Decanted for 90 mins before serving. Nose is reductive and muted but palate exhibits Dujac spice, cloves, purple fruit and dark cherries. Despite the vintage ripeness, the fruit is very composed with etherealness. Needs time. 94-95 potential.
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I might be just too happy, but this is Jesus juice. Even at a fairly young age, this is pure CdlR with that Dujac hand elevating it just subtly and correctly.
Nose is umeboshi and ferns and cinchona. Just a touch of dark cherry. Velvet texture with just enough elbows to make you notice. Busted lip blood gives into umami and old sandalwood. Long finish where the moss and fruit now cassis return with a stone heart and crushed white lilies to emphasize regret when the glass is done.
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07/08/09/10 vertical. Clearly the most ripe and lush of the vertical. Plenty of pleasure with the hedonistic black cherry that is laced with stem and spice. Forward and not as much delineation as the other vintages (at this stage). Should continue to evolve and improve, though the fruit will always be more dense in this vintage.
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7/6/2023 - ricard Likes this wine: 96 Points
Funkier nose than the 2010. Fruit in great abundance. Same searing acidity. Spectacular. Deep and spherical and immensely powerful. Hypnotic.
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12/17/2022 - Mario17 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Un peu de vendanges entières au nez, fruits noirs, intense mais avec fraicheur et beaucoup de classe, magnifique. 93-94
Clearly whole clusters when tasting blind, dark fruit, intense but with freshness, classy and long, great.
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9/19/2022 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted for 90 mins before serving. Nose is reductive and muted but palate exhibits Dujac spice, cloves, purple fruit and dark cherries. Despite the vintage ripeness, the fruit is very composed with etherealness. Needs time. 94-95 potential.
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8/4/2022 - AndrewSGHall wrote: 97 Points
I might be just too happy, but this is Jesus juice. Even at a fairly young age, this is pure CdlR with that Dujac hand elevating it just subtly and correctly.
Nose is umeboshi and ferns and cinchona. Just a touch of dark cherry. Velvet texture with just enough elbows to make you notice. Busted lip blood gives into umami and old sandalwood. Long finish where the moss and fruit now cassis return with a stone heart and crushed white lilies to emphasize regret when the glass is done.
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8/27/2020 - Nanda wrote: 94 Points
07/08/09/10 vertical. Clearly the most ripe and lush of the vertical. Plenty of pleasure with the hedonistic black cherry that is laced with stem and spice. Forward and not as much delineation as the other vintages (at this stage). Should continue to evolve and improve, though the fruit will always be more dense in this vintage.
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