its peak. Deep rich color, opaque. Pronounced aromas of "barnyard", mushrooms, burnt wood, deep black fruits and cassis. Rich, full-bodied flavors to match, blackberries, plums, coffee, very typical of great CNDP. Drink soon...wouldn't want to miss all that it has now.
Ric
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6/26/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium ruby with minimal fading. Apart from this being the most brett-laden bottle I've had over the past couple of years, in every respect like the others-savory, chewy, complex, great acidity, and just about at its peak. This has drunk at this high plateau for at least the last 18 months, and it has enough stuffing and balance to maintain this level of pleasure for at least a few more years. Another excellent bottle, even accounting for the slight barnyardiness.
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6/25/2016 - BradA Likes this wine: 92 Points
A rocking wine for a bbqed hanger steak. Gentle on the nose with tell tale bramble, tar and garrique. We cannot get enough of her wines---
I would say that the vintage seems softer after an hour of air and I would be remiss not to enjoy one a year for the next decade.
Drink by 2025.
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6/23/2016 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 93 Points
A Pegau vertical (and a Foreau) (My Home): Purple/ruby in color. The nose has great nuances. Not as robust as some but then besides the cherry fruit, there is a green tobacco, spice and just the slightest hint of funk. Great acidity on the palate. Still quite young. Sinewy tannins. Pure cherry fruit on the palate with lots of depth. Persistent finish.
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6/22/2016 - KVM wrote:
Dark, rich, clean-ish. balanced and ready to go.
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6/21/2016 - schimmy23 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Can't imagine this isn't at its peak right now. Amazing nose, perfect integration and long finish. Drank right before a 2005 Pegau which was significantly tighter and has a few more years to go clearly. Sad this was the last bottle.
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6/14/2016 - RWG Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank over my bday - was excellent
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6/5/2016 - mhewitt wrote: 96 Points
While this may not ultimately be the best vintage of Pegau, it is the greatest Pegau I've ever tasted, in terms of where the bottle is right now. Perfectly mature but not at all on a decline. Black olive Pegau trademark is there and this bottle had no Brett.
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5/17/2016 - johnh1001 wrote: 87 Points
Like vegetable beef soup with major emphasis on the beef.
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5/14/2016 - tim_c Does not like this wine: 86 Points
Old and tired. Chalky tannins, leather.
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5/8/2016 - bhouk wrote:
Salted meat and earth and spine; dark cherry is in the background. I would think that this will always have structure in the forefront, but I would also think it will be less prominent with more time, allowing the cherry liqueur to show more of its stuff. A strong performance (especially with a steak), but still has room to grow. Drunk alongside the 2001, which is showing more overt fruit.
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5/2/2016 - dbkitc wrote: 97 Points
Another superb bottle of this wine. As I've said before, this is right up there with my favorite CdP's ever. It's got everything: fruit, garrigue, depth, balance, freshness - just exciting wine that is not meant to be put on a pedestal but rather to be enjoyed with a good meal and good conversation. (97)
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5/2/2016 - EhrlichDY wrote: 93 Points
So many good notes from tasters I know on this wine and it doesn't disappoint. This is everything I love about CDP. It's rich, meaty, brambly, and darkly fruited with the amplitude turned up to 11. All this without being over the top as there wine maintains perfect balance. Oh, and it's a clean bottle to boot. No brett. Woo Hoo. I can't see this one getting any better and will drink my last bottle if i run into it. Super tasty.
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3/26/2016 - toddjerry Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dark red in the glass. Tight and reticent at first. After some time, can taste the barnyard, garrigue and pepper. Fruit never fully comes out. More rustic than elegant. Will last but not sure it will get much better.
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3/20/2016 - danielbleier Likes this wine: 95 Points
consistent with notes of 4/13/2014 - this time with a proper decant so better integrated
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3/3/2016 - Tree512 wrote: 93 Points
Classic Pegau. Not particularly large but very meaty, fully mature with loads of umami. And brett. Tres sauvage. I'd drink these sooner rather than later.
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2/13/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium ruby. Wonderful savory elements mixed with dark red fruit, cinnamon, and garrigue. Medium to full body, moderate remaining tannin. An underrated Pegau.
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2/8/2016 - Dj6544 wrote: 91 Points
Plums, earth, Asian spices, raisin and olive. Can't help think there is a little too much heat here and that the flavours have faded but not come together. Will look forward with interest to my next bottle. 91
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1/24/2016 - vinbew Likes this wine: 93 Points
An excellent bottle. Drinking beautifully. 4 hrs decanted, beautifully integrated in all aspects - nose (bouquet & volume), taste, length, balance. The faintest of faint tannins left that mean it doesn't petre out in the your mouth. Lasts at least 40 seconds. Damn, it was my last bottle.
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1/12/2016 - JOsgood wrote:
Not a great bottle. Showed a lot of heat initially and tons of funk. With air it rounded out a little bit but had a ton of sediment in the glass. When this bottle is clean, it can be fantastic. Unfortunately, this bottle just wasn't.
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1/9/2016 - Zweder wrote: 94 Points
Tasted the Cuvée Laurence and Réservée beside each other in a massive Pégaü tasting and in this stage the Réservée shows better than the Laurence. In the bouquet red berries, beautiful garrigue and a touch of (horse) barnyard. On the palate beautiful and fresh acidity, a touch of sweetness, some green impressions and slightly sticky tannin. The wine is in its young maturity stage now and it will continue to develop over the next 4+ years and drink lovely for some more years. For this evening I scored it 93 – 94.
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12/27/2015 - bonedoc wrote: 94 Points
All '04's:
Pegau CR- best of wines, garrique, minerality, beautiful classic CDP 94
Vielle Julienne - elegant, pretty, well-balanced. 93
Cristia VV - overripe fruit, slightly cooked, least favorite, out of balance towards overdone. 90
Cristia Renaissance- similar in style to the other cristia, but better bc pulled back a bit. 91
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12/24/2015 - Billigan Likes this wine: 92 Points
This was great, as usual, with its beautiful nose full of florals, herbs, and smoldering embers. However, its structure is fading, and this felt a bit more diffuse than previous bottles. Would drink these sooner rather than later.
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12/22/2015 - mukden wrote: 91 Points
YES Please. The glass had the legs of a super model, drunk on 14%. Hot, but not on the nose as you would expect. Fruity but classier in its thin-ness than the usual Pegau rustic offering. Really a very nices, wine showing the best that CNF has to offer. Drinking well now, a few tannins yet to be resolved but obviously will improve. Drink one a year for the next 10 years.
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12/19/2015 - LONGDIVISION wrote: 88 Points
From Magnum, seemed tired and flat
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12/18/2015 - jsioris Likes this wine: 93 Points
This did not have the traditional perfume nose from teh '04 vintage that I was hoping for but nice minerality and balance. Not too much bret. I'm a fan of this wine and Pegau in general.
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12/16/2015 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
Oh, What a Night... Mid-December Back in Fifteen (Spoon & Stable, Mpls, MN): Very dark red color. PNP, drank 1+ glass over an hour. Almost boisterous on the nose tonight, cherry, spicy, more subtle garrigue though, floral, though not as perfumed as before, some raisin, and the earthiness emerges more slowly than in the past. The palate seems more full bodied than I recall from the last bottle, less brett, good earthiness and minerality, lots of cherry, very ripe, more garrigue on the palate, some heat, spice, anise, long finish. this was excellent though not quite as good as the last bottle we had.
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11/29/2015 - derek.hara@sbcglobal.net Likes this wine: 92 Points
A little on the elegant side for Pegau...not quite the level of garrigue and funk as other vintages. Lots of structure left, with the fruit sharing the lead. Could definitely hold but drinking very well now. Cerebral wine.
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11/27/2015 - Dale M wrote: 94 Points
Decanted 4 hrs. Spectacular showing, this baby was firing on all cylinders last night, Multi faceted nose of floral themed plums and cassis, dark olives, some garrigue, very pretty. More on the palate, but with terrific substance and grip, dark raspberry fruit that is starting to hit on secondary development. Very classy and bold. I could drink this anytime. Terrific Pegau.
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11/21/2015 - jan erik wrote: 90 Points
- Crimsom color.
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11/20/2015 - schimmy23 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drank for 10th Anniversary at Le Diplomate. Decanted for about 2 hours and then decanted at restaurant as well. Drank about 3 hours in and it was perfect. Note was strong cherry and spice with some burnt sugar in the middle and a smooth finish. Probably has another 5 years at a minimum. Some sediment was present.
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11/17/2015 - winemaker Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is really drinking well and why I like aged CdP. Smells of a truckload of spices. Lots of balsam notes with underlying red fruits and garrigue. Will hold for years to come.
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11/12/2015 - UTPK wrote:
A few years sinice I last had this vintage. Very clean and young on the nose. Almost cherry fruit instead of dark red fruits. Less animal, leather and forest floor (i.e. tertiary aromas) than I would have expected. Just a very young rendition of Pegau. Certainly not mature yet by a long way.
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11/10/2015 - alanr wrote: 90 Points
Very clean bottle, really no sign of brett; not quite opaque, rich, medium ripe dark, deep plum, some nice earth, sweet/ripe notes chime in but overall it's a very nice rendition. Showing a bit of age, but has a long way to go.
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11/5/2015 - beatles wrote: 94 Points
Fresh and lively and very Pegau with the clear bright fruit, the Grenache, the garrigue, the sense of place. I am loving this as so often before.
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10/29/2015 - rsbeck wrote: 95 Points
Pop and pour, firing on all cylinders from the first sip to the last.
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10/29/2015 - rsbeck wrote: 90 Points
Popped, breathed in bottle 60 minutes, consumed over next 90. This was very nice, but it just didn't seem to completely open up and sing the way I know this bottling can.
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10/18/2015 - Chris Likes this wine: 95 Points
fantastic even before the 2 hour decant. great depth and backbone yet fruit shining through. A great overall bottle. This was definitely a Dr. Jekyll bottle. If only we could eliminate the Mr. Hyde versions.
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10/11/2015 - johnh1001 wrote: 91 Points
Light but full of flavor. Dark fruit, spice and some meaty notes. Touch of tannin on the finish.
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9/24/2015 - nba1017 wrote:
"Pedal to the metal."
First bottle of the case. If this was a car, it'd be a 90s Jag--finicky, frustrating, powerful, and damn beautiful in the distance.
Plum, red berry and liqueur aromas almost shockingly apparent on the very hot nose, with smoke, barnyard, hay/straw, blueberry, and burnt sugar underneath. Totally coating on the palate yet finishing perfectly clean.
A fascinating wine, and I'm curious to see variation between the bottles. Still youthful, but both the stuffing and clarity are there to last for many, many years. Just fun to drink. If I had to rate, 93-94, with the potential to jump to 96 if the heat softens in time.
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9/23/2015 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium ruby with minimal bricking. Classic Chateauneuf aromatics of blue fruit, bark, and herbs. This one was really showing its inner Mourvedre tonight-ripe but savory, spicy, and chewy. Excellent acidity. Some tapenade and round tannins on the finish. One could definitely hold onto this for more leafy, autumnal development, but I've been loving its old style qualities and freshness in the bottles I've opened this year.
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9/12/2015 - Chris wrote: 88 Points
Like others, the inconsistency of these bottles is driving me nuts. I've completed half my case and I've gone from undrinkable to absolutely amazing and back! This one was okay but nothing extraordinary. I bought way back when for the release price but for what you'd pay now, its not worth the risk.
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9/7/2015 - rhalbert wrote: 94 Points
Absolutely awesome bottle. Consumed as part of our end of summer celebration with the family. The Grenache notes and garrigue were on full display. I see why people love the 2004 right now. :)
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8/9/2015 - rsbeck wrote: 93 Points
Popped, breathed in bottle 90 minutes, poured, consumed over next hour. This bottle performed beautifully. 93+
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8/8/2015 - grafstrb wrote:
Wow ... just ... wow! This wine is drinking phenomenally right now, and represents all that is good about CdP. Medium bodied. Loads of garrigue and plum. Classic Pegau Nose. Fantastic fantastic fantastic! Drink or continue to Hold.
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8/2/2015 - Rollerball wrote: 93 Points
Lots of layers with black fruit ripeness and a coating of classic Pegau garrigue; cocoa and ball point pen ink.
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7/27/2015 - MC wrote:
Showed even a bit better than my last note, as the tannins were a bit softer. Very nice wine. A-
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7/19/2015 - Chris Does not like this wine: 91 Points
I've read that bottle to bottle variation in the Pegau is very high typically. I've found that through this case. I've had 5 bottles of my case, the first I'd say I drank too early and it was highly tannic but even more so than I would have expected. I thought it was awful. The next three bottles became progressively better and I really enjoyed all of them. This bottle was lighter and just not as interesting as the previous three. Tannins are integrated at this point but wine just wasn't that great. My initial impression was actually an "88" score but at least the wine improved throughout the night and I raised my score as a result.
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7/16/2015 - rocknroller wrote: 94 Points
A Hedonistic Night of Burgs, Bordeaux, and CDP at Tilia (Tilia, Mpls): Very dark red color. PNP, drank 1 glass over 90 minutes. Intense, complex, deep, cassis, brett, lovely, anise, floral, savory, garrigue, black cherry.
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7/16/2015 - beatles Likes this wine: 93 Points
I could drink a case of you; virtually unchanged from a year ago, this offers sweet grenache galore, garrigue and local feeling all the way through. Creamy, dense with lots of primary fruit, this will go on, but it is hard to resist at the moment. #atlast home from 80thbirthday
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7/13/2015 - 102PDLANE Likes this wine: 92 Points
Excellent!
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7/5/2015 - DougLee wrote: 92 Points
Opened to accompany burgers on July 4th. Darker garnet hue. Immediate scents of black plum, pepper, licorice, lavender, and rock on the nose. Layers of juicy plum, blackberry, garrigue, black pepper, and olive tampenade on the palate. Moderate acidity and filed off tannins, leading to a longer finish of tangy plum fruit, grip, and stone. Very harmonious pairing with burgers and a delight on a holiday weekend.
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6/26/2015 - Zweder wrote: 92 Points
Game dinner with friends (@ t Jachthuis): No formal notes. After party wine of a fantastic evening! Red fruits, good garrigue and some pleasant barnyard. Not extremely concentrated, but still youthful with good acidity and friendly tannin. My blind guess that it was a 2004 was correct. Beautiful and elegant C9duP.
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6/20/2015 - peternelson wrote: 91 Points
Very nice, dark spices, barn, saddle leather, lavender; excellent balance, in a really good place, tertiaries starting to come on, tannins a bit softer and plush with good concentration. best of the CdPs tonight.
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5/13/2015 - drwine2001 wrote:
Tasted alongside the 2005. Dark ruby. A touch of brett that is under control. In this context, lush, round, and fruity (dark red fruit-cherry and plum) with some tobacco. Really excellent and seemingly less evolved and more primary than the younger wine. Tonight, I preferred it to the more heralded adjacent vintage.
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5/11/2015 - dbkitc wrote: 96 Points
This continues to be one of my all-time favorite chateuneuf's. A model of wildness, balance and Provençal countryside. At the top of its game tonight. Not a blockbuster blind tasting winner - just perfect wine to savor and enjoy. (96)
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3/18/2015 - fisk15 wrote: 94 Points
Really good, and years ahead yet. No brett!
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3/8/2015 - AndersHed wrote: 89 Points
Nose dominated of brett. Otherwise its nothing wrong. VERY big bottlevariation on pegau. Sadly because when they are good they are really good. But since its 50/50 I dont think they are worth its price.
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3/8/2015 - AndersHed wrote: flawed
Another flawed bottle. Many of these from Pegau.
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2/22/2015 - drwine2001 wrote:
Primary ruby. Raspberry aromas. Medium to full bodied, sappy and meaty feel. Completely clean fruit with tobacco leaf and minimal rosemary. Good acidity, round tannins. Excellent and at a stage of early maturity.
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2/3/2015 - maxima wrote: 89 Points
Nez sur le cuir, le tabac, les olives et les prunes confites.
En bouche, capiteux et légères notes de réduction. Des saveurs animales et de prunes avec des tannins rugueux.
Long et un peu asséchant.
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1/30/2015 - wineshaman wrote: 93 Points
3hr decant,, very nice CDP rich, ripe, big, lush, plenty of kirsch, great acidity and structure, totally disagree with previous note that this was ready, on the contrary, needs at least another five years, with of course proper storage. 1 bottle left , I wii wait!
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1/30/2015 - Ibetian wrote: 92 Points
This bottle seemed almost exactly the same as my 10/28/2013 note. Very good, on its plateau. Not falling apart, but near peak so drink up!
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1/27/2015 - MC wrote:
Decanted 30 minutes. Very nice wine, with solid fruit and all the CDP elements. More elegant than the bit 2001 but still plenty to show. Maybe just a touch austere on the finish but good with food and might improve a bit. A-
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1/12/2015 - 560 B&W Likes this wine: 93 Points
Beautiful already but needs a few years or time decanted. 14%
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1/10/2015 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Dinner with the monthly group at Restaurant le Nicolas (Nicolas Restaurant, Teck Lim Street, Singapore): Very nice. This was quite a bit better than the last bottle we had barely a few months ago. For one thing, there was not an ounce of Bretty funk on this - the nose was all dark cherries and ripe berries, then dried earth and mineral and spice, all garlanded with sweet, fragrant scents of garrigue and wild flowers. The palate was very tight at first, all iron and blood and clean, but indistinct dark fruit notes. It opened up very nicely over a few hours in the decanter though. The fruit really filled in with a lovely pure expression of cherries and red berries, almost cranberry, laced with a lovely clean acidity that have the wine such a lovely sense of definition and clarity. There were wonderful complexities wafting out amidst the fruit as well, with gentle drifts of earth and meat, spice and wild garrigue, and a lovely rivulet of iron mineral suffused through the whole thing. Really, really nice. Good finish too, neat and compact, yet with a subtly fresh length, it trailed of with a little Provencal kiss of fruit peel and fresh herb. There was still some tightness in the fruit and a little chew of firm structure from the wine's fine tannins and bright acidity, but this was otherwise drinking quite pleasantly. I would easily give this 5-6 years more before it hits peak though, perhaps even more.
