Popped and poured, consumed over a period of three days. The wine was medium garnet in colour and threw a notable amount of sediment. It offered dried red fruit, raisins, grilled herbs, spice notes, black pepper, pastille, liquorice, a vegetal aspect and mineral notes, with medium-level acidity.
On day one, the coarse and drying tannin stood in an awkward contrast to the wine’s sweet fruit and the wine had that raisiny profile I dislike in many high octane CdP, but on day two the wine became quite lovely: balanced, integrated and mineral, with some mature Grenache sweetness and good length. Quite drinkable and a positive surprise after reading the bad reviews.
On day three the wine became slightly bitter, with more pronounced acidity and less length; I clearly liked the wine best on day two. Underappreciated if I look at the reviews. 89 points for day two.
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Decanted for a three hours but was instantly worried by the cloudy look of it. Not corked, just not very good. Stewed fruit in a glass. Can't really work out why so many CndP's can't seem to take any age. 2003 in particular seems to be a bit of a dodgy year but I still feel that they should last a bit longer than this.
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It seems I liked the bottle I had 6 years ago, but this one was undrinkable. Alcoholic stewed raisins. I persevered with one glass and the rest went down the sink.
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Fully mature, this is not a wine to age. Peppery black cherries, earth, jam and garrigue create the aromatics. The wine is lush on the palate, but the structure is not there for further development.
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The colour of rust. Looks old. Muted red fruits nose and a distinctly mature palate. More like a 30 year old CNDP than one that is just 10 years old. Already losing its fruit, pleasant enough flavour but fading fast.
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Opened 2 hours before drinking. Tannic and bit austere to begin with but opened out after several hours but became rather tart. Overall this was a disappointment.
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A very traditional style Chateauneuf. The main impact at present is in the finish, which is full of chewy, ripe tannins. Slightly warm. Seems quite closed on the nose. It's good, and should get better, but doesn't quite cut it as a premium wine. vg-
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8/15/2019 - PSPatrick wrote: 89 Points
Popped and poured, consumed over a period of three days. The wine was medium garnet in colour and threw a notable amount of sediment. It offered dried red fruit, raisins, grilled herbs, spice notes, black pepper, pastille, liquorice, a vegetal aspect and mineral notes, with medium-level acidity.
On day one, the coarse and drying tannin stood in an awkward contrast to the wine’s sweet fruit and the wine had that raisiny profile I dislike in many high octane CdP, but on day two the wine became quite lovely: balanced, integrated and mineral, with some mature Grenache sweetness and good length. Quite drinkable and a positive surprise after reading the bad reviews.
On day three the wine became slightly bitter, with more pronounced acidity and less length; I clearly liked the wine best on day two. Underappreciated if I look at the reviews. 89 points for day two.
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9/25/2017 - DFBW Does not like this wine: 85 Points
Last bottle of this thankfully. In fact, last bottle of any 2003 CNDP and it went down the drain like the rest of them. Not a good year.
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6/2/2017 - DFBW Does not like this wine: 85 Points
Decanted for a three hours but was instantly worried by the cloudy look of it. Not corked, just not very good. Stewed fruit in a glass. Can't really work out why so many CndP's can't seem to take any age. 2003 in particular seems to be a bit of a dodgy year but I still feel that they should last a bit longer than this.
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3/7/2016 - Jeff W wrote:
Just like the last bottle, and it goes down the sink, just like the last bottle. Fortunately this really is my last bottle.
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8/16/2014 - mendovino wrote: 94 Points
Erg fijn en subtiel, nodige zuurtjes waren nog aanwezig net zoals een fantastische afdronk, kleur licht geëvolueerd.
Nu te drinken! op zijn top!
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8/4/2014 - Jeff W wrote:
It seems I liked the bottle I had 6 years ago, but this one was undrinkable. Alcoholic stewed raisins. I persevered with one glass and the rest went down the sink.
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4/12/2014 - Harry Cantrell Likes this wine: 91 Points
Garnet. Nose an equal mix of raspberries and garrigue-dried herbs. Taste was more the dried herbs. Nice
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12/1/2013 - Jeff Leve wrote: 90 Points
Fully mature, this is not a wine to age. Peppery black cherries, earth, jam and garrigue create the aromatics. The wine is lush on the palate, but the structure is not there for further development.
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3/3/2013 - kevin h wrote: 87 Points
The colour of rust. Looks old. Muted red fruits nose and a distinctly mature palate. More like a 30 year old CNDP than one that is just 10 years old. Already losing its fruit, pleasant enough flavour but fading fast.
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11/11/2012 - Dorset Iain wrote: 85 Points
Opened 2 hours before drinking. Tannic and bit austere to begin with but opened out after several hours but became rather tart. Overall this was a disappointment.
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2/22/2008 - Jeff W wrote:
A very traditional style Chateauneuf. The main impact at present is in the finish, which is full of chewy, ripe tannins. Slightly warm. Seems quite closed on the nose. It's good, and should get better, but doesn't quite cut it as a premium wine. vg-
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