2003 Domaine de la Mordorée Lirac La Dame Rousse

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 87.7 points

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  4/29/2024 - Montecalvo Likes this wine: 89 Points

  stunningly young with a deep red color. tannic and firm with an immediately available nose. not at all roasted. weak points were a lack of complexity in the nose and concentration to balance out but overall an amazing effort for $14.

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  1/22/2016 - Tony Molester wrote:

  Perfect corks, no seepage in both bottles.
  Drinking nicely at the moment. Rich GSM blend.
  Typical herbs, garrigue in a grenache-dominated blend.
  Certainly typical of the vintage as well.
  Doesn't taste as appealing after 24h.
  Drink or hold to 2020.
  14.5% abv

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  7/13/2012 - Eric Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This is showing really well. Warm, breezy and ripe, this screams of Grenache with a certain cherry and pine breeze aspect. The 2003 personality is also obvious: roasted fig dances with white pepper. This wine is usually a lot more edgy in other vintages, but the ripeness here is considerable and screams of the heat of 2003. Maybe there a touch of acidification with a tart element on the finish? Still, this is simply delicious with an easy, garrigue laden personality. This bottle was a recent acquisition from a friend who was moving and had to empty his cellar in January. I had purchased and consumed a couple of bottles very quickly after release in 2008, so it is very fun to see a bottle with a few more years of age. At this stage, if I had more, I would be drinking these for the sheer joy of the current ripeness. I am not sure how this will age, but it is very alluring and delicious RIGHT NOW as far as I'm concerned.

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  5/29/2008 - Montecalvo wrote: 87 Points

  QUITE DARK. FRUIT DRIVEN ALMOST ROASTED IN CHARACTER. SOFT IN THE MOUTH WITH A LONG FINISH. NOSE WAS STRAIGHT FORWARD BUT SIMPLE. WOULD RE-TASTE IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS

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  9/25/2006 - Spencer wrote: 88 Points

  Very nice. Ripe and loaded with fruit, but balanced. Good value. Enjoyable now, but there's no rush to drink it.

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