2004 Tardieu-Laurent Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Spéciale

Community Tasting Notes (31) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  1/1/2022 - gbauer wrote: flawed

  Severe VA. Others thought it was okay, but I found it undrinkable.

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  2/9/2021 - ephorn Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Mature lightening ruby color. Unfiltered texture. Very complex: radish/chapstick, some herbs, mellow ripe fruit. Slightly bitter edge, spicy, but well played in the ripe context. Tannin is alive and well,almost no alcoholic heat, just a touch in the very long finish. Drink soon.

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  6/26/2020 - cch1966 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Medium garnet. Black cherry, plum, leather, pepper and licorice. Still tannic with mid acidity. Long spicy finish.

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  4/5/2019 - isbjoern wrote: 90 Points

  Color is turning brownish; some slightly oxidized sweet kirsch liqueur fruit, a bit of plum wine flavors, just a tiny hint of brett, but in this case it is not dominating the wine but just adds a touch of earth, leather and wet fur. Overall quite elegant and restrained with a mineral core and good acdity, nice sweet&sour character, quite a nice Chateauneuf, especially considering its age, but probably time to drink. - 90 points

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  2/1/2019 - PSPatrick wrote: 91 Points

  A nice surprise. The wine offered crushed stones, red and black fruit, blackberry, herbs, rosemary, lots of spices, anise and some chocolate on the palate, with just enough acidity, well-integrated tannin and very good length. The alcohol came through a little, but did not disturb. 14.5% ABV and 100% Grenache, but the wine did not show any signs of that burned, raisiny over ripeness that puts me off in many Grenache. To the contrary, the wine was well-structured and reasonably balanced and I liked it quite a bit. Would buy again. In a good place now, but no need to hurry.
  
  NB: More raisiny but still pleasant on day two.

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