Quite nice, classic southern Rhône style, a wine, that has held up well; no apparent heat from the vintage plenty of garrigue and fruit, mature, certainly, but not declining. Tasted vis-a-vis the 1998, I would say this is par, and fir both them goes, that they are drinking well - and should be drunk. One could keep them for academic reasons, for pure pleasure it is now or never.
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Super smooth. Great earth nose, pencil lead and much black fruit. I Cellar Tracker says this is my last bottle, but I swear I have one more. Quite lovely.
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really enjoying the case of this wine evolve over the last 8 years...one btl left
Had the 00 and the 05 at the Gamekeeper in Boone NC mountains eatting various game ...elk, ostrach, rattlesnake/rabbit sausage, buffalo etc
I had this and the 05 side by side the 00 was smooth well integrated tannins with nice complexity for the first hour the 00 was all of our favorate then the 05 kicked into gear especially with the richer food preparations
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10/13/2013 - beatles wrote: 89 Points
Quite nice, classic southern Rhône style, a wine, that has held up well; no apparent heat from the vintage plenty of garrigue and fruit, mature, certainly, but not declining. Tasted vis-a-vis the 1998, I would say this is par, and fir both them goes, that they are drinking well - and should be drunk. One could keep them for academic reasons, for pure pleasure it is now or never.
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1/20/2013 - ThatReeder wrote: 92 Points
Super smooth. Great earth nose, pencil lead and much black fruit. I Cellar Tracker says this is my last bottle, but I swear I have one more. Quite lovely.
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4/2/2011 - gkrummel wrote: 94 Points
great wine. wonderfully aged at this point. Full flavor but smooth as silk.
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9/10/2010 - Rick-again wrote: 90 Points
really enjoying the case of this wine evolve over the last 8 years...one btl left
Had the 00 and the 05 at the Gamekeeper in Boone NC mountains eatting various game ...elk, ostrach, rattlesnake/rabbit sausage, buffalo etc
I had this and the 05 side by side the 00 was smooth well integrated tannins with nice complexity for the first hour the 00 was all of our favorate then the 05 kicked into gear especially with the richer food preparations
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6/29/2009 - Rick-again wrote: 89 Points
very nice rhone nose , good fruit and medium finish.....enjoyable just sitting on the patio
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