A nice mature wine. Some bricking but overall good dark red colour except around the edges. Top half of cork broke off as I was trying to open it, so once I finally got it open, I decanted it. Not a huge amount of sediment. Good fruit red and black flavours with some plumminess. Perhaps not particularly complex, but overall very enjoyable. And good value. I note the alcohol is listed as 13.5 % - seems in the ballpark.
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I thought this was in a nice place. Not an extravagent style of CDP, more a burgundian style. Lots of earthy leather notes on the light - medium bodied palate, with cherry and plum notes too. A very feminine style that is drinking well now, and is probably at its plateau (A-).
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Slightly pruney and dried out on the nose. Not much happening. In the mouth, it has a little more fruit than I expected based on the nose, but it's still a lean, rather dried out, pruney style. Not my favorite.
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Simple red fruit flavors such as strawberry, and smooth and elegant mouthfeel. However lacked some of the spicy, smoky, and intensity that I love and expect from a Chateauneuf du Pape.
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8/27/2017 - saturnaisland wrote: 91 Points
A nice mature wine. Some bricking but overall good dark red colour except around the edges. Top half of cork broke off as I was trying to open it, so once I finally got it open, I decanted it. Not a huge amount of sediment. Good fruit red and black flavours with some plumminess. Perhaps not particularly complex, but overall very enjoyable. And good value. I note the alcohol is listed as 13.5 % - seems in the ballpark.
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11/20/2010 - JohnSh wrote: 90 Points
I thought this was in a nice place. Not an extravagent style of CDP, more a burgundian style. Lots of earthy leather notes on the light - medium bodied palate, with cherry and plum notes too. A very feminine style that is drinking well now, and is probably at its plateau (A-).
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6/29/2006 - Ben Andersen wrote:
Slightly pruney and dried out on the nose. Not much happening. In the mouth, it has a little more fruit than I expected based on the nose, but it's still a lean, rather dried out, pruney style. Not my favorite.
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4/8/2006 - lac14 wrote: 87 Points
Simple red fruit flavors such as strawberry, and smooth and elegant mouthfeel. However lacked some of the spicy, smoky, and intensity that I love and expect from a Chateauneuf du Pape.
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