2010 Domaine les Aphillanthes Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu Cuvée des Galets

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  11/9/2021 - Cote d'Or wrote:

  Tasted over 1.5 hrs
  -nearly opaque dark red purple
  -muted dark fruit tar mineral
  -med acidity provides a briskness, med/med+ weight nicely concentrated ripe but fading dark fruit mineral tar with a little heat, med/med+ tannins
  -interesting comparison to last night's 2012, this is a bit more vibrant with darker fruit that is more faded and mineral

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  12/19/2020 - Cote d'Or wrote:

  Tasted over 3 hrs
  -opaque dark purple no bricking
  -ripe black fruit kirsch
  -med acidity, med+ weight densely concentrated earth licorice with some faded dusty black fruit and a mineral slightly hot finish with med tannins
  -most of the luscious fruit has faded but still has complexity and enough mid-palate stuffing to mostly buffer the heat for another year or two I suspect

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  9/11/2017 - CWilliam wrote:

  Last of 3 bottles and the best (+1 to +2 points matters).
  
  Dark red color with a very slight meniscus. Meat, wet rocks, black cherry, savory (tobacco / dried fruits). On palate, earthy / tobacco, black cherry, blackberry and blueberry (slight and only with airtime).
  
  This has aged well. 91+
  I need to buy some more current vintages of this wine.

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  10/5/2015 - Cote d'Or wrote:

  PopnPour, tasted over 2 hrs
  -nearly opaque dark red-black, no bricking
  -moderately expressive stone ripe berry cough syrup
  -med acidity, med+ weight and concentration, pretty tightly wound with some licorice black berry med+ tannins and heat on moderately long finish
  -closed now, this is a little too ripe/big to take full advantage of the wonderful energy/tension/minerality of the vintage, it may come around in 2-5 years

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  6/11/2015 - Motz wrote: 91 Points

  Drank over two days. A lot going on with this. On the first day it featured a balanced and delicious refined elegance. On the second the wine showed its teeth, revealing rocky and earthy substance with substantive yet supple tannic grip and a complex finish. The wine changes inflection beautifully! Excellent quality. 91-92.

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