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12/21/2014 - Cote d'Or wrote:
PopnPour, tasted over 3 hrs
-nearly opaque dark red, minimal bricking
-quite reticent nose, brooding, iodine, garrigue
-med/med+ acidity with med weight, mostly earth with some black fruits and licorice, med chewy tannins
-seems more shut down than last bottle 3 years ago, needs a decant or more time in bottle
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12/4/2014 - jfolbe wrote: 95 Points
Blind tasting with 9 other reds from different regions. This was WOTN despite being confused with a 2000 Barolo on most of the tasting sheets!
Best score was 5 right out of 9 but this wine stood out nonetheless. Big deep expressive nose and wonderful long finish. Like S. Rhone perfume.
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11/28/2014 - edjBoca Likes this wine: 94 Points
This was opened last friday. It was a blind tasting. None guessed CDP! There was lots of leather and dark fruit. I was surprised, but I recorked the half bottle and put in the cellar. Three days later I opened the bottle and WOW! It was exuding a huge note of perfumed fruit. I warmed up a glass and found a gorgeous wine with red fruits in abundance and a nice finish. This was after 3 days. This bottle was shut down on the first day after an hours' decant. WAIT on these. They will return and ascend to the heights that Pegau can reach.
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11/21/2014 - cuffthis Likes this wine: 94 Points
Bright ruby in color, this wine reveals tobacco leaf, olive tapenade, spice and saddle leather on the nose. The mouth feel brought intense, somewhat sweet tannins and elements of espresso, charcuterie, iron and lavender. The finish was complex and long, with seamless red fruits and acidity that kept coming out longer and fuller.
Recently purchased at retail for $99US, this wine is in a beautiful place right now. It easily has another 10 years of life left. It paired perfectly with my venison entree at the Blue Bottle Cafe in Hopewell, NJ (an outstanding BYOB).
Imported by Hand Picked Selections, Warrenton, VA.
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11/21/2014 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 95 Points
First bottle in 5yrs. Brilliant deep ruby color with just a hint of browning on the edge. Very expressive nose of kirsh, herbs de Provence and Christmas cake. Palate with fresh red fruits, very spicy and peppery, with chalky tannins on the back end. Really hangs on the palate. This is in a perfect place for me. Great balance of fruit, spice, and mature with zero hint of heat. I don't see this getting better with time, and I really like the freshness and energy the fruit still has.
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11/2/2014 - Grinner wrote: 96 Points
18th Annual Lyon 10 Year Retrospective (Lyon Down Inn): My WOTN in this blind tasting. The most open nose with kirsch, plum, forest floor, spice/anise, and fig on the palate. Nice muscular yet velvety mouth feel that goes on and on. Even smoother on day 2, 96 pts still.
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10/24/2014 - EhrlichDY wrote: 91 Points
Opened next to 08 Beuacastel. Barnyard funk on the nose, dark fruit on palate, medium bodied and not at all over the top. A classic Pegau. Drink now or hold for 5-10 years.
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10/20/2014 - Ibetian wrote: 90 Points
This had some seepage along the cork, our first experience with this for this wine. Won't rate for that reason; did not seem as strong as previous bottles.
Decanted and improved over dinner with air. Still not quite up to previous bottles, but good, 90.
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10/14/2014 - KVM wrote:
Tight in the nose. Well concentrated with black fruit, unfocused.
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10/6/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Dark ruby without any fading. Tobacco leaf and leather on the nose. Very deeply flavored with a savory mix that recalls Syrah and Mourvedre more than red fruited Grenache. Weighty, serious, young and tannic with a touch of "animale" to complement the fruit. Very impressive and old styled tonight.
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10/3/2014 - JBVino wrote:
a bit underwhelmed by this bottle. a bit of heat initially that did fade as wine opened. thought the wine lacked length and structure. no real texture to the wine and limited secondary flavors. not a bad bottle but lacked personality to be anymore than ok.
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9/28/2014 - Mr T wrote:
Good long decant before to legume
Wine much paler than darker Spanish wines but still quite rich and drinking well
I wish this had lasted until later in the dinner with entrees
Solid flavor profile
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9/13/2014 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points
Dinner at William and Gina's (William & Gina's): A really nice wine, constantly evolving in the glass - I somehow could not shake the feeling that it is in a rather awkward stage though. It smelt really funky on first pour, full of muddy earth and meaty, barnyardy notes, but these opened up very nicely with time into a lovely ripe nose with almost roasted tones of blackberries, blackcurrants and dark cherries chased with a little spice and fragrant bursts of garrigue, lavender and wild flowers. Really something. The palate was very strong as well - full and fruity, it showed deep draws of ripe black fruit laced with earth and spice and mineral. Very satisfying, and really nicely balanced. There was still a primary edge to the fruit, but there were already a lot of little complexities coming up, especially at the great long finish, which was full of spice and cocoa, garrigue and earthy mineral. With time though, the fruit receded slightly, and a stern underlying structure of fine but mouthcoating tannins and more of that grippy minerality came to the fore, making the wine seem a little austere, maybe even grumpy. Perhaps still in a rather awkward stage I thought. It was a great pairing with grilled beef on the night, but I would still put it aside for 3-4 years, perhaps even more. It is clearly a wine of great quality and character though. Very good. 92+
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9/10/2014 - Roentgen Ray wrote: flawed
Subtlety corked.
Dark garnet color. Aroma is slightly restrained. Licorice, leather, some coffee notes, and grenache raspberry. It finishes with chalky slightly puckering tannins.
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9/3/2014 - Topper wrote:
I can't speak for the wine in general as others find it full of life, but this particular bottle was on its way downhill. Still some nice spice, pepper and cola but nothing special and not holding together all that well. Even worse on the second night. Hope yours hold up better.
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8/15/2014 - grapist Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted for four hours. Flowers fruit and the funk. Meshing wonderfully. Tasted next to an 04 Mordoree and as good as that was it was no contest. Prime time for the 04 Pegau. I don't think it will get any better.
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7/22/2014 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:
Tuesday Night Double Blind $40+ (Bin 75): Dark chocolaty core, sediment, large bricking; aspirin, animal, sweet, fresh, floral, tart, cranberry, raspberry; palate is strong, good tannin wrap, cranberry, raspberry, some alcohol on back; called '01 Pegau.
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7/18/2014 - beatles Likes this wine: 93 Points
Another great showing, albeit still on the young side; barnyard, garrigue, sweet grenache and all the Pegau-fixers, nothing is missing, but I am stunned at the youthfulness of this wine. Normally, the 2004's are quite ready, this has another ten yers left, easily. Now, hands off, please, resist the temptation ....
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7/17/2014 - Wamrod wrote: flawed
Bought this at auction at 2014 Camillus house dinner in Miami. Unfortunately the cork on this bottle is loose, and air has been seeping in, and wine seeping out - only saw it upon removing capsule. A lesser wine would have been completely ruined, however this one only partially ruined. I hope the other 5 bottles don't have the same cork issue.
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7/6/2014 - Chris Likes this wine: 94 Points
I love this wine. Its sporting an attractive blood red color with an aged aroma. I gave it a two hour decant and it rewarded with lovely fruit and integrated tannins and depth.
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6/13/2014 - chitowncdpguy wrote:
Awesome again. Lots of old world funk - it dissipates somewhat with air but remains. Earthy with very, very rich fruit. Long and smooth and nicely balanced.
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6/1/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium ruby without much hinting at maturity. Laid back aromatics of bark and green herbs. Medium weight but round with crisp acidity. The fruit is neither overripe nor exuberant, but a very serious mix of dark red, blue, and black flavors with a bit of spiciness. Fairly somber style of Pegau that is still youthful and vigorous. Excellent wine that only disappoints slightly in its prickly, shorter finish.
Still showed fresh and strong, although a little alcoholic, the next day out of the recorked bottle.
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5/23/2014 - jerhardt wrote: 93 Points
Continues to be a nice bottle of Pegau. Crystalline ruby and light bodied. Aromatic and complex, there is absolutely some bretty funk, but for my palate it is an enhancement, not detractor. I have no problem drinking this now; I assume it will evolve, but don't imagine it getting much better.
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5/8/2014 - llink wrote: 89 Points
Showing a medium dose of brett on the nose, the band-aid and horsehair variety. Underneath there is some bright boysenberry fruit. The palate is rich and tasty with a sweet and sour flavor profile and a medium length finish.
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4/25/2014 - deverett wrote: 92 Points
Still quite primary at 10 years of age. Such a complex and funky style of palate with great freshness. Medium to full bodied with such an immediately lifted nose. Flavours of cured meats, dried herbs, black olives and a bit of spice, everything you want in a CdP. Love Pegau.
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4/19/2014 - farinas Likes this wine: 94 Points
Full of garrigue, mature aromas of truffle, hint of smoke and charred oak overtones. Palate has brisk acidity gives it a marine metallic feel with dense fruits finishes medium with graphite and sweet tannins. Outstanding wine.
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4/18/2014 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 95 Points
This deep red/garnet wine's aromatics are immediately expressive after decanting. Plum, garrigue, cinnamon, smoked meat, earth and pipe tobacco are intense and incessant on the nose. Full-bodied and fresh on the palate, it follows with flavors which mirror the nose. The tannins are medium in weight and fine-grained, while the alcohol (listed as 14%) is seamless. Solid in the middle, it concludes with a long finish which shows a degree of tannic grip. This Châteauneuf is unquestionably classic in quality. It has the fruit and structure to provide pleasure over the next decade (or more). Drink now-2024.
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4/17/2014 - Donjcorleone Likes this wine: 95 Points
An expressive nose of black licorice, fig, grilled meat, a little barnyard and pepper that lead way to a dark fruited palate with chestnut and tar flavors that glide on through on the elegant finish.
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4/13/2014 - danielbleier Likes this wine: 93 Points
Still feels young, ripe black plum, smoke and grilled meat. Lovely wine, would have liked a longer decant.
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4/8/2014 - mattyboy_ Likes this wine: 93 Points
A vintage that doesn't bite your head off. This is actually classically styled. One of the more tamer Pegau's I've had. This was a well stored bottle - no heady brett or barnyard aromas, just sexy, silky grenache juice. Fresh, with juicy plum, kirsch, red licorice, wild herbs. Structured equally by acidity and fine tannin. Good energy. nicely integrated at this stage. I would say this performs better on opening for us. On day two, the wood sets back in and sort of takes over the wine.
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3/29/2014 - Rollerball wrote: 94 Points
Inaugural Sanger Wine Challenge: Chateauneuf du Papes (Blind Tasting) (Chez Sangers): Such a contrast to the '99, this '04 Pegau has a clean modern style with a mild captivating spice-box bouquet. A beautiful wine with citrus and garrigue. Is Pegau finding a sweet spot or are they losing some character? I like the direction. My second place wine tonight.
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3/28/2014 - bonedoc wrote: 95 Points
This one's a beauty. Delicious ripe fruit, good concentration, silky mouthfeel, garrique and acidity to balance. Paired great w hangar steak. Drink now or next 5+.
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3/23/2014 - KVM wrote: 92 Points
Blood red. Nose is moist humus, wet leather, rather over powers the dark rd fruit. On the palate this is substantial, again with soil notes and then cherry fruit. Quite heady. Firm and very good. From my cold cellar.
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2/23/2014 - the godfather wrote:
Always liked this vintage
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2/22/2014 - btock Likes this wine: 94 Points
This was fun. Best flight of the year so far for my as this was served side-by-side with the '99 and '01 versions. The contrasts were thrilling. The '99 was the champ but this tasting note is for the '04. A young wine still coming into its own. Bright red fruit and a taut focused core. This is going to develop into something very special. It's got the fruit and structure to go the distance. Some red earth, currant, summer/outdoor salinity. Explosive aroma, at least in contrast to the more garrique '99 and crazy funky '01. So fun. Glad to own some other '04s, I believe they'll be wow bottles in about 10 years.
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2/19/2014 - AWBryce wrote: 91 Points
This was the only wine I guessed correctly. Huge stink on the nose, with herbal notes and blackberries. This wine tasted like beef stew. Very gamey and dense on the palate, some modest fruit and good length.
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2/6/2014 - jrt wrote: 94 Points
This is drinking really well now, though needs an hour decant. Medium to full weight, classic CNdP. Also really great value.
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1/31/2014 - StainedGlass wrote: 95 Points
Delicious. Fantastic classic CdP nose -- funky, barnyard, and spice box; such great earthiness to play off the generous fruit. The light garnet color might fool into thinking the palate will be thinner, but it is rich with layers of red fruit, licorice, vanilla (on the nose nose and palate) and a wonderfully long, sweet finish. Complex and elegant, it is one of the best wines I've had in the last 12 months. It is in a great place now but has the power to keep going strong for 7 or so more years if you prefer the fruit to be more subdued. I had no regrets opening it now.
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1/25/2014 - jreynolds3 wrote: 93 Points
Initially a bit of funk that was not unexpected. Once it blew off after a few minutes a very nice wine. Very nice balance of a full-body CdP without being overly extracted. Nice mix of red fruit and earthy notes.
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1/19/2014 - agnorger Likes this wine: 92 Points
Much better than 2003. Brighter and lighter with that signature meatiness that i love. will go for a few more years but in its drinking window now.
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1/17/2014 - creighc wrote: 94 Points
The wine is drinking beautifully. A little more syrupy than I remember the last bottle. Great flavor - licorice and plum with a very long finish. Still plenty of life left. Enjoyed with elk sausage and strong cheeses.
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1/12/2014 - thomasito2001 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Evolving quickly, tertiary aromas predominate (leather). Some hint of a beginning of dissociation, but the wine remains extremely pleasurable to drink. Big and powerful yet alcohol completely in balance. Tannins with a rather large grain, one could talk of rusticity here... a bit terroir on the edge, but a distinct personality for sure!
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1/11/2014 - Billigan Likes this wine: 93 Points
High-toned red-fruited aromatics with beautiful, deep, underlying herbaceousness and campfire smoke. Rich, sappy, and herbal on the palate with plenty of vigor from the acidity. Tannins are mostly resolved, but you feel this has the strength to keep going for years to come.
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1/8/2014 - Lessthanzero wrote:
Totally Pegau. Big. Beautiful. Black fruits.
Will stay good for loong, but delicious now.
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1/5/2014 - AtoZ wrote: 90 Points
Heavy and figgy tonight. Needed some air. Not a great match for grilled chicken at all. I think these need 3-4 years. I need to stop drinking them.
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1/5/2014 - S1 Likes this wine:
Opened at cellar temperature and had a small sip. We then allowed the wine to warm and evolve. Distinctly Pegau with purple flowers and black fruits on the nose. On the palate, lots of black tea, purple plum, garrigue and a nice dose of ground black pepper on the finish. Tannins are still pronounced on this one but the lovely fruit balances and there is a delightful, herbal, Amaro-like bitterness as an exclamation point. The mid-palate had a dead spot after about an hour but it resolved quickly as some red briar fruit emerged.
Very, very happy.
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1/1/2014 - spidersva wrote: 92 Points
Favorite of a six-bottle night
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1/1/2014 - DTWOB Likes this wine: 94 Points
New Year's Eve with Cellar 59's Tami and Dan - very nice wine!!!
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12/26/2013 - grapist Likes this wine: 95 Points
Decanted for only an hour. All the best qualities of a fine CdP.
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12/25/2013 - mbenz Likes this wine: 95 Points
Popped and poured. Whiff of funk and barnyard on the nose upon opening. Quickly blew off. A delight to drink. Starting to become very nicely integrated. Classic CdP flavors and just so smooth.
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12/25/2013 - KVM wrote: 92 Points
Very dark. Fragrant dark fruit licorice
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12/24/2013 - peterk Likes this wine: 93 Points
Christmas eve - what a treat! Dark fruit, powerful yet beautifully balanced.
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12/20/2013 - flashvictor Likes this wine: 95 Points
Christmas (and birthday) party (Our house): From magnum, deep purple color leads to complex nose of tar, menthol, black truffle and raspberry. Incredibly complex body shows all the classic chateauneuf flavors. Bravo! This was noticeably better than 750 ml bottle I had a few months ago.
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12/17/2013 - h2ofowler55 Likes this wine: 94 Points
I have had this wine a number of times over the past few months and it is never less than stunning. All the character and charm of much more expensive bottlings. Harmonious notes of plums, spices, garrigue, etc, etc. with terrific delineation.
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12/12/2013 - Ibetian Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted. Very dark red, somewhat cloudy. Nice complexity on the classic C du Pape nose. Smooth. Red cherries on the palate, with a sweet finish that is a tad too sweet for my taste. Nice wine.
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11/28/2013 - Chris wrote: 95 Points
Deep color out of the bottle. Great aged aroma. Still heavy tannins on open but after an hour decant, gorgeous fruit. Just awesome. I've been drinking a bottle a year and they just keep getting better.
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11/25/2013 - EMichels wrote: 91 Points
Great balance; Less complexity than '01
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11/23/2013 - khmark7 wrote: 93 Points
Outstanding, balanced and very alive. Wish I had purchased more.
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11/19/2013 - JOsgood wrote:
Consistent with prior experiences. This is a beautiful Pegau Reservee. Great balance, elegance and restraint. My favorite vintage of this wine, easy.
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11/12/2013 - Rezy13 wrote: 90 Points
Tuesday Night Double Blind $40+ (Bin 75): Dark garnet almost to rim; radish (I know who, what, and where we are), leather, funk, green, sweet tart, red fruit, acorn; leaner, hard red fruit, good freshness; not exactly sure why I didn't like this more; 90+.
