Decanted, tasted over 3 hrs -moderate bricking -expansive rich warm earthy mature and some spice elements -med acidity, med weight/concentration, perfectly mature expansive enveloping palate with remnants of dark berry and garrigue-spice mostly earthy mature elements and nearly fully integrated tannins with only trace heat on the respectably long finish -very good example of a fully mature and solid CdP hitting on all cylinders
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Smells like wine that as been in a leather wine boda for some time. Lot's of leather and damp earth. Sweet, fairly rich for a CDP and a little raisiny. Good fairly youthful tannins at the end balance the richness out. Could use a little more acidity but this is a reasonably priced well aged classic CDP and is worth buying as an example of how interesting these can be with some age. 90+pts
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Pronounced, Classic CDP nose (Farm/funk,Leather,Earth,Garrigue). I like the comment about it tasting like a strawberry fruit roll up. Has a little jammy quality to it in a good way wiith lot's of flavor. concentrated but with decent acidity. A very nice surprise. Very good value.
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape from the '80s and '90s (Tabla, Portland, OR): Open about an hour and a half. Nose shows some oak influence with some funk. Drying as I aerate in my mouth, and tasting like a strawberry fruit roll up. Very tasty. Lots of spice on the finish along with the fruit.
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7/2/2016 - Cote d'Or Likes this wine:
Decanted, tasted over 3 hrs
-moderate bricking
-expansive rich warm earthy mature and some spice elements
-med acidity, med weight/concentration, perfectly mature expansive enveloping palate with remnants of dark berry and garrigue-spice mostly earthy mature elements and nearly fully integrated tannins with only trace heat on the respectably long finish
-very good example of a fully mature and solid CdP hitting on all cylinders
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11/16/2014 - grafstrb wrote: flawed
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6/2/2009 - beachnic wrote: 90 Points
Smells like wine that as been in a leather wine boda for some time. Lot's of leather and damp earth. Sweet, fairly rich for a CDP and a little raisiny. Good fairly youthful tannins at the end balance the richness out. Could use a little more acidity but this is a reasonably priced well aged classic CDP and is worth buying as an example of how interesting these can be with some age. 90+pts
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5/17/2009 - beachnic wrote: 91 Points
Pronounced, Classic CDP nose (Farm/funk,Leather,Earth,Garrigue). I like the comment about it tasting like a strawberry fruit roll up. Has a little jammy quality to it in a good way wiith lot's of flavor. concentrated but with decent acidity. A very nice surprise. Very good value.
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1/17/2009 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 90 Points
Châteauneuf-du-Pape from the '80s and '90s (Tabla, Portland, OR): Open about an hour and a half. Nose shows some oak influence with some funk. Drying as I aerate in my mouth, and tasting like a strawberry fruit roll up. Very tasty. Lots of spice on the finish along with the fruit.
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