2004 Domaine Grand Nicolet Rasteau

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  10/25/2008 - sarciero wrote: 90 Points

  Nice wine. Lots of fruit on the nose and palate but not too jammy. Drinking well but still has plenty of life left.

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  4/2/2008 - therussian wrote: 88 Points

  Just before I pulled the cork, Michael told me this would be too young. I heard him but didn't listen. I opened it, poured it , smelled it, and made a face. Without any air, the 2004 Rasteau from Domaine Grand Nicolet smelled reduced, offering generous amounts of canned asparagus and a pasty trait. It wasn't pretty. That's when I turned to Michael and said "I told you it would be too young, but you never listen." Within 15 minutes the wine started releasing a boquet of candied raspberries but not much more. The Nicolet is so disjointed at this point I would recommend either breathing this for at least 45 minutes or much better waiting until 2010 to open a bottle. There's a lot of potential here but the wine needs time to assembe itself and hopefully go from a schoolgirl to a dark-skinned beauty. Unless you like fruit bombs I would give this time to shed some of its weight and let the fruit evolve a bit.

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  3/11/2007 - Cahill wrote: 90 Points

  Very interesting wine. The balance leans toward hot and the overall feel is a bit rustic, but there is alot going on. Jammy dark fruit, roasted herbs, menthol cigarettes (?!) and smokey oak. Kept changing quickly in the glass. Still young and lacking a bit in purity, but I plan to go back for several more tries.

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