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10/28/2013 - Ibetian wrote: 92 Points
Popped and poured. Nice ruby color. Wonderful Grenache nose, plus herbs, spices, fresh cut flowers and a little leather. Very clean. Smooth on the palate, with a clean though not long finish. Fine wine, one of the most enjoyable C du Papes I've enjoyed in the past year. Drinking so well now, I'll probably drink mine up in the next year or two, though I'm sure it will hold longer.
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10/27/2013 - tantotinto wrote: 93 Points
My wife and I have a love hate relationship with this wine. I love it. She hates it. This evening she is out of town so my daughter came over and we opened a bottle to go with grilled lamb chops. Well I wish the wife had been here. This bottle lacks the funky, feral notes that put her off. Everything is dialed back. It is leaner, lots of minerality, garigue, more evolved fruit, anise, and minimal tannins. Tonight it is subtle. Bottle variation or the vintage moving into a different place? I don't know but she would have liked this one.
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10/20/2013 - budh wrote: flawed
corked
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10/19/2013 - beatles Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still quite primary with a fresh and lively red fruit and good acidity. It has the lightness of the vintage and the local garrique-barnyard character of Pegau, but it is still some years from reaching maturity, and certainly improves in the glass. Though approachable now, I will keep the remaining bottles and look at the wine again in a year or two, certainly no rush to drink this – it will improve.
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10/12/2013 - Stadshagen Conoisseur Likes this wine: 95 Points
Pour and drink. Perfect maturity and deep and complex CD9.
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10/7/2013 - Cow Town wrote: 91 Points
Typical, if somewhat muted Pegau nose, with some funk, earth and bloody meat. The color seemed a touch lighter than prior bottles, but what was surprising was the fresh, bright red fruit on the palate - more like an Australian grenache. Good wine, just didn't seem like a Pegau. It had everyone scratching their heads once revealed.
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9/28/2013 - Montecalvo Likes this wine: 93 Points
pure clean fruit. still quite primary.
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9/2/2013 - 2Travel Likes this wine: 92 Points
Medium body. Pretty classic CdP. Clean nose and flavors.
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9/1/2013 - Stadshagen Conoisseur Likes this wine: 95 Points
Long afterstaste and full complexity of a C9DP, just fantastic.
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8/22/2013 - Miceri Likes this wine: 93 Points
Medium dark red; lots of spices in the nose, a bit of sour socks, very clean nose of cheries underneath; very nice, rounded and balanced, spiced, staple; very good and nice
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8/17/2013 - budh wrote: 91 Points
Definitely needs a decant or lots of air time. Beautiful evolving nose of cherry, Dr. Pepper, barnyard, black and red licorice, garrigue (now that I know what it is...). On the palate, the fruit tastes blacker (black cherry, blackberry, plum), leather, pepper. Dark garnet color. Full bodied, medium+ tannins, light acidity, long finish. To me the finish is a little hot and one-dimensional, with the pruney Dr. Pepper taste lingering along with the tannins. 14%. Very enjoyable, but I wanted to like this more, given the other great TN scores. It doesn't quite wow me at this time. Will try again in a few months.
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8/17/2013 - Stadshagen Conoisseur Likes this wine: 95 Points
Great CD9, great taste
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8/5/2013 - dougie Likes this wine: 93 Points
My first Pegau (at least what I can remember). Decanted for an hour, drank over next 4. Got smoother and better throughout. 1 bottle every two years seems perfect for remaining 5. Life is good!
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7/30/2013 - Stadshagen Conoisseur Likes this wine: 95 Points
Fantastic wine. Great balance and at least decant for 1 hour for maximum taste
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7/29/2013 - tomlee wrote: 95 Points
Crimson red in color. 14% ABV. Super concentrated nose of cherries, plum, cocoa and blood and iron. The palate has a little of everything. Pepper, kirsch, iodine, licorice, dried cherries, raspberry liqueur, garrigue and spices. Full bodied and rich. Great structure. The wine is pretty clean with maybe just the faintest hint of brett. Silky tannins and a great finish. This wine has a great future ahead of it. I have 4 bottles left which I will drink over the next decade.
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7/6/2013 - Harry Cantrell wrote: 92 Points
garnet. Nose of raspberry jam and dried herbs. Taste was medium weight, berry fruits and oregano. Good.
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6/25/2013 - mterheijden Likes this wine: 92 Points
Great example of Pegau's power. Aromas of red fruit, beef, cacao, anise, garrigue and spices. The palate displays tastes of cacao, earth, blood and a meatiness
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6/24/2013 - miko Likes this wine: 91 Points
Un peu bretté ? mais rien de dérangeant. Relativement évolué, la prochaine et dernière d'ici 2-3 ans.
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6/17/2013 - Pierre-Yves Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drank side by side of the Charvin 04. This had a lot more of the Chateauneuf punch, typical prune and herbs and was delicious as is... but lacked the finesse of Charvin. Different style, more raw.
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6/12/2013 - VTCellarDweller Likes this wine:
Purchased on release, this was our first bottle from a case. It was decanted leaving a small amount of very fine sediment and returned to the bottle to air for 30 minutes before serving with pan seared fresh tuna, black rice, and oven roasted asparagus.
This bottle, while pleasurable, seemed very youthful and in need of more cellar time for my taste. While I did find the same general aromatics and flavors as other notes mention, it was taut and dominated by structure. There was not even a hint of brett. After an hour, and with a selection of cheeses, the initial tension abated and this began to show not only more red fruit suggestions, but some clear secondary notes.
Everything about this indicates a glorious future, but I will wait a few years to try another and finish up my 98 Pegau and 99-2000 Beaucastel in the interim.
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6/9/2013 - chitowncdpguy wrote:
Outstanding wine. Lots of barnyard funk on the nose. Beef, hints of licorice, pepper, earth. Rich but without a clear fruity component. Long finish.
This screams for cassoulet and definitely needs a decant for sediment.
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6/9/2013 - Ibetian wrote: 93 Points
Drinking very well at the moment, and I'll make a point to drink my remaining bottles over the next couple of years. Intriguing nose of cola and red cherries. Smooth. Medium bodied. Nice, lingering finish. Very enjoyable.
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5/24/2013 - edjBoca Likes this wine: 93 Points
Medium to Dark crimson to the rim. Great nose of dark fruit. Palate is dense and smooth. Full body. Dark currant dominates the flavors. Good finish. Plenty going on here. No signs of fading. Delicious and balanced for the long haul, at least 10 years.
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5/21/2013 - Eric wrote: 95 Points
Explosive bottle. Blood and white pepper. Provencale herbs. Simply electric stuff. This is one of the great modern vintages of Pegau and also one of the most utterly drinkable. Stellar.
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5/11/2013 - Pinotphile123 wrote: 95 Points
Classic CDP, dark cherries, beautiful soft tannins and great spread of forward, middle and back palette finesse. Great wine and still have some life ahead of it.
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5/1/2013 - Stadshagen Conoisseur Likes this wine: 96 Points
The wine looks Dark colored and oily. It smells like Blackberry, Forest floor, Mineral. It tastes like Strawberry, Blackberry, Meat/Leather, and Mineral. The body is Full. The wine has soft texture and very long finish. Very good balance for a C9DP! Great wine with great potential.
I've tasted other vintage of this same wine and this vintage is particularly well balanced and has a very nice finish.
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4/28/2013 - WildeMeeuw wrote: 95 Points
Kleur: Diep donkerrood, opvallend donker voor een Ch9Dp. Aroma / bouquet: Donker kersenaroma dat meteen na het ontkurken de kamer vulde. Niet de verwachte zoete kruidigheid. Donker en zwaar aroma met teer, leer, inkt en Garrigue-kruiden. Smaak / Afdronk: Zoetig, kruidig en geweldig geconcentreerd. Zacht zuurgraad, krachtige maar mooi gerijpte tannines, Indrukwekkend lange afdronk. Algemeen / potentieel: Enorm geconcentreerde powerwijn. In dit stadium een eetwijn. Groot ontwikkelingspotentieel. Eigenlijk pas drinken vanaf 2018. 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 13 + Smaak / Afdronk: 18 + Algemeen / potentieel: 9 = 95/100
Color: Deep dark, striking dark for a Ch9Dp Aroma / bouquet:. Dark cherry aroma that filled the room immediately after uncorking. Not the expected sweet spiciness. Dark and heavy aroma with tar, leather, ink and Garrigue herbs. Taste / Finish: Sweet, spicy and great concentration. Soft acidity, powerful but nicely ripened tannins, impressive long aftertase. General / potential:. enormous power, concentrated wine. At this stage a dinner-wine. Great development potential. Next bottle: in 2018. 50 + Color: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 13 + Taste / Finish: 18 + General / potential: 9 = 95/100
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4/27/2013 - Eric P wrote: 94 Points
Leather, cherries, strawberries on the nose – great mount feel – long finish; drinks beautifully now.
A stunning wine
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4/25/2013 - Roentgen Ray Likes this wine: 93 Points
Yummm, I really enjoyed this, and I am not a granache fan, in general. This bottle was in a happy place with blue blackish fruit, fun complex aromatic including lots of spice, graphite, cassis, liquorice, and in the mouth you have a full balanced wine with moderate tannic structure. On day two, the profile became slightly muddled compared to right out of the bottle, nonetheless, it retained most of its core profile. Drink if you have multiples, if you have only one, drink if you like them adolescent, hold if you like it more mature.
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4/21/2013 - EGunderson wrote: 93 Points
Great wine, outstanding meaty nose, great spice on the palate.
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4/20/2013 - grapist wrote: 95 Points
Second and third bottles of the case. See tasting note of first from five years ago. First bottle last nite was decanted for several hours and brought to the restaurant (Chez Moi) specifically to pair with their Cassoulet. The nose was huge and floral; color dark and opaque. The taste so big and full bodied that it was on the edge of too much. Certainly not subtle. 5 years ago I felt this could be a 95 pt wine and it is. With another 5 or 10 years, this may approach perfection. This was so good that we went home to open another. That taught quite a lesson. Without decanting we could recognize the same wine but it unremarkable for over half an hour when it started to open up. I really regret opening the second bottle of the night because it never got the chance to reach its real level of tastes. But I can look forward to nine more evenings made great by the remainder of the case.
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4/4/2013 - dmalcolm wrote: 92 Points
Developing very nicely, with dark fruits, lavender, blood, iron, and black pepper. Still it is very young and could benefit from more time in the cellar.
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4/2/2013 - UMhemePA Likes this wine: 92 Points
Earthy musty smell, great purple/ruby color, bright. Mouth feel is exquisite and full, coats the palate, tastes of dark dried cherries, some black currant flavors, mushrooms, good blance of tannins, smooth long finish.
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3/31/2013 - Eric wrote: 95 Points
It's just stupid how good this vintage is, although it is not for the brett haters of the world. This wine is just exploding right now with licorice, roasted plum, white pepper and blood. It is perhaps the most expressive nose I have seen on any vintage of Pegau with the exception of the 1990. The palate is moving along well and getting some awesome secondary aspects, peppery, papery (an odd textural thing that I find in some Grenache dominated Châteauneuf-du-Pape), dry and surprisingly powerful. Very much in the vein of the 1994 and 1999 but with a nearly electric freshness and energy. I have had this wine more than a dozen times, and tonight's bottle was easily the best.
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2/16/2013 - Stefanos T. wrote: 93 Points
Dark garnet color.
Nose upon opening showed some mint and eukalyptus notes. Upon aeration dark macerated fruit emerged together with sweet spice, leather, earthy forest floor and on the background notes of kirsch. Quite complex but not very intense and slightly difficult to define. Quite clean with just a whiff of the barnyard funk that Pegau usually has.
On the palate flavors show some age with dark fruit, camphor and sweet spice. Almost full bodied with high gylcerol content and high alcohol which is integrated well. Tannins are big and ripe. Leaves a ferral/bloody aftertaste.
Strong wine that needs flavorful food. Decanting is advised.
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2/10/2013 - andtheodor wrote:
Big, ripe, dense and heady. Brambly, sappy fruit, cola, some herb/garrigue character. Quite CdP in character in that it comes off so brutish and lumbering and the end of an evening it's hard to enjoy. This makes the 96 Montrose next to it seem positively lithe. Not sure how I feel about this wine really...
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2/2/2013 - JohnSh wrote: 92 Points
Hazy notes from last night. Had the classic Pegau funk thing going on, with nice richness, intensity and balance. Got better with air; this will last a while yet, but drinks well now too.
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1/17/2013 - tantotinto wrote: 93 Points
This is a difficult note to write. In short, I loved it and my wife hated it. This is the second time that has happened with this wine. What I tasted was ripe black fruit, garigue, spice and licorice that has mellowed and smoothed into something approaching rustic elegance. My wife tasted stale urine, soured beef blood and tannins slightly tempered by a hint of fruit in the distant background. At the moment, she is clearing her palate with some Taylor 20 Year Old Tawny. I am savoring the remainder of the Pegau and have resolved to reserve our remaining bottles for boy's night out occasions. The score is mine.
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1/13/2013 - thomaskeil wrote: 93 Points
Decanted 2 hours. Garnet. Consistent notes from 18 months ago. Seems to be a little softer. Very expressive on nose and palate. Great balance, elegant and pretty.
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1/12/2013 - jan erik wrote: 94 Points
This is a very well made wine! Dark berries , foggy, cool Norwegian summer forrest with a pine element make this appear cooler than real temprature. Some thrown sediments gives a message that the explosive fruit is fading but a strong backbone of tannins is keeping the wine allive. Its still a baby but if you have more than one start to open!
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1/5/2013 - Chris wrote: 92 Points
Tannins starting to integrate. Nose is rather restrained, which is a downer, I prefer more complexity on the nose. The wine has luscious fruit and a long finish.
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12/28/2012 - the godfather wrote:
A stellar wine firing on all cyclinders
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12/27/2012 - JOsgood wrote: 95 Points
Spectacular showing at Animal in LA. Perfumed Pegau nose throughout the evening. Savage and complex palate with a smooth and long finish. Everything in balance and stimulating all the taste buds. Wow wine.
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12/26/2012 - Munch Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened this and the 2003 Pegau Reservee on this same night. The 04 really held its own with the 03. In fact at the end of the night they were very close indeed. Color very similar slightly hazy meduim ruby red. On the nose this had classic Pegau forest floor, tobacco, cigar box and some dark red berry fruit. DId NOT have the portiness that the 03 had for its first 10 minutes- on palate this was great from the moment it was opened. With air the nose opened a bit and seconday flavors came into a bit better focus. Medium full bodied with silky texture and supple fruit. This is one of my very favorite Pegaus of the last 10 years, a real sleeper, like the 1999. (New favorite is 2009).
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12/25/2012 - UTPK wrote:
Had the 2001 and 2004 together. The 2004 was better at this time with sweet fruit and deep layered aromas of ink, smoke and some meat/horse. Fresh acidity and long finish. The 2001 was more liniear and less sweet. Very mature with tertiary notes of leather, dusty spice and pipe tobacco. High acidity and piercing finish.
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12/3/2012 - tooch wrote: 91 Points
Dinner at Marc's (Marc's House - Bellingham, WA): This is great Pegau. Meaty, stinky, earthy...yum. Palate is classy and elegant with big time flavors. Drinking nicely and should continue to improve.
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12/2/2012 - chablis28 wrote: 93 Points
A very nice classy CDP with charactor and terrior expression. Great nose, great weight and lovely balance. Only problem, the reputation over prices this wine by at least $20/btl. If you do your homework and experiment with other, under the radar, CDPs you can find something just as interesting for $20 -$40 / btl less. Your call but, as much as i enjoy this wine, I'm going to buy the less hyped producers for significantly less.
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11/18/2012 - EJS wrote: 93 Points
immediately after opening garrigue, berries, cherry not a fruit bomb, acid,tannins and fruit in balance and integrated. great mouth feel and finish a a One of the best Pégaü's I've tasted.
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10/20/2012 - Marcyrillo Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dinner with Alexandre and Maria Paula: Still with a good fruit. Complex and seductive, elegant and balanced. Long lasting. Great wine.
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10/6/2012 - Chaz Bham wrote: 92 Points
4th sampling over the past few years. Consistent each time, to my recollection, not significantly improving or decaying during this period. I really enjoy the balance of fruit, rustic tones, overall integration and solid craft of this wine. On this evening, this bottle is made special by the company of Sean and Mike over a great steak dinner, on a beautiful evening in Sonoma. Solid CdP.
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10/2/2012 - tantotinto wrote: 94 Points
Tasted two hours after decanting. It has a wonderful and complex aroma of ripe fruit, garrigue, leather and spice box. Flavours of red and black fruit, allspice, and orange peel. My wife is getting a touch of funk. I am not. Elegant finish with a tart kick. This is the first bottle that we have opened since last December and it is much smoother, leaner and more refined than the last. This wine may well have better days ahead but it is superb now.
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9/23/2012 - keelegl wrote: 90 Points
A little more bretty than I like, but there was enough fruit to enjoy.
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9/22/2012 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points
Dès l'ouverture, un nez très expressif sur le fruit, noir et rouge, du kirsch, un peu d'anis. J'ai toujours aimé cette gourmandise des vins du domaine, qu'on ressent jusque dans le nez!
La bouche est un renfrognée à l'ouverture, les tanins sont encore vigoureux. Après plus de deux heures d'aération (en bouteille), il est à point. Un Pegau très traditionnel, sur les fruits à noyaux, le kirsch, d'envoûtants arômes épicés, des dattes. Un vin encore puissant certes, mais équilibré et long, savoureux. Pas aussi plein et baroque que le 2003 sans doute, mais un très beau Pegau classique, qui commence sa phase de maturité et livre beaucoup de plaisir pour l'amateur du style vieillot des meilleurs CNP! 92 pts
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9/21/2012 - the godfather wrote:
spectacular
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9/10/2012 - EGunderson wrote: 92 Points
Consistent notes, still great and very much open. Love this wine.
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9/8/2012 - WST wrote: 93 Points
This Pegau never went through a dumb phase. My stock of this vintage may be gone by ten years of age, which is how long I typically wait to open the first bottle of Pegau in most other vintages. Beautiful spicy dark berries, licorice and iron, a little gamey. Fairly primary but open and delicious.
