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WTN: 2001 Clos du Mont-Olivet Châteauneuf-du-Pape

by David M. Bueker » Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:36 am

2001 Clos du Mont-Olivet Châteauneuf-du-Pape - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape (1/28/2013)
I have generally been avoiding the 2001 Chateauneufs in favor of the 1999 and 2000 lately, but this bottle caught my eye, so I figured no time like the present. In fact it's drinking reasonably well right now, though it shows more acid than I was expecting. There's plenty of herbal influence, and the fruit is ripe and dusty in character. Tannins are fairly soft, so there's a high drinkability level. The dinner food match wasn't so good, so I grabbed some olives, and that really worked well.
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