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100 WA.
"Even better than the La Combe des Fous and representing the essence of the southern Rhône, with notions of beef blood, ground pepper, melted licorice and kirsch liqueur, the 2003 Clos Saint Jean Châteauneuf-du-Pape Deus-Ex Machina is broad-shouldered and structured on the palate, with a meaty chewiness to its texture, masses of ripe tannin and blockbuster length on the finish. Seamless, decadently rich, yet also weightless, it is a monumental Châteauneuf-du-Pape that will stand with the greatest wines of the world. It will continue to evolve gracefully, but why wait." eRobertParker.com #207, Jun 2013 |