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9/6/2012 - cosmin_grozea wrote: 94 Points
Saturated red ruby color. Superb nose, well developed, intense and very expressive, combining fresh red fruits with game, meat, graphite and spices. Full bodied, with a killer acidity, this wine has the minerality and the character of a Northern Rhone Syrah (reminded me of 2006 Thierry Allemand Reynard Cornas: odd but lovely !), savoury, long and really delicious. Long finish, with great freshness and some lovely thyme and sage flavors. This is fully accessible now and just a pleasure to drink. Will continue to age well also. 14% alc. (94+/100)
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8/26/2012 - alr6767 wrote:
Consumed on boat with sub-optimal stems, so score withheld. Still, this was typical pegau in a more subdued vintage. Purple color. Some barnyard on the nose with sous bois. Plum, ash, some game. Low acid and medium finish. Lots of sediment.
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8/11/2012 - br wrote: flawed
off bottle....stripped of nose and flavor.
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7/27/2012 - Pinotphile123 wrote: 93 Points
Drinking great but has quite a few years ahead to further improve.
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7/21/2012 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 90 Points
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Dinner: Massive, with a funkiness to the aromas... definitely some brett here. Big and tart palatee, and quite gritty. Yup, huge fruits, but also tart and tight. Wow, surprising how tart the finish is. Hugely gritty, showing some tartness, but not much depth of complexity.
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7/6/2012 - KVM wrote:
very good - lots of life.
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7/5/2012 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points
Dark in color, with a nose packed with pepper, garrigue, kirsch, black raspberry, licorice and kirsch, this full bodied, concentrated, fresh, spicy, mouth filling Chateauneuf du Pape delivered the goods.
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6/29/2012 - rednick@internode.on.net wrote:
After a long decant drinking very nicely - savoury and plenty of character - needs time
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6/26/2012 - signotim wrote: 92 Points
survived 4 nights because of all the wine opened on the weekend. improved each night. long life ahead.
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6/12/2012 - dbkitc wrote: 97 Points
I am very lucky to have had the opportunity to purchase and taste many bottles of Pegau over the years. To me, the vintage which most embodies the true nature of the Domaine is the '04. Not the biggest, ripest, most distinct or most subtle. Rather, it captures the essence of the vineyard and winemaking tradition. Rich, classic, funky yet pure all at the same time. Fruit, herbs and earth - All distinct yet nothing dominates. Maybe not the vintage deserving the highest points but I can't think of another with more soul. Wonderful. (97)
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6/9/2012 - WST wrote: 91 Points
Getting some bottle variation on this wine. More funky, probably bretty than the first two bottle, but not enough to detract from its other assets. Red and dark berries, saddle, peppe; meaty. Funny how the '04's are entering their secondary drinking window at a young age.
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6/3/2012 - KeithSurg wrote: 93 Points
Nose and flavors of cherry, earth, game, bacon. Medium-bodied with a smooth mineral finish.
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5/26/2012 - azahoner wrote: 92 Points
I found it less exciting this time, higher temperature service could be behind this
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5/25/2012 - deverett wrote: 93 Points
Lovely wine with terrific length and depth from a largely unlauded vintage. Ripe, fresh fruit, five spice and dried herbs, sour cherries, cured meats and well handled oak. Quite firm tannins and more structure than I was expecting but it all works well. Still a very young CdP which is cruising along very nicely indeed.
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5/19/2012 - ckinv368 wrote: 91 Points
CT Offline IV--Hill Country Edition; 5/18/2012-5/19/2012 (Austin / Texas Hill Country / Castleman Ranch): Tons of spice at the front of the palate. Really can't taste a ton fo fruit becaquse of the spice although there are some nice blueberry and blackberry notes on the palate prior to the spice kicking in. Leave this one for several years and it will be magnificent. So strong right now. Once it mellows a bit, and all of the flavor profiles meld and integrate, this is going to be a seriously wonderful wine! Lots of potential for higher score---probably 93-94 eventually.
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5/17/2012 - Jack wrote: 95 Points
Best showing so far. Still quite tannic but great fruit and spice more than cover it. Nice long finish.
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5/7/2012 - peterk wrote: 93 Points
Initially closed, but opened up after an hour. Dark cherries and spice. Lovely
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4/17/2012 - Mr T wrote:
popped adn poured and rather tannic....decent red fruits but the tannin never really released its grip...kind of surprised me...will leave the others for a while
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4/16/2012 - rsbeck wrote: flawed
Although the cork was fine and no signs of damage, tannin was prominent, fruit muted, a firm note of wet newspaper spoiling the party. I'm chalking it up to a bad bottle and hoping my next will be like my previous, which was terrific.
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4/9/2012 - ilee wrote: 94 Points
Venturing into the 2004 vintage of CDP, the Pegau was as great a start as any. Indeed, it is positively refreshing compared to some 2003's where raisins and alcohol dominate a great many wines. In contrast, this wine impresses with its subtle but rich flavours of red/black berries, licorice, roast meats and garrigue, all delivered in a cool-autumn sort of way. The alcohol is present but not obtrusive, and the fine tannins suggest a long and comfortable future ahead. Very nice, and an absolute bargain for GBP380/case
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3/12/2012 - BobJohnson1 wrote:
Big and structured wine. Judging from other reviews I must have had an off bottle. This one was very unclean tasting. I thought Brett. There was fruit, it was just in the background behind the funk. Drinkable, but not very enjoyable. Blah.
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3/4/2012 - AtoZ wrote: 93 Points
Nose was fantastic. The wine now appears to have some tannis left to shed when compared to a 2000 from magnum which was more open and complex but oddly had a more closed nose on this night.
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3/4/2012 - EyeDoc wrote: 92 Points
Still a bit backwards. Only a hint of Brett. Could last a long time.
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3/3/2012 - rsbeck wrote: 93 Points
Popped, breathed in bottle 90 minutes, consumed over next 60. Lovely expression of classic CdP. Ready to go right now, but with room for further improvement.
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2/19/2012 - S1 wrote:
Pop & Pour a glass at a restaurant on Hilton Head--then decanted the rest. My initial first sniff was, "Oh Crap--TCA" but it was an overreaction. Camphor, dark cherry. Initially fits into the dark and brooding thread until it really opens after about an hour. Lots of Provencal herb, pepper, black tea, light smokiness. It doesn't touch the 03 we had a few weeks ago but still wonderful.
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2/11/2012 - CerveloGuy wrote:
Deep, dark, unbridled CDP. Love it.
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2/10/2012 - RhoneG Likes this wine: 96 Points
Decanted for 3+ hours. Raspberry and blackberry with plum and earth on the palate, berries with pine forest, earth and a trace of mint on the nose. Beautiful wine.
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2/1/2012 - tp096255 wrote: 80 Points
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COLOR: Ruby-garnet with ruby rim
NOTE: Funky, mineral- and ash-driven nose that brings fruit in from behind. Smells like a nasty Bordeaux layered on top of a nice CDP. Mouth is decent with perfume of white flowers (honeysuckle/jasmin) wrapped around a core of mulberry, blackberry, black fig. The finish just rushes in again with that mineral-, iron-, ash-driven element that is so disgusting to me. I hate this kind of CDP but understand it's well-made though just not my style.
DECANT: 3 hr
GLASS USED: Pinot Noir
TASTE: 80
OTHER:
COST: 63
VALUE: 1.0
PREVIOUSLY TASTED: n/a
TRY AGAIN: whenever
PAIRING: n/a
Inquiries can be addressed to troypeterson@usa.net
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1/28/2012 - Jack wrote: 93 Points
Agree that this is opening up and ready to drink.
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1/21/2012 - cardsandwine wrote:
Excellent CDP that drank very nicely and without any decanting. Pure fruit and great balance with a lengthy finish. This should be enjoyable for years.
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1/14/2012 - bacchus wrote: 94 Points
Central New Jersey Off-Line CT tasting at Peking Duckhouse, New York City (Peking Duckhouse, New York City): Cjsavino and his wife generously shared two bottles of this outstanding wine. Once again, CJ has demonstrated his prowess in picking the best for his cellar. The wine had been opened 5 hours prior to serving and double decanted. Although early in its longevity cycle, exposure to air brought forth some mature qualities. The fruit was generous. The mouth feel was rich and the finish persistant there were energetic bursts of fruit from time to time. The wine continued to evolve all night. This was easily my WOTN. I hope the human anti-aging pill is invented in time for me to visit thus wine again in 10 to 15 years.
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1/14/2012 - Champagneinhand wrote: 93 Points
Peking Duck House off-line.
Big and muscular CdP that opened with a nose of black and red fruit, smoked meat and Asian spices. On the palate, the tannins were firm, but mellowed with some air time. The fruit was similar to the bouquet with kirsch and decent acidity. Long finish with fruited tannins that went on for over one minute. A wonderful companion to the great Chinese food,
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1/14/2012 - cjsavino wrote: 94 Points
Openned two bottles for an evening off line, decanted 6 hours before serving. This wine was really flexing it's muscles last night. Initial gripping tannins that evened out as the night progressed, spicy fruit, and long finish.
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1/8/2012 - Chris wrote: 94 Points
Needs many many years to open up. So tannic it was crazy. That said, once it finally opens up and the tannins are integrated, this is going to be excellent.
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1/2/2012 - EGunderson wrote: 92 Points
Mostly consistent with other bottles, this one perhaps a bit tighter, but still very nice overall.
Meat and spice dominate, great nose and a nice finish.
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12/31/2011 - tantotinto wrote: 91 Points
Tasted after an hour in a decanter. Opaque purple. Mineral, spice and rich fruit nose. Flavor is more red fruit than black, pepper, anise and earth. Classic CdP and a great match for this evening's Veal Osso Bucco. I am used to some bottle variation with this wine but tonight it seemed like my wife and I were drinking two different wines from the same bottle. She was picking up over the top funk (barnyard) to the point that she was not interested until it could be balanced with food. I was getting almost none. Strange. The score is mine with some adjustment for her very different take.
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12/26/2011 - Roentgen Ray wrote: 92 Points
Very aromatic and showing well today. Black olive tampenade, graphite dust, mineral laden wine with licorice notes. Medium to full in the bodied in the mouth, the wine had a great midpalate, and a nice juicy ripeness. Drink or Hold.
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12/25/2011 - wmccone54 wrote: 94 Points
I'm not big on CdP, but much to my surprise and enjoyment, this is a seriously exceptional wine; very impressive. Full bodied, muscular, dark crimson with lighter red edges. After a very short decant, the wine opened up upon pouring into a large Riedel glass. Shows a very aromatic nose of smoke, spice, minerals, leather, anise, flowers, and lots of red and black fruits. Bright plums, fresh raspberries, dark berries, sweet licorice and cherry kirsch liqueur flavor. Very smooth and rounded tannic structure. This is a very complex wine. Great long finish that lingers with cherry, tobacco, and cocoa.
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12/25/2011 - UTPK wrote:
Tasted alongside Vieux Telegraph 2004. The Pegau was more meaty and dense both in smell and taste, while the VT was more elegant, lighter and more stemmy. The Pegau had a nose of blood, wet metal, some smoke and green herbs. Almost more northern Rhone than southern in its smell. It had a sweet attack and very good mouthfeel with mature tannins still present in considerable amount. Good balancing acidity. Pegau is clearly a great wine.
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12/22/2011 - kgh wrote: 92 Points
Closed at first, but opened up after one hour. Beautiful Rhone and Grenache flavors of strawberry, raspberry, and minerals. Drinking very well.
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12/11/2011 - Cleve Miller Likes this wine: 92 Points
Clear garnet/purple. Quite fruity on the nose, red berries, raspberry, earth and wet stone. More red fruits on palate, raspberry, hint of cherry. Mineral. Full body, round, long finish with upfront persistent tannins. Paired nicely with roast pork tenderloin.
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11/29/2011 - gutt22 wrote:
There's always something gorgeous about a clean bottle of Pegau. Just a touch of funk on the nose to this one and underneath a glorious nose of red and black fruit, pepper, meat, and herbal notes. In the mouth, vibrant and rich, without losing a linear precision. Full of fruit and complexity, like a perfect blend between the two. Hard to argue with a wine that sails on so seamlessly like this. A
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11/29/2011 - GalvezGuy wrote: 92 Points
Houston we have a problem (Lucio's BYOB, Houston): Great nose of Rhone funk, with black and red fruit, smoked meats, kirsch. On the palate, kirsch, blackberry, smoked meat, sour cherry, spice. Finishes big and brawny. Great stuff.
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11/27/2011 - Outplaying wrote:
Wine with Friends (Our House, Avondale, PA): Wow. I love this wine. Everytime I've had it it stands out among some great wines. Some blood and mineral notes, honey, black pepper, ripe fruit. Very fresh and dry. Fairly masculine. Excellent.
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11/26/2011 - Deb293 wrote: 89 Points
Still heavy on the oak, but more approachable on day two. Not exactly elegant...a little rough around the edges. Wait a bit on this one.
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11/19/2011 - BradA wrote: 94 Points
This is really a stellar vintage for Pegau; full bodied, rich and well balanced. Just a super example of the skill the Ferraud's possess. Drink now or hold.
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11/14/2011 - AtoZ wrote: 93 Points
Mucch better than prior bottle. I think this is drinking great right now. More firm / less fruit than maybe expected.. fair amount of sediment. Maybe not a long term ager?
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11/13/2011 - Jurgens wrote: 89 Points
Little disappointed. maybe too early to drink.
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11/12/2011 - PJRONeill wrote: 92 Points
Better than the bottle opened in March, more generous and expressive with earth, red fruits and herbs.
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11/7/2011 - WST wrote: 90 Points
Lower score this time, although this wine I've consistently scored a 93-94. I apparently went to the well one too many times and ran into a little bottle variation. Still a nice bottle, just not the epiphany of the previous '04s. In my experience, the '04 is presently drinking better than anything from '00 on. This bottle was a little clunkier, maybe a slight bit vegetal, but nice funky fruit, iron and leather. Still outstanding, just not "shockingly good," which was my description of the last bottle.
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10/29/2011 - duchamp wrote: 94 Points
(from memory) Medium ruby, understated nose of funky red currants, toffee, garrigue and spicy plum, palate is complex and a bit sweet with red and black fruits, ruby grapefruit and hints of other citrus, finish is long with teeth staining, mouth perking tannins
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10/29/2011 - WST wrote: 93 Points
Shockingly good at such a young age; most Pegau's take 10-15 years to shine IMO. Dense but light on its feet. A great mix between primary and secondary; red & dark berries, kirsch, meat, underbrush and leather. Beautifully balanced.
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10/16/2011 - Siggy wrote: 94 Points
A fantastic Pegau, from what has become my favorite CDP vintage since 2001. Complex, savory, and dynamic in the glass. Beautifully balanced and proportioned. Just textbook, classic stuff. This will age gracefully for many years to come.
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10/16/2011 - mbenz wrote: 92 Points
Opened and poured a small taste. Initial earth, barnyard and funk on the nose. Blew off after some time. Consumed after the bottle was open for about an hour. Still had a wonderful nose with dried flowers and mushrooms. Smooth and well-integrated. Enjoyed.
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9/25/2011 - wequedad wrote: 94 Points
Opened after a nice round of golf with my wife. Bought at the domaine on a day when only Paul was there. Deep garnet almost to the rim. Nose of leather, kirsch, licorice and garigue. A few years ago this was quite tannic but now is completely balanced. Wonderful tastes of dark fruits,smoke, earth,and lavender roll from front to back. Nice finish.
To me this is the "stealth" Pegau ... from an unheralded vintage ... Not profound like 2003 or 2007 but right up there with 2001 and 2005.
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8/13/2011 - mariolanza wrote: 88 Points
Again no comparison to the 1998 and 1999 we drank the same day, either it was not a great year or it is still to young. Very tannic and vegetal. Didn't really open up even after 3 hours. Still the quality was evident from the Domaine.
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7/30/2011 - jhannah27 wrote: 93 Points
Decanted for about an hour before drinking. This was much more subtle and delicate than I was expecting. Extremelynfloral nose showing lavendar and soft sweet fruits underneath. Perfect balance on the palate with rich red and black berries and garrigue that transition into the smoky floral finish. Really enjoyable from start to finish. It had been awhile since I have had a good CdP, and this didn't disappoint.
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7/14/2011 - mjf@ulkner wrote: 93 Points
Savory, earthy, meaty flavors mingling with a smooth as silk fruity base. I was struck by how approachable this is right now. Paired perfectly with a unami dominated flank steak and marinade.
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6/28/2011 - thomaskeil wrote: 94 Points
Decanted 2 hours. Red-tinged violet (dark). Rush of dark berry aromas, along with cherries, garrique, anise, earth. Medium plus fruit intensity on palate with loads of soft grip. Feels bright and complex. 'Wants' to display finesse, but there's an underlying expressive power. Good length. Speaks of CdP. Great with grilled skirt steaks and white truffle red wine risotto.
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6/21/2011 - Fielding wrote: 92 Points
Decanted and poured. Consumed over two hours. Youthful purple in glass. Expressive nose of roasted meats, with plums and red fruits, herbs de provence, lavender and brambles. Raspberry and cherry kirsch on the palate, with some earth, game, spice and blood. A little toughness on the finish. Delicious now, but with a long and varied life ahead.
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6/15/2011 - EGunderson wrote: 93 Points
Great wine. Meaty, spicy, earthy - delicious.
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6/13/2011 - dbkitc wrote: 95 Points
A wonderful bottle to share upon our return from Frnace and a visit with Laurence. i just love this vintage when the bottle is pristine. Exotic, spicy and layered. Delicious and serious. (95)
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6/11/2011 - cubswinws wrote: 93 Points
Just drinking beautifully now. Rich and meaty yet well integrated tannins make for a sweet ride.
Just another reason Pegau remains my favorite Southern Rhone.
