Much, much better than last time. No prunes, good, irony feel, more Gigondas-terroir here. A positive surprise, no need to keep this, though. #H&A#N&K#CarlsbergByen
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Unfortunately marked by oak on both he nose and the palate. It’s such a shame because there is plenty of cherry fruit under the oak to make this wine interesting. While the oak is has settled down it is still intruding and provides notes of vanilla and coconut oil on the nose and it makes the palate tannic and dry. Such a shame, this could have been an interesting wine. La Contadine.
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Opened with severe notes of nail polish - much better on day 2. Still,m this is very much a 2003 wine, very rich, quite alcoholic, but give it air and a solid, fresh fruit enters the picture. I don't see this going anywhere, though, drink up, if you have it.
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showing its age, brown around the edges. Fruit fading and tannin is still there. Ok to drink but not a great bottle and probably just reflects the vintage.
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2/24/2024 - beatles wrote: 90 Points
Much, much better than last time. No prunes, good, irony feel, more Gigondas-terroir here. A positive surprise, no need to keep this, though.
#H&A#N&K#CarlsbergByen
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10/7/2020 - pbaek wrote:
Unfortunately marked by oak on both he nose and the palate. It’s such a shame because there is plenty of cherry fruit under the oak to make this wine interesting. While the oak is has settled down it is still intruding and provides notes of vanilla and coconut oil on the nose and it makes the palate tannic and dry. Such a shame, this could have been an interesting wine. La Contadine.
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1/15/2020 - beatles wrote: 89 Points
Opened with severe notes of nail polish - much better on day 2. Still,m this is very much a 2003 wine, very rich, quite alcoholic, but give it air and a solid, fresh fruit enters the picture. I don't see this going anywhere, though, drink up, if you have it.
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6/5/2018 - Mr T wrote:
showing its age, brown around the edges. Fruit fading and tannin is still there. Ok to drink but not a great bottle and probably just reflects the vintage.
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1/10/2016 - Mr T wrote:
Tasty but pretty ripe stuff...drink up
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