2003 Alban Vineyards Pandora

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 94.2 points

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  5/13/2020 - gresch Likes this wine: 90 Points

  As expected, past it's prime, but still interesting and impressive to see a high alcohol Grenache go 17 years.

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  1/19/2019 - bablues wrote:

  8th Annual Holiday Dinner and Cellar Raid - A Month Late (Naperville, IL): Part of wine dinner and cellar raid so did not take detailed notes. Things were more than foggy at this point and I don't remember even opening this. In the morning when I saw this in the lineup, I was just thankful it wasn't the 2013. I've had the 2003 about five years ago and I was told this was just as good this time as last

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  3/14/2017 - sp4388 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Beautiful candy/floral aromas with a little smokiness as well, you can't help sticking your nose as far as you can in the glass and inhaling obnoxiously. Similar flavors on the palate- somewhat explosive red and dark semi-candied fruit without tasting fake as many Grenache wines of this style do, or being too weighty, because it has great acid and savoriness. medium-long finish. I wouldn't wait longer as I'd worry its voluptuousness would fade without complexity taking its place. Could be wrong on that though.

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  3/11/2017 - Floyd77 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Great aromatics ... beautiful wine ... fair amount of sediment -- stand up for at a day or more and decant carefully. One flaw -- deceptively high alcohol level.

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  10/26/2015 - WestCoast Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Smooth as silk. Very flavorful. In a good place. Lovely fruit and pepper/spice but mellow.

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