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6/7/2011 - BradA wrote: 92 Points
Not the best showing of this wine, it was warm and this could have impacted my impressions.
Spicy, a robe of dark fruits and good flavor---i like it, but it isn't showing all its got.
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6/3/2011 - jeff nowak wrote: 91 Points
decanted, and highly recommended as this is somewhat of a brutish wine at the moment. i'll need to sample again to get a handle on how it stacks up over the last decade of releases. some brett, asian spiced meatiness, kirsch. it went on a little roller coaster ride over 3-4 hours, yet never quite got me revved up as much as i expected. very rustic and foursquared.
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6/3/2011 - goblu6 wrote: 91 Points
Decanted for about an hour. Took awhile for the flavors to balance out, but then the earthy, tobacco flavors came out. Very nice.
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5/28/2011 - beezer6 wrote: 93 Points
Saturday Tasting Group (Knightsbridge Wine Shop (Northbrook, IL)): Funky green olive nose, dirt, stinky cheese. Some mossy stewed leaves. Rustic cherry, decomposing leather and anise.
Palate is rich and dark. Black berries, dirty earth. Spicy, driven by coal and some game action.
Gorgeous savory play I couldn't get over. Loved it. Really nice plum note on the back end. Great wine.
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5/14/2011 - greenblanket wrote: 94 Points
Just a wonderful Chateauneuf, one could go on and on talking about flavors and flowers and horse's asses (which we smelled none of, btw) and drawing allusions to supermodels vs Katherine Hepburn. But Greenblanket risks digression - this wine was a delicious, poised representation of how great CdP can be.
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5/7/2011 - kas wrote: 92 Points
nice, but expected more.
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5/3/2011 - GalvezGuy wrote: 92 Points
CT Offline with JAR1, tantotinto, and Hollowine (Lucio's BYOB, Houston): This bottle was rocking from the get go. Nice nose of Rhone funk with red, black, and blue fruits all fighting for attention with the leather and beef blood. On the palate, raspberry, blackblerry, blueberry, leather, spice, sage. Finishes with great acidity and smooth tannins. Could use another 3-5 yrs IMHO but this bottle is why I love Rhone. Thanks for sharing Tantotinto.
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4/15/2011 - Munch wrote: 90 Points
This night's 04 Pegau wasn't as good as the last several I've had...probably could have used a decant but was at a restaurant and couldn't make it happen. A bit closed and vegetal/stemmy...some nice telltale spice and funk but just not firing on all cylinders. Didn't have that mid-palate weight I found on the New-Year's-Eve-bottle...
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3/26/2011 - CamWheeler wrote: flawed
Badly brett and DMS affected. Undrinkable.
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3/20/2011 - EGunderson wrote: 94 Points
Good as always, consistent notes.
Tons of spice, smoke, and meat. Long finish.
Shares many qualities with a single malt scotch.
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3/19/2011 - SadEdjo wrote: 94 Points
Popped & poured. Impenetrably dark. Dark, fruit-cake spicy nose. Rich entry with blood sausage, Asian spices, lavender, kirsch, lingering minerality. Many years ahead of it.
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3/13/2011 - keithgg wrote: 95 Points
Pop and pour and ready to drink. An old style CDP, not too rich, plenty of meat, bacon and bone marrow tones. A real gem.
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3/12/2011 - PJRONeill wrote: 90 Points
From magnum, double decanted three hours before serving, no formal notes taken, but this needs loads of time in this format. Somewhat lower key example of Pegau, nicely structured and well balanced but a little mute on this night.
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3/1/2011 - mariolanza wrote: 92 Points
Extraordinary vegetal nose on opening. Almost dirty cabbage like. Then it relaxed and opened up. This needs hours to settle before drinking. Very complex, beefy, bacony, almost fatty on the taste and very chewy. Not to everyone's taste who drank it, but I can understand it's popularity
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2/14/2011 - jan erik wrote: 94 Points
Really amazing and approachable right now!
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2/6/2011 - cosmin_grozea wrote: 93 Points
The wine has a dark red color. The nose is developed with a medium(+) intensity, showing complex aromas of leather, forest floor, dark cherry, smoke, bacon fat and a little bit of musk. In the mouth this full bodied wine is balanced, with great structure and polished tannins, glycerin, starting with a sweet sensation and aromas of red cherry liquor, meat, provencal herbs and spices. There is a medium plus finish with a spicy sweet cherry aftertaste. The wine feels a bit closed and I did not probably decant it enough (only 45 min). There is a touch of heat on the nose once the wine is warming but nothing disturbing and overall a really delicious wine. I would certainly buy more. 93 points
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1/14/2011 - psi wrote: 94 Points
Cannot say anything that has not been mentioned about this wine. This wine is terrific. It is not heavy, it is not loaded with stuff. It is just a wonderful Chateauneuf, light on the palate, quite traditional and providing a lot of hedonistic pleasure. Wonderful. A shame that I only bought one bottle.
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1/3/2011 - fisk15 wrote: 94 Points
Ready upon opening, all of the positive notes are on target. Rich, wonderful and ready to enjoy now. Great Grenache herbal notes.
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1/1/2011 - KVM wrote: 91 Points
Dark. Expressive, complex and delicious. Drink or hold a few more years.
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12/31/2010 - Munch wrote: 94 Points
Opened the 04, 06 and 07 for New Year's Eve. the 2004 was far more open..pop and pour and great aromatics right out of the gate..classic Pegau rustic damp earth, red and black berry fruit. This has nice weight/midpalate and medium long finish.
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12/31/2010 - khmark7 wrote: 92 Points
Wonderful aromas and was drinking very nicely with a short decant. Easily outstanding.
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12/24/2010 - dmalcolm wrote: 92 Points
Textbook CdP. Dark fruits, leather, spices and roasted meats. Terrific structure and nicely balanced. Seemed to be holding back a bit however I'm sure this will continue to improve with additional time.
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12/18/2010 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 94 Points
Color: Dark purple (darkest wine)
Taste: Mineral, game, boysenberry, cherry
Taste: Medium tannic structure with plum, mineral, cherry, crushed rock, violets, and raspberry. I had to analysis this one very carefully as there was a lot going on here.
Finish: LONG with raspberry, mineral, crushed rock, violets, and cherry. No funk on this wine.
Evaluation: Buy and cellar. Drinking great tonight after 4 hours decanting but ten plus years will do this justice. 94 points
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12/12/2010 - Tad GW wrote: 93 Points
50+5+12+18+8=93
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12/5/2010 - mjf@ulkner wrote: 93 Points
Decanted 3 hours. The first bottle from a case. Lots of meaty, leather, rustic aromas. Ripe sweet fruits on palate. Plenty of tannins on finish. Really, really good. Drinking well now, but this has the bones for long term aging.
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11/26/2010 - CerveloGuy wrote:
Popped and poured. I haven't had one since release and I forgot how good it is. It is pure and fruity at first and finishes with the traditional pegau herb, earth and mineral funkiness.
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11/21/2010 - cubswinws wrote: 92 Points
Rich and complex.Meaty and some earth to it. Long finish. Best 2004 I've had.
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11/16/2010 - EGunderson wrote: 94 Points
Love this wine, can't believe how great it tastes now given how young it is.
Dirt, earth, and meat on the nose and palate, nice long finish.
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11/15/2010 - Faryan wrote: 93 Points
Grenache with Dan P (Estadio, Washington DC): Another strong showing for this wine. I served it a bit cooler as I like my Pegau to open up in the glass with temperature to allow the perfume to emenate. This bottle was expressive, but perhaps not as expressive as 2 years ago. It opens with signature Pegau characteristics of blood, leather, grange and garrigue. With more time throughout the night, this wine gained in depth and pitch but it is still infantile. This wine clearly has the poise and structure to age brilliantly for an extended period of time, and really hone in its pitch and gain depth and wonderful complexity. This will be a favorite given time.
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11/8/2010 - azahoner wrote: 94 Points
So good it is even difficult to rate. Still young, showing a wonderful concentration for the vintage. My grandmother in law said it smells as a cow's mouth what it has to be true, it is plenty of animal, barnyard, dusty notes, with a second layer of very elegant red fruit. Every time I put my nose was different. The palatte is built for the long term, wornderfully structured, silky and tasty. The best is yet to come. 94+
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11/6/2010 - pbjosh wrote:
Very good if a bit closed. Lots of garrigue, sappy fruit, olive and saline stoney notes. Bright yet rich, well balanced, great structure. A tiny twinge of brett is disconcerting for the future, but give this a year or two to unwind and it should be fantastic if the brett doesn't interfere excessively.
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11/5/2010 - wineismylife Likes this wine:
CellarTracker Texas Offline II - Part One (oskiwawa's house in McKinney, Texas): Tasted non blind. Opened a couple of hours before serving. Garnet color in the glass. clear looking throughout. Nose of leather, smoke, white pepper and a bit of flowers. Flavors of berries and cherries. Medium to bright acidity, medium tannins, medium body. Still pretty tight, obviously still very young. Therefore no rating at this time. Hold.
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11/5/2010 - petitblanc wrote:
CT Texas Offline #2; 11/5/2010-11/6/2010 (McKinney, TX): Hard to get past the wall of tannin here right now, I would love to revisit this in 10-15 years, it could be outstanding. No score.
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11/3/2010 - EGunderson wrote: 93 Points
Consistent notes, young but surprisingly open. Dirty, meaty CdP. Outstanding.
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10/26/2010 - strad wrote: 94 Points
1st Pegau that I’ve tasted. Dark purple-red robe. Beautiful soaring aroma of spice, sous bois, blue and red fruit, tobacco and garrigue. The rich multi-layered palate of blue-red fruits, beef, tobacco and garrigue is supported by small sweet tannins and vibrant acidity. A lovely wine with plenty of years left until it reaches maturity, but it's drinking great right now.
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10/12/2010 - Miceri wrote: 93 Points
Very expressive and intense nose of blackcurrant; structured, stringent, mouth filling with flavours, some tannin; very long expressive aftertaste of blackcurrant
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10/2/2010 - JJL wrote: 93 Points
Still drinking great. Great balance, long finish, no heat.
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10/2/2010 - Outplaying wrote:
Good lord this is good stuff. Blood, mineral, meat, fine leather and awesome fruit. Some white pepper and herbs. Rich and long. Some of the party said it smelled like a horses ass and weren't too fond of it. Ann and I loved it. This is the second wine this week that really got me excited. The 05 La Barroche Fiancee was the other. I will try to get more.
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9/29/2010 - Squirreljam wrote: 94 Points
This is great: rich but not cloying, juicy but not tart, tannic but not astringent, etc. Rich red berries but a nice undertone of earth and herbs. I'd say 93 - 94 but since it performed so well with a pop n pour, I'll put 94 in the box. Another half-decade plus and this could easily be high nineties.
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9/19/2010 - EGunderson wrote: 92 Points
Love the stink on this wine, hard to believe it's a 2004.
A relative bargain at $65/bottle.
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9/12/2010 - the godfather wrote:
i continue to love this wine
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9/6/2010 - Cellar Fiend wrote: 93 Points
The nose is singing. It smells of dark fruits, herbs and roasted meat, and anise. The palate is a continuation of the nose. It screams more dark fruits, delicious herbs, and incredible balanced acidity. The finish is amazing and lasts forever with round tannins. This wine is incredibly balanced and drinking extremely well right now. This still has room to improve! I will be tracking down some more bottles.
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9/5/2010 - Rob MacKay wrote: 95 Points
Sadly, my last of the 04 Pégaü Réservée but it went out with a flourish. Looking at my notes, I've managed to drink a bottle of this right around the same time each year and it's performed fantastically each time. Amazing nose which just leaps out of the glass and into your face with all of it's classic CdP goodness. Brambly herbs, touch of pepper, a bit of a smoked meat streak and we've not even hit the palate yet. Complex, with great weight that just coats the mouth right through to the finish. Loved it. A fantastic CdP.
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8/29/2010 - Jack wrote: 93 Points
Starting to drink well now.
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8/23/2010 - mimik wrote: 94 Points
My favourite vintage of this producer. The 2004 will be amazing when it is at its peak. Brought by a friend to a dinner, it had that cedary, rustic telltale nose of a Pegau. Inky black in colour, the nose was redolent of blackberry, spicy plums and dark cherries with gallops of cedar, smoke and hickory notes. The palate was silky, not as pruney as the last time I tasted the wine, but had great balance between the acidity and fruit and tannins. Long cedary finish. Revisit in 5 -8 years.
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8/21/2010 - vinaigre wrote: 94 Points
Deep ruby red. Nice nose of cedar, plums, cherries, cedar and a nice smoky twist. Nice body with good tannins, quite ready now but I will try and resist for a few more years. Medium plus finish.
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8/17/2010 - Eric wrote: 94 Points
This wine is simply stellar. Always. I think this is the seventh time I have had this wine, and it is pure, clean, savory, sweet, spicy and utterly rambunctious. My past notes say it all. Meat, blood, white pepper, roasted plums, Provencale herbs, just textbook Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Even though this is a 'light and approachable' vintage of Pegau, it is awfully dense and delicious. I am not sure if any of my bottles will make it to 10 years, as I always want to reach for this beauty.
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8/16/2010 - dbkitc wrote: flawed
horribly corked....
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8/6/2010 - chitowncdpguy wrote:
Rich, complex, and tight. A whiff of barnyard, but lots of dense fruit, red and black, spice, a hint of tar, and a lingering finish. Wait a few more years before opening another.
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7/5/2010 - hudamang wrote:
Really evolving nicely. Really well balanced.
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6/27/2010 - Philippe_C wrote: 92 Points
Average nose of red fruits... very concentrated in the month, silky tannins, I would have preferred less extraction, but very nice wine 92+/100
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6/20/2010 - David J Cooper wrote:
Deep red. Lots of sweet fruit, pepper and oak on the nose. Very spicey, rich flavours with a ton of structure and body. A long balanced finish. Excellent with room for improvment.
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6/15/2010 - g-man wrote: 93 Points
Very good, well balanced Cdp.Not as much heat as 2003 being a cooler vintage. I've never had a bad bottle of Pegau. The 2004 is very underrated and will try and pick up some more.
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5/19/2010 - AtoZ wrote: 93 Points
Too young. Wait 2-3 years. Decanted for 30 minutes but kept changing and often disjointed. Had the stuffing to age but it needs some time. Lots of fig paste.
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5/3/2010 - Maverick wrote: 92 Points
balanced. great fruit.
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4/5/2010 - Eric wrote:
Quite delicious. Not showing quite as well as a bottle last summer but still awfully delicious.
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4/5/2010 - mimik wrote: 93 Points
Not ready. Far from it but I drank this without a decant. Nose of raspberry, cherries, garrigue, vanilla and slightly pruney scents with a oak influence. The palate due to its youth is more linear with monolithic tastes of cherries and vanilla. Leave it alone for some time. Very well balanced and one of my favourite vintages of Pegau since 2001.
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4/4/2010 - linserge wrote:
What a fool for drinking this too young. Showing almost exculsively mourvedre for the first few hours, then it magically transformed into a hint of its future self when the roast lamb entered the picture.
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4/3/2010 - keithgg wrote: 95 Points
Drinking the best of all Pegau since 2000 right now.
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3/21/2010 - Jurgens wrote: 96 Points
Outstaning evening. Pegau,beaucastel (04)and bois de boursan cuvee des felix(07). pegau: Spicy, leather, complex beautiful colour and most value for money but all 3 was fantastic
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3/20/2010 - Squirreljam wrote: 93 Points
Really, really good wine now and possibly great in the future. Still very primary, it's a pleasure to drink but this needs some serious time to be all that it can be. While the structure was hidden when first popped, after maybe half an hour some serious tannins came out to play. Tons of berry fruit to go with some nice earthy flavors. I put 93 now but this could/will go to 95 plus.
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3/18/2010 - JJL wrote: 93 Points
Can't go wrong with this. Great drinker, versatile, great value. Only problem - it keeps disappearing from my cellar.
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3/14/2010 - BeavisCC wrote: 94 Points
Very nice wine. Lots of spice, leather and barnyard, plus great fruit. Drinking beautifully now, but will certainly hold or even improve over the next decade.
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3/9/2010 - UTPK wrote:
Dark opaque colour. The nose offers up a very concentrated dark fruit, cow stable, smoked wood, lead, wet metal and some green spice. Really a good mixture of primary and more evolved tertiary aromas. Sweet attack, but not at all too sweet like the 2003. Extremely soft and mature tannins. I prefer the wine now as opposed to later when the tannins have melted away completely, since the tannins compensate for the fairly low acidity. The sweet tannins lead to a very long and mouth watering finish. Very hard to resist now. Lovely on its own, exceptional with food!
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2/27/2010 - KeithAkers wrote: 93 Points
Dinner with Co-Workers (Mario's Mondo Cafe, Glenview IL): nose: shows off the pegau funk right off the bat, but then opens up to reveal deep and luscious tones of black cherries, kirsch liqueur, creamed black fruits, garrigue and some underbrush tones. Took a bit of swirling to get it going, but it opened up fairly fast
taste: great medium/full body with polished tannins and deftly balanced tones of black cherries, kirsch liqueur, garrigue and a good amount of black fruits. Very good depth, but the tannins are showing off the youth of the wine
overall: a really great young pegau. Needs more time to really show itself, but this was extremely good right off of pop n pour and it opened up pretty fast. Balance is the key word on this wine as it has a ton and has a real attractive dark profile as well
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2/12/2010 - Nutty08 wrote: 94 Points
San Antonio Wine Geeks; 2/11/2010-2/12/2010 (Godai Sushi Bar and Restaurant): Flamboyant nose with hint of barnyard (the good kind), herbs and spices. Palate was quite acidic, with firm tannins on the backend, but very open and accessible, showing kirsch and herbs de Provence on a dense cherry palate. Lengthy finish of spice, tobacco, and mineral. Shows a very similar flavor profile to the ’06, but more open. Fantastic Pegau.
