With dinner at FIG in Charleston -- somm said the cork slipped right into the bottle with the ah-so, but we were planning to decant anyway.
The wine returned to the table with a wonderfully garrigue-ous bouquet, smoky and herbaceous tending toward greener notes like roasted asparagus and bell pepper, with just a touch of horse barn funk. Flavors of fresh raspberry and plum combined with miso/soy and loamy earth, backed by black pepper and anise spice. This was a bottle I was a bit suspicious about, but it turned out to be a great pairing with chicken liver pate, ricotta gnocchi in ragu, and most surprisingly, miso-marinated swordfish.
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(Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape) Medium red color; mature, horsey, barnyard and iron nose; sweet cherry, red fruit, tobacco palate with good acidity; medium-plus finish
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11/12/2021 - KL1191 Likes this wine: 92 Points
With dinner at FIG in Charleston -- somm said the cork slipped right into the bottle with the ah-so, but we were planning to decant anyway.
The wine returned to the table with a wonderfully garrigue-ous bouquet, smoky and herbaceous tending toward greener notes like roasted asparagus and bell pepper, with just a touch of horse barn funk. Flavors of fresh raspberry and plum combined with miso/soy and loamy earth, backed by black pepper and anise spice. This was a bottle I was a bit suspicious about, but it turned out to be a great pairing with chicken liver pate, ricotta gnocchi in ragu, and most surprisingly, miso-marinated swordfish.
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12/24/2014 - kstoddard Likes this wine: 95 Points
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2/27/2014 - affordableCollector wrote: 87 Points
light red, in color. red fruit, spicy, on the nose. cherry, raspberry, dirt, mushrooms, on the palate. light to zero body. high acid, on the finish.
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2/27/2014 - europat55 wrote: 86 Points
1981-1988 Vieux Telegraphe La Crau CdP Vertical (Tom's house in Palo Alto, California): Strange, somewhat offending nose (B/B+). Strange palate (B+). Interesting.
My #8, Group's #5 (100 pts). Tasted blind.
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11/21/2011 - rnellans wrote: 96 Points
Wonderful complex tertiary bouquet. Leafy. Smells like old old burguumdy. Seamless. Velvet, silk. Long. long finish.
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