Domaine Grand Veneur Domaine Grand Veneur Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Origines, France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

My last bottle and for some reason the only one listed on my CT inventory. It is possible I drank all my other 2003s before enrolling on CT....Anyway, this was part of a NYE dinner. It was opened, but not decanted for over an hour. It was spectacular. Subdued fruit, followed by spices, it was medium bodied with a long finish. A nose of violets.

2003 vintage

Vinetasters: 2001 Châteauneuf-du-Pape et al. (Skokie, IL) : Served double blind. Smells like purple. Candied sweet cherry profile. Bitter and getting to the overdone category here. Clean though, but the tannins are astringent and overdone. My 1st, group's 3rd.

2003 vintage

14.5%. Nose of alcohol and some macerated cherry. Some baked earth and alcohol. Frankly, this was simply monumentally dull. We couldn't be bothered to finish the bottle.

2003 vintage

Drinking perfectly now. The nose is truffles and vegetable compost and the flavours are like a nice soft ganache. Very approachable now and I wish I had more bottles

2003 vintage

Just a beautiful wine, drinking seductively and beautifully now at its 17 years. I wish that I had other bottles.

2003 vintage

Medium garnet in color. The nose is mostly dried dark fruits with some game and farmyard. On the palate, it is dry, medium plus bodied, with a good amount of extract. Acid is medium and balancing. Tannins are soft and fully resolved. Alcohol is high but well integrated. The stewed notes of plums, the prunes and the funkiness tell me this wasn't meant to age this long. There is fruit and sweetness on the midpalate but the tertiaries are abundant. …

2003 vintage

Note: I use a scale on which 85 represents a very good wine. Given the house and the vintage, I expected a bit more, maybe 90 or 90+. Took a little time to open up, but this bottle never devloped the richness I hoped it would. Still flavorful, but not as smooth as I hoped it would be. I suspect that it is time to drink up.

2003 vintage

This bottled was a little stewed. Had its moments, but based on prior notes (both my own and others) not representative.

2003 vintage

Still tight and young! 1-2 years for my last

2003 vintage

Bought at the domaine. Really at the top of its game. Wonderful notes of plum and leather. Sadly I have only 2 more bottles.

2003 vintage

This was really good. Can't imagine it will get better, but seems like it will go for a while. Chateauneuf du Pape is well represented by this. Grenache, deep and rock. A little hot, but mostly just layers and good.

2003 vintage

Very nice CDP drinking well now. Classic notes on the nose, followed by very ripe fruits, black raspberry, prune, slightly bitter tannin. Can hold for longer on this one, but delicious right now.

2003 vintage

My last bottle. Just as well. It is drinking fine now. A lot of the heat has subsided. Kirsch and Provençal herbs.

2003 vintage

Nez de fraise compotée, de kirsch. Bouche ronde et épicée, le vin est puissant, un peu cuit, chaleureux, pas agressant, voire agréable, mais tout de même simple. Les invités ont semblé apprécier beaucoup plus que moi....86 pts

2003 vintage

Leather and black cherry on the nose. Full bodied with waves of luscious ripe fruit. Definitely leaning towards a modern style, but just enough rusticness to keep this real. Still going strong for a 2003.

2003 vintage

A ripe nose of blackberry, fig, herbs and licorice lead way to much of the same on the palate along with a tobacco, vanilla and a roasted meat quality flavor profile. While good it left me wanting more.

2003 vintage

Merveilleux accompagnement aux fromages que ce Châteauneuf du Pape aux nombreux cépages. Tannins très bien fondus et une finale qui perdure fort agréablement.

2003 vintage

Bright garnet. Medium nose of boysenberries and blackberries, properly ripe palate of dark berries and some plum, but a little hollow. The finish is medium-long and pleasing. This wine has reasonable tannic grip for a CdP, no obvious alcohol despite the 14.5% ABV.

2003 vintage

Old-world with a bit of modernity. Leather and hay in the nose with lean, chocolate, leather and light berry flavors. Tannins are plenty sufficient as is a certain pepper heat on the finish. Mature, probably beginning to slide. Drink now.

2003 vintage

Drinking very well at this point with a nice nose of Rhone funk, raspberry, sage, thyme, and licorice. On the palate, nice with red fruits, anise, herbs, and nice funk. Decent acidity, finishes a little on the hot side. Great pairing with lamb.

2003 vintage

Pretty good. Not sure this won't be better in a year or two, but we shall see. Classic southern Rhone flavors, still young-seeming tannins. Maybe a little vanilla, but very subtle. Mostly nice herbs, dark fruits, definitely can taste the Grenache. Glad I bought a few of this a few years ago.

2003 vintage

Monthly tasting club "The Tasting Club" Champagne and C9duP (Lady C, a future MW?) : Garnet with an orange rim. Beautiful bouquet with a lot of garrigue, some cherries and pleasant farmyard impressions. On the palate garrigue, jammy berry fruits, chocolate, good acidity and tannin with still a pleasant bite. A lovely, concentrated and complex wine which is completely at its top. Really lovely. No real hurry, but it will not improve anymore.

2003 vintage

Classic and drinking beautifully. Great value.

2003 vintage

Fruit is blowing off, suggest drinking shortly.

2003 vintage

Great year and a really fine wine. Drank with no food and was a wonderful afternoon (after drinking both bottles) with some friends.

2003 vintage

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Domaine Grand Veneur Domaine Grand Veneur Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Origines, France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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