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2/10/2010 - kantmakem wrote: 94 Points
Drinking well right now. Open and spicy. Rubbery nose. Fruit characteristics. Drank at Godai with wine club friends.
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2/3/2010 - BigGer wrote: 94 Points
Wonderful CdP full of subtle nuances. Sandalwood, jicama and date nut bread.
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1/29/2010 - mn_horn wrote: 94 Points
Birthday Dinner - Restaurant CRU (Blaine, MN): Popped, poured, and at slightly less than room temperature. The color was a deep red/ purple. Dark fruit, herbs, and meat on the nose. The smoked meat and dark fruit are in abundance on the palate, with notes of licorice. It was fantastic, but am looking forward to see what is in store after 3-5 more years.
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1/27/2010 - Mr.Hashimoto wrote: 95 Points
I love this bottle of wine. I gave it about 2.5 - 3 hours to come out and stretch. 2 years ago this had a floral nose which has become much more complex. The taste.... absolutely delicious meat, fruit, full, fan for life!!
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1/21/2010 - JJL wrote: 93 Points
Another good bottle of my go to pop and pour wine. More tannins and dark fruit than usual.
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1/9/2010 - tantotinto wrote: 94 Points
Served at 63 degrees without decanting. Deep purple color. Nose of tart ripe fruit, herbs and something savage and animal. Flavors of dark red and black fruit, tar and spice. Great depth. There is a tannic touch in the finish. This wine is primal and seductive. It will be fun to follow where this one goes from here but it is in a really fine place right now.
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1/1/2010 - Tad GW wrote: 93 Points
This will be even better after several years in the cellar but it is so hard to resist already.
50+5+12+18+8=93
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1/1/2010 - the godfather wrote: 93 Points
TwIce in 2 days.......nice!
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12/31/2009 - JOsgood wrote: 93 Points
Some savage elements to this wine. Perfect pair with grilled Flannery steaks. Earthy with plenty of layers.
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12/31/2009 - the godfather wrote: 94 Points
one of the best 2004s to date
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12/30/2009 - saturnaisland wrote: 94 Points
Flavours and aromas of rich dark fruits; hints of rosemary and other herbs; slight hints of leather. Good acidity. A bit closed and with a touch of heat early on; better integrated after being open awhile. Was still good the next day.
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12/30/2009 - Miceri wrote: 92 Points
Dark red; plenty of fruit in the nose; soft, fine, elegant, less spiced than "usual" CdP, blackberries, tannic; fine.
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12/29/2009 - vinole wrote: 93 Points
Last Offline of the Decade (MLV's & JC's): Decanted for 3 hours which made for a well drinking young CdP. Darker fruit than expected, but still with some of the meaty and earthy notes you associate with these wines (though less than many Pegaus). Well balanced and enjoyable.
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12/28/2009 - keithgg wrote: 95 Points
boy, this is drinking so well these days. Meaty, bloody, balanced and packed with fruit. A classic CDP!
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12/26/2009 - SMG wrote: 91 Points
Decanted for one hour and I am not sure if that was a good thing to do or not. The wine was closed tight and not giving up much of anything. It was really a waste to open this.
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12/22/2009 - Mr T wrote:
Popped and poured fresh from the case.....the wine is clearly young but nicely balanced and not overly hot...still I prefer them with more age....nice sweet fruit that would have really benefitted from more air but there was no time....color a nice rich plum and no fading yet....will be a pleasure to follow the rest of these over the years
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12/17/2009 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 94 Points
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Barnyard, mineral, truffles
Taste: Barnyard, oak, mineral, cranberry, medium tannins
Finish: Long with oak, barnyard, mineral, earth.
Evaluation: A wonderful Chateauneuf! 94 points
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12/5/2009 - JJL wrote: 93 Points
Another good showing for this wine. Strong red fruit and acidity which paired very well with the seafood pasta.
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11/26/2009 - pgb67 wrote: 92 Points
WOTN at Thanksgiving, although it didn't necessarily win my vote. Dark, brooding color with meaty bacon and red fruits on palate and nose, pushing the boundaries of dryness with a syrupy element. Long finish demonstrated the wine's class. Seems to be in a good (if albeit early-side) drinking window.
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11/23/2009 - MHildbold wrote: 92 Points
Color: Light purple center, with the rim just beginning to go to garnet. Nose: Slightly hot, bright red fruits, a little damp earth, some funk. Palate: prominent grip, a little cooked strawberry/raspberry, clay, nice long finish. Needs an hour or so in the decanter.
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11/20/2009 - bevort wrote: 94 Points
A finer and more elegant (clear) nose than the big and voluminous 03. More berry inspired and less spice. Taste on the other hand has it all. Powerfull, juicy, spicy with a lot of depth/concentration. Well balanced. Couple of hours of air helps for sure. People talking about the lack of finesse and elegance in these CdP wines should try this with an open mind.
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11/7/2009 - rherman wrote: 92 Points
Dark, brooding, and ripe, rich, fleshy. Will hang on to my others for some time - the magnum for at least a decade.
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11/1/2009 - garambler wrote: 93 Points
We drank this with friends over cassoulet on 11/1/09. It had a fabulous nose of violet, cherry, earth, sage, and spice aromas. The palate was exceptionally smooth, refined and balanced with cherry, sage, spice and coca flavors. It was not nearly as “big” as I expected…just incredibly delicious.
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10/16/2009 - Wink wrote: 95 Points
Served to out of town guests. Dark garnet. Nose of smoke, leather, blackberry, licorice. Full-bodied palate or ripe sweet black cherry, blackberry, earth, and licorice. Extraordinary length and energy. Refreshing acidity and supple tannins. One of 2009's best wines. Wish I had more...
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10/8/2009 - KPB wrote: 94 Points
At a party for John Hopcroft's 70th birthday. The wine was superb and people genuinely seemed to be astonished by it. My TN from 9/4/2008 still seems like a good description of it at this stage in its life.
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9/28/2009 - eyeguy wrote: 92 Points
Drank at Break Fast - everyone enjoyed this one .....
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9/26/2009 - JJL wrote: 93 Points
Drinking with friends at home after returning from dinner which featured a disappointing bottle of '86 Gruaud. Hesitated about pulling this wine because after the last few bottles I was convinced it was starting to shut down. Opened it anyways, and it did not disappoint. Nose was quite interesting with sea breeze, iron, vanilla, burnt popcorn (like a Coche) and a touch of heat. Clove, pepper, blackberries, iron and tar on the palate, well-balanced, long finish. This bottle reaffirmed it status as a crowd pleaser.
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9/25/2009 - Rob MacKay wrote: 94 Points
It's been nearly 2 years since we last had this wine. Our intention tonight was to have the wine with Osso Bucco but unfortunately it took about 2.5 hours to cook the meal and only 2 hours to finish the bottle. Needless to say, the wine was brilliant just as it was a couple years ago. No 'Brett' on the nose at all and there's a nice mixed of smoked meats, dark fruit, and vanilla. Wonderfully smooth and balanced from start to finish. Drinking wonderfully at 5 years of age.
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9/24/2009 - Eric wrote: 93 Points
Mmm, this vintage is drinking awfully well. Not a huge Pegau, but man this is lovely. A rambunctious nose of white pepper, roasted plums, and a hint of beef blood. Mmm, nice palate, clean, rich, a bit of bitter cocoa, dusty and spicy. Very solid. I was perhaps a bit less excited than prior bottles, but this awfully delicious.
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9/24/2009 - llink wrote:
Popped and poured. Drinking fantastic today, with clean black fruit and spice nose (no brett), very supple palate with perfectly balanced tannins and a long finish. Great.
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9/19/2009 - eyeguy wrote: 94 Points
brought to restaurant with Val, Bill and the Face - very tight, but after letting it open up it showed its great potential. Needs at least an hour of decanting to truly appreciate, but is excellent and has years to go.
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9/5/2009 - Joelene wrote: 95 Points
I love the 04, it never disappoints, great value, classic style, a touch less fruit than the 03 but more of that great CDP funk I love,
Great balance, nice grip and acidity, light soft tannin, strawberry nose, tar, and stone, with horse stall action on the palate, smooth long finish, glycerin mouth feel.
Really starts hitting its stride ofter 4-5 hrs in the decanter, if I could drink this every night, life would be so nice
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9/4/2009 - winelovr2001 wrote: 94 Points
Similar notes as the other bottles, a great wine!
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8/31/2009 - Dale451 wrote: 91 Points
at first pop and pour/taste, great fruit, but after letting sit open for an hour and a half or so, fruit seemed a bit muted. Maybe this is in a bit of shutdown, although others do not seem to think so. Well structured, bit of funk that I enjoy, although I would be curious to know the mix, as the Syrah seems to be higher and the Grenache lower than in some other vintages of this wine. classic Pegau wine and will try again in a few years.
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8/29/2009 - tacman wrote: 93 Points
This one is going to be great!
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8/28/2009 - TheOtherPoster wrote: 92 Points
All y'all are right. Fantastic, albeit young, classic CdP Pegau. Yum!
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8/23/2009 - Jurgens wrote: 95 Points
Super structure and love pegau type and quality. Will continue to improve. I will wait with my next 1-2 year.
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8/20/2009 - soyhead wrote: 90 Points
\nose - plum, caramel. Per Brian light funk, the vinous equivalent of a lambic on the nose. Bready. Per Victor Bretty.
mouth - full bodied, full fruit, still tannic. tasted blind and all the self proclaimed pundits in the group discerned there was too much Syrah in the blend. whatever.
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8/17/2009 - Zweder wrote: 94 Points
Occasional tasting group: Extensive Southern Rhône tasting with some extra's. (@ PVa): Expressive and complex bouquet with smells like pepper, spices, pleasant barnyard. Very juicy and expressive on the palate as well. The tannin shows some development, but is still youthful. Tasting this wine beside exactly the same wine brought by another friend. The difference is bizarre. So much bottle variance….
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8/17/2009 - Zweder wrote: 90 Points
Occasional tasting group: Extensive Southern Rhône tasting with some extra's. (@ PVa): Little barnyard and very round and pleasurable. Seems like the wine does not show its merits at the moment.
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8/15/2009 - mbenz wrote: 95 Points
Decanted for three hours. This was great. Balanced acidity. Paired wonderfully with rack of lamb.
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7/27/2009 - poptart_nyc wrote: 92 Points
so much structure and texture, great fruit and body. wild and free. will continue to improve
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7/25/2009 - jerhardt wrote: 94 Points
A superb bottle of wine, shocking for how open and easily accessible it was. Classic Pegau profile that is as good as any vintage I have recently had.
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7/20/2009 - cadamson wrote: 91 Points
Better than the 03 next to it. Very similar profile, but thankfully without the raisin/porty type smell and finish. Good fruit, but just too young in my opinion. Strange, a young 05 I had rocked my world, but these, not so much. The 04 and 03 just seemed to lack the elegance of the 05, while also lacking the traditionalist profile in the 1990's versions. Liked it, well put together, but just missing the wow factor I was hoping for. Will try them again in a year or two, hopefully it turns out this was just me, my mood and/or bottle variation.
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6/22/2009 - jmjwalt1 wrote:
Wonderful nose but very, very tight. Decanted for about an hour and finally showed a little release of fruit. Strong tobacco and leather followed with cherry. Loved the wine and wish I had another.
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6/20/2009 - wine4ever wrote: 93 Points
This is more like it! Much better than the '03 I had last month. Beautiful classic aromas and flavors of meat blood, kirsch, spices, herbs de provence. Dark garnet in color, with a bit of bricking on the edges. Also a bit of leather on the nose. It's full bodied with rich, deep flavors. There is still a good bit of tannin on the finish that needs to be resolved, but it's drinking very well now with potential upside. 93-94 pts
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6/20/2009 - JJL wrote: 91 Points
Same as last note
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6/19/2009 - jameswm13 wrote: 93 Points
Pop-n-pour. Outstanding. Great fruit
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6/19/2009 - Miceri wrote: 94 Points
Very very nice nose; still quite some tannins but sort of disappears after a while; very nice bottle to drink now (sweetish, berries, smokiness) and will be interesting to follow in coming years.
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6/14/2009 - Michael Davis wrote:
I love Pegau but this one had left me wanting until day 2. On day one I decanted for 6 hours but it still showed a strange medicinal note and cloyingly sweet fruit. Sipping it now on the second night and it's really come into it's own. I'd still wait on this as the secondary elements are still faint. Approachable yes, but be patient and get much more. This was the first '04 I've popped and I'll wait 2-3 more years before popping another. Update: On day 2 this had come together and was rocking. A terrific wine!!!!
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6/13/2009 - JLL wrote: 93 Points
decanted for 90 minutes..
-very tight, brett showing through, however wonderful meat, leather, and spiced red fruit surrounded by licorce.
Improved over the 2 hours consumed. Brett did not disapate, great expression of Pegau
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6/12/2009 - grafstrb wrote:
Dinner at Grace: Cherries and hints of asphalt and smoke on the spicy bouquet. Dark purple-garnet color of great depth. Loads of garrigue and raspberry on the palate; well-balanced, but the tannins do clamp down on the finish; a bit alcoholic; needs lots of time.
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6/12/2009 - geoffucla wrote: 92 Points
This truly took nearly 4 hours exactly to fully open up. First tasted at hour 3, and the acidity and tannins had not yet integrated. Come hour 4 and finally the balance came out with glycerin offsetting these. Definite notes of game began to emerge to complement the cherry and berry fruits.
Even so, this is still a food wine for now, as the tannins are still quite high. I think this definitely has a long life ahead of it, but currently the 2004 Clos des Papes is working much better. Overall, 92.
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6/11/2009 - Eric wrote: 94 Points
Wow, wow, wow, do I love Pegau or what? I haven't had the 2004 in a year, and man oh man has this really come into its own. Mindblowing aromatics, classic Pegau with the meat, band-aid, blood, and garrigue in a hot summer field kind of notes. Every single time I take I sip I practically throw both hands in the air, scream "YES" and want to start whacking high-fives to anyone in the neighborhood. The wine just makes you smile, it is that good. This is not the 1990, 2001 or 2003. It is much more in the vein of the 1994 and 1999, but I am shocked at how well it is drinking right now. Where a year ao I might have awarded 94 points on potential, this is a pure, here and now, throw me down and take me TODAY, 94 points of bliss. Maybe there is some upside, and maybe I am a point or so high. But this wine is ready to play right now. If you are sitting on some you owe it to yourself to get into some of this exuberance soon. It is in a very good spot.
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5/17/2009 - ssouth wrote: 93 Points
2004 Domaine du Pegau Cuveé Réservée, alc 14%...has some leather on the nose...a beautiful spiciness overlying black fruit attacks the palate...some tannins come in after 10 seconds but it is really quite approachable despite it's youth...really sings with the food...great upside potential for this wine
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5/10/2009 - lean88j wrote: 91 Points
a bit less weight than the 2003 pape clement served aside it. had to swirl a few times to get nose of herbs, spice, liquorice, and meat. sweet fruit with herbs, licorice, black fruits. medium finish, not too developed or delineated in palate. not particularly tannic. has better acidity and freshness than the 2001 i tasted last week, so more to my liking. a relatively decent experience but not special.
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5/5/2009 - Cheryl wrote:
First Tuesday of the Month - Pegau (Lenny's Home, NYC): Really nice. Not as spicy or savory as the 1999, but beautiful for its freshness. Tied with the 1999 for WOTN.
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4/30/2009 - Yiannis wrote: 94 Points
Dark ruby-red. Extremely complex nose, with kirsch, meat, sous-bois, herbs and minerals. An unusual combination of freshness and maturity. Full bodied, with explosive fruit (but not in the "blockbuster" sense), firm tannins and balancing acidity. Very long finish. Still very young but approachable. Will develop in bottle over the next decade. Magnifficent.
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4/21/2009 - JBVino wrote:
really solid young CDP...seems a bit more classic in style with secondary flavors already playing a big role with garigue, barnyard balanced by cherry, strawberry fruit...nice acidity and structure. needs time but should be good one.
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4/18/2009 - europat55 wrote: 93 Points
Wow! My first Pegau!
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4/17/2009 - geoffucla wrote:
Stylistically seems to be a mix between the 2001 and 2003, as it seems to have a bit more fruit and acidity than the 2003, but still has a bit of the glycerin that the 2003 has much of. What is surprising is the level of acidity, but I'm sure that will give it a long life. Cherries and violets on the nose, with a hint of garrigue. Very similar on the palate, but with the acidity and slight glycerin showing up. Overall, very enjoyable. 92-94.
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4/12/2009 - JJL wrote: 91 Points
Menthol and a little barnyard on the nose. Blackberry, plum, licorice and tar on the palate with nice tannins.
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3/26/2009 - JJL wrote: 93 Points
Dusty nose with a little barnyard. On the palate, dark cherry, licorice, raw meat and long plum finish. This bottle had some big tannins, which I did not pick up on in previous bottles. Nice wine and great value.
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3/7/2009 - JJL wrote: 90 Points
This was not as good as the last bottle I had, which I gave a 94. Could be that the 2 bottles of Pax we had just before skunked our palates, or it could be that the wine needed more time to open. I hope it is not shutting down because this wine is usually a crowd pleaser.
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2/20/2009 - Rubinstein wrote:
Needs time. Still quite tannic. Not my style really. To warm and big.
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2/9/2009 - 100pp wrote: 92 Points
roasted meat, licorice, red fruit. Delicious but still a bit young.
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2/7/2009 - Terkel wrote: 93 Points
Pegau Reserve Vertical Tasting: Dark red color. Open nose with sweet raspberry, anise, tomato, got good intensity and seems to open more and more with air. A very well build wine, that shows slightly boiled fruit, plums and raspberry, on the taste. Tobacco on the midpalate, stretching onto the good long finish. A bit of alcohol on the taste and a very dry finish. Really well tied together, I would love drinking more of this in the future.
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2/7/2009 - JJL wrote: 94 Points
This is a great young Rhone. Wonderful barnyard on the nose, strawberry and cherry on the palate (but not a fruit bomb). Very long finish of plum and smoke. This wine is always a crowd pleaser and a bargain relative to other vintages.
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1/30/2009 - EyeDoc wrote: 93 Points
Roast meats, red fruits, and a hint of licorice. Sweet tannins. Solid finish and great balance. Delicious.
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1/25/2009 - cfe wrote:
Lovely wine, with osso buco and rosotto. A but shy armoatically at first, but opened nicely, and has a nice Prvencal nose and palate, Bery kirchy, in a good way. Long finish. Far from peak, and years to go, but drink nicely now.
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1/23/2009 - thomasito2001 wrote: 93 Points
Brilliant wine, the fruit is not overripe and of very good quality, it manages to contain the high level of tannins. This wine is already open for business as interesting flavors start to emerge that give the wine some complexity. The wine is big, but balanced.
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1/22/2009 - hudamang wrote: 94 Points
More tannic and less ripe than the 03, but an excellent cdP. Consumed at Korean BBQ in LA with some wine peeps.
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1/18/2009 - SMG wrote: 93 Points
Did not decant, but initially was pretty closed and started to open up after about 2 hours but only got better the longer it was open.
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1/9/2009 - rmodak wrote: 93 Points
Great wine with iron, blood notes that enhance the raspberry fruit. This really fleshed out over time to reveal a dense mouthfeel with chewy herbal and meat flavors. Again, the nose shows some barny, metallic notes which melt away via the sweet fruit on the palate.
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1/7/2009 - RJurman wrote: 94 Points
Make no mistake. This wine is not for the novice wine drinker. This wine is a big boy. I consumed a bottle of this last year and chose not to comment as I was a bit disappointed and the wine was not decanted. 2009, wine decanted 4 hours and consumed over a 2 day period. This a serious wine. A bit more towards the new world but not even close to over the top. This chateauneuf begs for meat. Works well with red sauce as well. Dark fruit and very spicy. Hints of bacon and smoked meat. Finish lasts for days. Simply delicious.
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12/24/2008 - kstoddard wrote: 89 Points
Consistent with the last bottle. However slightly more fruit and depth in the finish.
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12/24/2008 - kstoddard wrote: 88 Points
Spicy raspberry nose. Tastes of blackberry, raspberry, cherry kirsch and earth. Jammy, New World style. Rich, earthy finish. Still not a huge fan of this wine.
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12/21/2008 - Miceri wrote:
Dark colour - slightly purple (?); spiced, ligthly sweet, berries, sharpish edge
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12/8/2008 - rsepulve wrote:
Dark and brooding, not showing much. Dark fruit, spice and earth and tart cherry on the finish. Well structured and well balanced but for a touch of heat. Re-visit in 5+ years.
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11/28/2008 - winelovr2001 wrote: 95 Points
A great showing for this wine on Thanksgiving. Dark and meaty, but still approachable. Fabulous.
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11/28/2008 - andolini wrote: 93 Points
Popped and poured. Barnyard, leather, and earth on the nose. Very tight and somewhat closed on the palate. Over the course of the next few hours, the wine really opened up. Floral notes and fruitier notes to go with the earthy tones. Full bodied, expressive and complex. Smooth finish with some mineral/metallic notes.
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11/6/2008 - grapist wrote: 92 Points
Decanted for 4 hours. Huge, floral nose. Taste was close to too jammy and really needed food. With bread or red meat, it became a very large, full bodied treat. I felt it lacked the depth and complexity of the 2000 and the 2001. I haven't tried my '03 and only dipped into '04 because of all the positive TN's here that said it was drinking well now. I won't argue that, but will retreat to my '00 and '01's in the expectation that a few years will give the '04 more depth and complexity. Still, I'm glad I tried one so I can track the developement of this wine. There's a good chance that this will exceed 95 points 5 years or more from now.
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11/6/2008 - marquettefan wrote: 93 Points
Very nice tasting.
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10/5/2008 - Faryan wrote: 94 Points
Pegau Vertical (Morton's Steakhouse, Washington DC): My second favorite. It was the most poised of the young wines, showing a beautifully evolved palate that was rounded and simply lovely. The texture of this wine is the best out of its peers (save the 98). This is the Pegau I will seek to purchase for cellaring. I believe it will turn into something very nice, perhaps special.
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9/28/2008 - ScottS wrote: 86 Points
Day 1 - Popped & poured. This wine was shut down & not giving an inch so tossed it in the decanter and gave it a vigorous decant. Still not showing much. Medium bodied with red fruits, bacon and underbrush. Rather acidic on the finish. I poured the rest back into the bottle, gassed and put back into fridge.
Day 2 - Pulled from the fridge and let it come up to 60 deg. Not much has changed.....rather disappointing. I can only guess that these have entered their hibernation stage.
50+5+12+14+5=86
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9/18/2008 - budman wrote: 92 Points
Popped and poured. This has a long life ahead of it. I should have given this a long decant,
as the last glass was much better than the first. The only down side was that the acid seemed
a bit out of balance (high). We'll see what happens over time.
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9/12/2008 - pbjosh wrote: 95 Points
Explosive. Pure red fruits, garrigue, roasted earth and roasted herbs. Assuming you get a bottle like this one, this is frankly spectacular... world class wine to be honest. Great grenache, great chateauneuf, great wine all around. Not hot, not overbearing, not overripe, just hugely pure and lifted, hugely concentrated, great mineral streak, great balance, wicked amount of herb du provence, tar and hot stones. Really excellent. In my opinion, superior to the 2003 for it's lift and exquisite balance.
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9/11/2008 - peterkj wrote: 81 Points
Chateauneuf-du-Pape og Languedoc i topklasse (CSC's Vinklub, Høje Taastrup): Farve: Rød med røde kanter. Aroma: Lukket, tang. Smag: Vanillie, violer, tanniner, blomster. Det tager lidt tid for vinen at folde sig ud. Pris: 315 kr.
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9/7/2008 - Mr T wrote:
After all the great ebob notes, decides to try a young un. Really very nice straight from the bottle. Garrigue on the nose and all the usual descriptors. Even the Oz heads liked it. Yum.
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9/4/2008 - KPB wrote: 94 Points
A supple and very attractive Pegau for consumption over the next six to eight years, but perhaps not a long ager. The wine is already showing very well. A medium black/ruby. Nose has Pegau all over it, with ripe plums and raspberries, leather and hints of tobacco, vanilla, toffee, provincal spices. Perhaps a hit of tapenade? In the mouth, powerful yet very approachable, with that tobacco and leather up front, but then sweeter cassis fruit. Modest tannins and acidity; medium length finish.
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9/4/2008 - jaimetown wrote: 92 Points
From a magnum that showed seepage - wonderful aromas of dark fruits, minerals, beef blood, and some dried herbs. Plush and decadent on the palate, with no real significant amount of brett. Really easy to drink as the wine currently is highlighted by the fruit and the lush texture - very good!
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9/2/2008 - thomaskeil wrote: 93 Points
Decided to go with a young CnP to complete the weekend's comparison among '03 Arcadian Stolpman and '98 Caillou. Decanted 2 hours. I have to say that this wine split difference nicely. The nose was quite forward and of darker fruit (like the Cali Syrah) but it also had bramble and meaty smoke like a grenache-driven CnP. The palate had wonderful almost soft fruit but was balanced by edgy tannins and generous acidity. The stuffings to be more like the Caillou in a few years was evident, but this is great now.
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9/1/2008 - chaseh wrote: 96 Points
Finally opened one and it paid off big time. Had strong tannins that are sure to keep this going for many years, but exceptional right now. Tobacco and leather with some deep berries. Covers the mouth and carries a great meal. Decanted for 3 hours in cellar.
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8/30/2008 - rael007 wrote: 91 Points
Good, but not grand. Stinky cabbage and fruitiness. What a strange but enjoyable combination.
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8/25/2008 - dbkitc wrote: 91 Points
(at Christopher Daniel – Baltimore) I love this wine, but did find this bottle to be less impressive than others tasted. Black cherry and a country field mixed with a bit of chalk. This seems unresolved and tight – not showing the extraordinary balance and complexity of previous bottles. (91)
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8/3/2008 - Whitman wrote: 94 Points
Impressive aromas of red berries, pepper and licorice. Huge and massive with wonderfull berries. Intense and long but at the same time complex and pure. A winner and why wait ?
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7/31/2008 - kkjoel wrote: 94 Points
Medium red w the tiniest of blue streaks in it.
Beautiful nose w lots red berries, some pepper. Fairly open.
In mouth complex, sweet and WOW. Berries and boiled sweets - still a young wine, but a right charmer. Medium on tannins.
A classic style CdP - the way I like it. I'm convinced it can be put away for 5 years, but the way it was showing... hard to keep hands away now. And not sure it can improve on my, subjective, impression.
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7/22/2008 - dbkitc wrote: 97 Points
Let’s put this up front – this is a WOW wine. Everything I could ever want in a southern Rhone. Explosive, complex, balanced and harmonious. Big flavors but harnessed beautifully. Any more would tip it out of balance to me. A child in its youthful exuberance, but on its best behavior. One of my favorite recent vintages of this wine. (97+)
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7/22/2008 - keithgg wrote: 94 Points
My first 2004 and a very pleasant surprise. Meaty, spicy and got that "blood and bone meal" aspect - woudl be a great match with beef marrow; the fruit sits in the background. Leaner than many modern CDPs but a style I love.
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7/8/2008 - Jack wrote:
These need time!!! Wish I hadn't opened this one. There is a lot going on here and great fruit that will be very good but need to sleep now.
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6/30/2008 - WST wrote: 93 Points
I've read some recent tastings describing this as tight or closed. This bottle was different; any more open and it would have been obnoxious. Expressive nose and spicy palate; dark berries and plums, licorice, pepper, iron and garrigue. I was much more impressed than MB. I prefer these at 8+years, but don't regret trying this one young.
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6/21/2008 - David J Cooper wrote:
Dark red. Very tight nose of red fuit and black pepper. Huge wine that isn't showing very well at this point. A year ago it was fantastic now it needs a long rest in a cellar. Great future though IMHO.
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6/18/2008 - Moorese wrote: 92 Points
A delicious example after an hour in the decanter. Not as ripe and concentrated as the 2003 or as brooding and tannic as the 2005, but with all the hallmarks of a classic CdP. Plenty of stuffing, heady kirsch, herbs du provence, anise, and sun-baked soil. Drinking very well now with room to improve and become more complex.
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4/29/2008 - mimik wrote: 94 Points
Gorgeous wine and relatively still accessible. Bing cherry and blackberry notes with some oak characteristics. The palate was surprisingly accessible and not as rich as the power packed 2003 and a little lighter on its feet but still has the stuffing to age well. Slightly grainy tannins on a fantastic long long finish that kept waves of blackberries smashing into your taste buds on and on and on. Wow. I can't wait until this approaches maturity.94+
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4/20/2008 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium ruby with some browning. Open, perfectly ripe, poised fruit on the first pour, but then this took an abrupt turn to a profile more defined by garrigue, spice, menthol, and tobacco. Not a big wine. Smooth mouth feel with excellent core of dark fruit, strong acidity, and little obvious tannin. In the end, it reminded me of many '99s but with more stuffing-cool, savory, and complex rather than impressing with its concentration or depth of fruit.
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4/12/2008 - jwwinec wrote:
Excellent material here, but very tight right now, even after a couple of hours in the glass.
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4/8/2008 - roel wrote: 93 Points
Drank over two days. No surprise it was significantly better on the second. Bouquet with impressions of raspberries, lavender and dark cherries on alcohol. In the mouth rather full bodied, well balanced, with some heat in the finish. Sound tannins but already very approachable.
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3/30/2008 - keeno1 wrote: 94 Points
Truly an awesome wine. Nose was very complex showing kirsch, fig paste, game and forrest floor. Rich flavors of meat, fig, raspberry ganache, tobacco, and plenty of garrigue come through on the palate. Finishes long with plenty of dark fruits. Medium acidity and firm tannins. Although it showed really well, this wine will certainly benefit from some time in the bottle. Recommend holding.
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2/29/2008 - rmodak wrote: 94 Points
A hint of brett blows off quickly to reveal a lavender perfume. This is followed by black raspberry, saddle leather, tar and iron notes. There is a chewy green herb/tannin structure as well as a touch of fig underlying the sweet fruit making this a true pleasure to drink. This is a wine that forces you to pay attention and kept improving over the night. It drinks so well now, that I am not sure how much improvement will occur with long term aging.
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2/23/2008 - jnanz wrote: 92 Points
Decanted for 2hrs. this was tight and I think decanting it may have shut it down hard. Initially pouring, the aromas of raspberry coulis jumped from the decanter. The flavors of blackberry, raspberry, blood and iron were delicious. But the fruit seemed to shut down early. I think decanting encouraged this. Wanted to try one, but will leave my remaining bottles for 3-5 years.
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2/20/2008 - winelovr2001 wrote: 93 Points
Beautifully balanced and approachable right now. There is the slightest hint of bret wine, but it is so slight that it is actually enjoyable. The nose is dominated by kirsch, spice and black cherry, and the palate shows even more spice and rasberry kirsch. There is a touch of heat on the finish, but the acid balances it out. Yummy.
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2/10/2008 - mebydef wrote: 95 Points
Yeah, kirsch liqueur and dried figs with tons more going on such as tobacco, earth, and minerals. Earlier it had a bretty thing going on, but I think that’s done with, or most of it at least. A lot of stewed, stewed cherries, plums, dark fruit, licorice. It’s tannic and medium bodied. After drinking, I’m left with a very rich mineral presence. This is an excellent wine.
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2/8/2008 - Eric wrote: 94 Points
Last night I had a mindblowingly good bottle of 2005 Pegau (fresh off the boat). Tonight with a nicely roasted chicken I almost popped another 2005, but at the last second I decided to check in on the 2004. Another lovely vintage for Pegau, spicy, aromatic, a little more stalky/vegetal, but in a good way. Showing lots of spice and white pepper at this stage but intermixed with some fairly racy Grenache. Mmm, this is is pretty racy with a really nice, Grenachey personality. Mmm, starting to show some nice garrigue on the nose.
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2/8/2008 - jbrad824 wrote: 95 Points
Excellent bottle of wine. Cherry taste up front with tastes of leather and spice. Very tannic up front - needs some time to open up. Medium bodied.
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2/5/2008 - BradA wrote: 93 Points
After an emotionally draining day, we needed a method of relaxing and something to take the edge off. Karen made a wonderful dinner of penne with walnuts, mushrooms, spinich and grated cheese--just the ticket!
The wine exploded from the glass with an intense nose of kirsch, bramble and liquor--a showing that reminded me of my first Pegau--the 2001. So many have written about the Ferraud's efforts, that I too wish to thank them again for such an extraordinary wine that continues to impress and deliver the goods. Loads of tannin and a deep long finish completed a wine that I just am thrilled to drink every time--and still have a case left in the cellar hooray!
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1/29/2008 - Weinlakai wrote: 92 Points
Not a shame to drink this so young. Very enjoyable. DECANT AT LEAST 2 HOURS!
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1/9/2008 - nwk wrote:
More classical aromas. Some red fruit, leather, herbs and strawberry. More balanced, with structured tannin, still tight with more acid. Still dense with length graphite, some minerals and huge gripping tannin.
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12/31/2007 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
Beautiful and complex wine. Pity, not more notes.
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12/30/2007 - grafstrb wrote: 91 Points
A Night of Chateauneuf in Edina, MN (Edina Country Club): This wine was tasted at a CdP offline on 12/30/2007, in Edina, MN. (All wines were tasting blind, in a random order.
This was, surprise surprise, the WOTN! This bottle also received some air time before the event - 4 hour decant.
NOSE: nice kirsch/funky balance; a bit baked smelling to me; secondary aroma of leather as well.
BODY: fine particulate matter suspended in the wine; medium-full bodied; slightly brickish-red in color.
TASTE: earthy; a bit tannic right now; hollow mid-rear palate; clearly, best is yet to come, but undeniably tasty right now. It's a tough battle between this wine and the '01 Boislauzon for which wine made the biggest impression on me for the evening. The Boislauzon has clearly hit its stride, while this Pegau will probably one day kick the Boislauzon's butt...for today, I must give the nod to the Boislauzon...ten years down the road from now, there would be no question - Pegau in a landslide.
50, 5, 11, 16, 9 = 91 points
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12/17/2007 - jryoung wrote: 90 Points
Not sure what all the fuss is about, or maybe it has shut down. Young CdP nose, with some spice and dark fruits. Highly tannic, and almost bitter. We served it with a rib roast and it had a hard time cutting that fats of the meat. I've had the '03 and enjoyed it (grated two different beasts with the '03 summer), but this one left me perplexed. I think I just need to hide it for another 7 years.
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12/15/2007 - jerhardt wrote: 94 Points
From the list at Redd. Superb. Exactly what it should be with all the parts and flavors in perfect proportion. Beautifully aromatic; medium bodied and balanced in the mouth. I enjoyed this more than my last bottle of the '03.
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11/24/2007 - diablo wrote: 94 Points
Well-balanced. Dark fruit, smoke, well-integrated oak.
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11/23/2007 - Cow Town wrote: 90 Points
Had this alongside the 2003. Both needed more air, but the 2003 seemed more integrated and polished at this point. Even after two hours, the 2004 still seemed muted, with tannis that, at times, overpowered the underlying fruit. Won't open the next one for at least two years.
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11/23/2007 - win wrote: 90 Points
SWILL Southern Rhone Tasting: Had alongside the 2003....at least right now, the 2003 is better.
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11/23/2007 - wineismylife wrote: 90 Points
SWILL November Tasting - Southern Rhone (win's house in Southlake, TX): WIML90
Tasted November 23, 2007. Opened and served immediately. Dark garnet color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of rick dark raspberries, a hint of cinnamon and black cherries. Flavors of rich black currants, a bit of jammy black berries and some black cherries. Medium to high acidity, firm tannins, full bodied. Hold.
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11/18/2007 - Mr T wrote: 92 Points
lovely sweetness quite open
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11/2/2007 - pgm wrote: 92 Points
Popped and poured at the restaurant, where it was loaded with peppery licorice spices, but seemed a little restrained at the same time. Took half the bottle home, where it gained some depth in terms of truffle and earthy minerality. A real saline streak on the nose and through the finish. The fruit is definitely there, but it is relatively buried underneath it all, with the only clear fruit notes arriving with a raisin tone on the medium long finish. At the end of it, four hours later: some huge tannins, too. There's an interesting future here. 92, potentially 94+ in the future,but I'm not sure I'll come back to it.
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10/30/2007 - fisk15 wrote: flawed
Sent back to Vendor for replacement. Fill was very high, cork pushed out and seepage under the foil. This mag is intended for long term aging, so I do not want to take a chance.
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10/26/2007 - Rob MacKay wrote: 95 Points
Prior to opening this wine I noticed that the cork was actually pushed up a bit and then it broke in half quite easily. I suspect this had a lot to do with where I purchased this wine as it had been standing up on the shelf for quite some time. We decanted it for about an hour prior to drinking. This wine was fantastic. Some smoke meat and mixed with vanilla and some fruit poking through as well. The flavors are so complex and well integrated and smooth that it is hard to believe that this wine is just an infant. Although the 03 was rated higher by most critics, we enjoyed this 04 more than the 03.
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10/21/2007 - Mark wrote: 94 Points
This is drinking great right now. Opened and decanted for 60 minutes, while I cooked the Sole Sous Vide and Carrots. The Sole didn’t come out that great, but the Pegau sure did (yea, a bad match, but Sous Vide cooking can be hit and miss if you don’t get the temperature exact). Little change after an hour (for the next five hours). Big huge massive nose, smoke, cherry, earth, licorice, and loads of spice. I love how the nose just explodes with a little bit of swirling in the glass – this is an incredibly fragrant wine. Although very tannic, the fruit initially masks this until the end of the finish, where you get a real tart lift. Still, I have no complaints about this wine.
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10/12/2007 - Weinlakai wrote: 93 Points
Audozed for 4 hours. Amazing stuff. Very accessible. Prototype CDP. If you don't like this, you don't like CDP. Period.
Not as rich and deep as the 2003, but very enjoyable and hedonistic right now. So, if you can't wait for the 2003 to hit its peak (or didn't get any for a reasonable price) this is your choice. Not cheap cheap, but definitely a super QPR!
93-94 points
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10/2/2007 - TexasWines2007 wrote: 96 Points
Good to drink now. Very smooth, long finish.
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9/15/2007 - PathDoc wrote:
Drank at Cube. Outstanding. Much better than the last bottle, which seemd to fall apart halfway through.
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9/13/2007 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points
Robe assez sombre, nez épicé discret, un peu de réglisse. En bouche il y a à la fois un beau fruité de jeunesse exubérant et une structure qui ne laisse aucun doute quant à son potentiel de vieillissement. Richesse et équilibre y sont, le vin est tannique et se refermera peut-être comme le 2003. J’aime beaucoup, c’est une réussite à l’image d’un millésime que j’apprécie beaucoup en CNP. 92-93 pts
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9/10/2007 - Willmerson wrote: 94 Points
Super deep garnet color with rich olive oil scent to it. It had almost a bacon wrapped, sage crusted meat (lamb or venison) smell and flavor to it. Definite cigar box/cedar to it with bordeaux type notes. Hints of Chocolate. Super rich with underripe pomegranate and plum flavors which should mellow out in 5 years time. Great acidity. Could go for 20 years.
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8/26/2007 - cmbond wrote:
Camille's notes (blind). The Thunder Show Aug. 26. Decanted 4.5 hours. Garnet-purple color. Gorgeous nose of blueberry, spice, plum, cedar, smoke and tar. On the palate, sour cherries, cocoa, cinnamon and massive acidity. Big tannins, but smoother than Le Vieux Donjon. Paired awesomely with bresaola, mushroom risotto and other foods. Great acid and really nice nose. 91-92 pts. Camille's guess, Barolo.
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8/19/2007 - the godfather wrote: 94 Points
classic pegau, decanted 6-7 hours, very funky nose, lots of tannin that is very well integrated, great balance, built for the long haul.
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8/18/2007 - jkoenen wrote: 90 Points
Exploring Chateauneuf-du-Pape @ Peter Z. (Belgium): Young, austere, tight. Cassis, blackberries, white pepper, Syrah-like in its presentation. Smoked sausage, creme de cassis and bbq-sauce on the palate. After aeration this is getting more playful, inviting and suave. Wonderful wine, tuck away in the cellar for 3 years. 17.5/20
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8/18/2007 - JOsgood wrote: 93 Points
Tasted at Maru in Valencia, CA with The Godfather. Dark in color, big wine. Hung, earthy nose. Excellent right now but I am sure this one gets better with some time in the bottle.
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8/13/2007 - dbkitc wrote: 95 Points
Deep ruby color. Super wine. Complex – deep red fruit, anise and earth. Gorgeous layered and young. (95)
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8/11/2007 - gorm wrote: 94 Points
From magnum. again wonderful, but perhaps just a bit more closed (timing or bottle size may account for that).
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8/3/2007 - vintage.pt wrote: 93 Points
Real bretty nose, with hints of cherry, plums, mushroom and even some truffles and spices. Massive tannins and great acidity. Long finish. Well balanced but still a btrut force. I think will be a great wine.
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8/3/2007 - MTC wrote: 90 Points
I was disappointed.
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7/11/2007 - Winetex wrote: 90 Points
From a different lot as the first bottle tasted; This bottle was again more bretty than I prefer. The wine is balanced under all the brett but I question how this one will age if this bretty now? The other taster did not mind the brett but felt that the bottle was not as good as many previous vintages. [Decanted about 30 minutes and improved over the next two hours]
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6/27/2007 - rob1869 wrote: 92 Points
Drunk over 2 nights. Night 1: popped & poured, initially seemed very inert, even considered that it may have been a bit corked given what I could smell. It had light fruit that passed through a hollow middle palate and died on a tannic finish. Night 2: different story! Opened out beautifully with mouth filling, long lasting fruit, excellent structure and balance.
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6/17/2007 - steffenpelz wrote:
Classic Pegau. Kirsch liqueur, garrigue, leather, truffle. In a classic CdP style with good fruit but on the leaner and drier side. Textbook Pegau that reminds me most of the 1999.
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6/16/2007 - Winetex wrote: 90 Points
Again this was one of the more bretty bottles but definitely identifiable as Pegau. It was quite balanced with lower alcohol than the 2003. Comparing it to prior vintages I agree that it is most like the 1999 - a wine that drank well young and never really shut down. A decant might have helped this open up.
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6/4/2007 - PathDoc wrote:
first half of the bottle was outstanding. all of a sudden, mid way through, developed a strange and strong iodine-like smell and some funky flavor. don't know what happened. left it for the next day and was unchanged. maybe just too much air?
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5/27/2007 - Eric wrote: 95 Points
Ahh, much better...
Back in February I tasted this wine for the first time at a big Pegau dinner with Laurence Feraud in attendance. At the time she raved about this vintage, making strong comparisons to the style of the 2001 and going on at length about how spicy and intense this wine is. At the time I felt that the bottle we were tasting that evening made it awfully hard to reach that conclusion, as the wine was quite reticent and brooding without a lot of the opulence I am used to in this wine.
Tonight I braised a pot roast and roasted some root vegetables, and Châteauneuf-du-Pape was the obvious choice. I was going to grab a 1997 Pegau and then realized that I had promised myself I would dig into a 2004 and follow it more closely. Well on pop and pour I saw all that I needed to. The wine absolutely exploded on first pour, a complex and powerful melange of kirsch, sweet cherries, horse, licorice, white pepper and spicy Provencale herbs. This stuff was roaring like a locomotive, indeed very reminiscent of the muscular 2001, perhaps a bit less exotic and lighter but not at all far off the mark, definitely a bigger wine than the 1999 (another vintage to which this has drawn comparison). And no sooner did this strut than it shut down 15 minutes later. Sulky, dark, lots of licorice, hints of balsamic, this was closed as quickly as it had opened. What a tease!
I kept following this, and finally after 3 hours this started to open again. This is not an opulent vintage of Pegau, but it does have a lot of purity in a very classically structured frame with very rambunctious and spicy Grenache, mmm, garrigue, just love it. Unlike the 2000 and 2003, this does not seem seem to be a vintage that will reward very young drinking, but I am quite pleased to have a lot of this resting in the cellar. A really clean and powerful example.
This is 94-95 right now, but I will give it the benefit of the doubt, as it seems obvious that it's a wine destined to improve.
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5/16/2007 - gorm wrote: 95 Points
Gourmet dinner and tasting at ProActive: Another great performance by this popstar of the Rhône Valley. Very nice and a bit rustic - stables, "elephant cage", lots of dusty red cherries. Very animalistic, yet pleasing and seems to touch every pore in mouth and nose. Still drinks great even though its so young.
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5/10/2007 - Siggy wrote:
2007 France Trip - Pegau, Pierre Usseglio, Monpertuis, Vieux Telegraphe, Dinner w/ Philippe Cambie (Southern Rhone): Enchanting, spicy black licorice on the nose. Smoky black fruits and plums. Savory. Excellent.
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4/29/2007 - Philippe_C wrote: 96 Points
Tasted from bottle with Paul Féraud at the domain, seems to be a second bottling of the 2004 according to Paul...
Nose of cocoa, very ripe cherries, licorice, pain d'épice, black chocolate, loads of spices.
In the mounth, very concentrated, with cherries and load of spices, loads of integrated and soft tannins.
This wine was even better than the cask sample of 2005 and 2006… This is a true "Must have" for a Pégau lover!!
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4/24/2007 - caboychuck wrote: 95 Points
Opened at 11:30 am and let stand in cellar. Decanted 1/2 bottle at 5:30 pm because first sip indicated that this was going into a shut down mode. After a little while in glass got some red fruit, barnyard and scents of red meat. Palate had nice dark red fruit, herbs, little earth. Great body and texture. Seems like it has everything to age beautifully. Will not touch the rest for a long time. I hope.
Day 2: this showed so much potential with red fruit. Hold on!
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4/21/2007 - vintman wrote: 96 Points
Decanted 2 hours. Deep garnet color with slight herb and dark fruit on the nose. Palate is outstanding with good balance and subdued alcohol..although it is surely robust.
Definitely sensed the tannins on initial opening but they did subside over time. Love the ageability on this wine..will enjoy my next 11 bottles over the next 2 decades. Bravo!
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4/16/2007 - MikeCW wrote: 95 Points
Great nose of herbs and red fruit. Incredibly balanced and seamless. Red and black fruits, garrigue and some spice on the palate. While I have no doubt this will get better, it was very open on this night. Very elegant for a CdP. Outstanding.
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4/14/2007 - wcacern wrote:
Ne Plus Ultra: The 95 & up club: WS96. Dark red color. aromas of dark fruit, molasses, and maple syrup, with hints of band aid, raisins, prunes, green and kalamata olives on the finish.
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4/14/2007 - kris.h wrote: 93 Points
Full deep red. A nose that embodies the essence of the southern rhone. Garrigue, black raspberry, plum, and barn yard. Complex and intrigueing. Green peppercorns. The palate is tannic and medium bodied. Nice balancing acidity. Fruity earthy finish. Long and persistent. A well balanced wine that is enjoyable now but will reward several years in the cellar 50 + 5 + 13 + 17 + 8
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3/25/2007 - dbkitc wrote: 96 Points
Very deep garnet with a touch of purple. Wild nose of plum, red and black berries mixed with herbs – this just screams southern France. The nose is very powerful – it really fills the room. Supper palate presence – initial pop of flavor is followed by layer after layer of sweet fruit and a lovely rusticity that makes this wine so special. Still so balanced. This has a depth and complexity of flavor that put the other chateauneufs from the weekend to shame. This is another testament to the greatness of the 2004 CdP (my opinion obviously). This is the best one I have tasted so far. Will only get better over the next 10 to 15 years. (96+)
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2/22/2007 - cellarid wrote: 94 Points
Stunning wine and not at all what I expected. Very pure nose with tell-tale Pegau herbs and sweet fruit, but the fruit profile was elegant, but not in a thin way. Lots of sap and grip on the midpalate with explosive fruit on the finish. Very silky with great energy and no heaviness. This is a complete wine. Love it!
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2/18/2007 - SMG wrote: 92 Points
Decanted 3 hours. The bottle never really opened up to show everything it has, but it is still very young, so that is not surprising. The nose was shutdown for the most part, although I did get some red fruit, licorice, herbs and a hint of bacon. On the palate, the wine was medium bodied and very primary with red currants and red cherries. The tannins where quite present when first opened and tasted, but settled a little after the 3 hour decant. I am not experienced enough with Pegau to say where this wine will go, but I think it will improve with some time in the bottle and gain a few more points.
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2/17/2007 - BradA wrote: 94 Points
Pegau at Wild Ginger with Laurence Feraud (Wild Ginger Seattle): Laurence commented that this was her favorite (she compared it to the 01 Laurence). Great flavor and balance--interestingly, she added all her blanc to the 04 Reservee.
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2/16/2007 - Eric wrote: 92 Points
Domaine du Pegau Tasting at Wild Ginger with Laurence Féraud (Seattle, WA): Laurence declared this wine has having a string "licorice" element. OK, I can see that. What I found was a spicy, peppery and intense young wine that showed a nice, bloody, sanguine note and a lot of Grenache personality. Of all the wines served tonight, this was the only one where I felt that I never got a great read on where it was going and rated conservatively as a result. That said, Laurence was so excited about this vintage, comparing it very favorably to the 2001, that I simply need to pop a whole bottle at home soon and follow this one for a day or two. Interestingly, there was no Blanc produced this year, and all of the white juice was co-fermented with the red to make this 2004.
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2/11/2007 - MNP wrote: 94 Points
Really nice deep color, no fading at the rim. Bright red fruit on the nose. Hints of asian spice, tobacco. and gobs of red and black fruit.
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2/9/2007 - jan erik wrote: 95 Points
A tremendesly good wine but still a baby. A good consentration with all sorts of dark berries and roasted/smoked coffe like aromasWell hung meat.Nice grip .Rock solid but elegant. Even if served at correct tempratur it feels rather cool. Agree with former members that it will close down after a short while
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2/6/2007 - Jozefs wrote: 95 Points
Brooding nose of black fruits, fruit sirup, kirsch, chocolate and animal blood, les 'hot' and more classical CDP then the '03. On the palate animal blood, kirsch, red and black fruits, black coffee and refreshing acidity. Lots of material, mouth filling and youthfully approachable, although this will no doubt close down. At least as good as the 2003 but less over the top.
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2/4/2007 - rottcodd wrote: 91 Points
Beautiful rich colour, negligible nose, warm and spicy with some heat on the back of the throat.
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2/4/2007 - BradA wrote: 93 Points
Local merchant Dan McCarthy was kind enough to sell me a bottle from his slim allocation. Knowing I will be dining with Laurence next week, I wanted to bone up on the most recent vintage.
Very plush and viscous without the twang the 03 opened with; more like a rich burgundy than a rhone. However an hour later the wine was rockin' with herbs de provence and some tar. Drunk with rib eye steak and chard, it was a great wine to savor and enjoy, best of all half the bottle remains for tonight after work!
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2/1/2007 - Doug64 wrote: 93 Points
I had been on the hunt for Pegau at local retailers, and Kathy @ Peppertree happened to get six bottles in today. I bought all of them, and had to open one tonight. Decanted for about 30 min before tasting. Great deep ruby color than thinned out just a bit on the edge. Killer nose with a definite "terrior" feel to it, integrating dark fruit and earth. Good minerality on the palate, with a blue stone (not sure what that is exactly, but that is what came to mind) quality. Big tannins that I imagine will soften with time. Loooong finish of about 30 seconds. I'll lay the others down for a while, and look forward to my next bottle.
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1/27/2007 - hans1 wrote: 95 Points
This wine rocks !!!
2 hours of decantation, and you'll have a winner - completely blew the 02 vintage away which was served next to this beauty... this is classic Pegau...drink within the next year before it closes down...
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1/20/2007 - gorm wrote: 95 Points
Dark purple. Nose is shy, but very classy with red fruits, leather and some smoke. Medium to full-bodied with a very pleasurable silky feel. This is an enormously nice surprise! I have to admit that I was skeptical: my experiences with 2004 CNDP has been mixed with mostsamples being acidic, tight and not really pleasurable. This is not anywhere near the warm and meaty 2003 (which I rated 97) but its not to be ignored for that reason. On the contrary it represents an elegance that may ultimately show more appealing.
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1/2/2007 - Dale M wrote: 93 Points
Decanted 1 hr. A little bit shy on the nose for the first 1 ½ hours, but did finally offer up some aromas of sweet plums and licorice with aggressive swirling. The initial impression in the mouth was almost Paulliac-like, that is, a core of red raspberry fruit, loads of pipe tobacco and shades of minerals. Mid palate however, steers this ship back to the Rhone with kirsch and olive nuances, herb flavors develop, and this does seem indeed a classic CdP. The finish is felt all the way down the throat, and needless to say this kept getting richer and more defined with extended airtime in the glass. No need to compare to the 03 at this point, this is damn fine juice.
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6/16/2006 - Siggy wrote:
France Trip Part 1 - Châteauneuf-du-Pape; 6/16/2006-6/17/2006: Cask sample tasted at the domaine w/ Paul Feraud. Animal fur, deep red fruits, garrigue, blood. Great balance and finesse. Looks to be awesome.
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6/16/2006 - Ben Andersen wrote:
Barrel sample tasted at the domaine. Broad, typical Pegau aroma profile of reddish fruits, garrigue and spice. Quite open and expressive. Dense and balanced on the palate, with plush texture. Reminds me of the 2000 Pegau.
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