WINE =======: 1999 Chateau des Finnes Roches Chateauneuf du Pape
Tasting Date: 2003-04-09
Score       : 83

Notes
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This wine was tasted over a two-day period and from the
first sip to the last, was profoundly uninspiring. I'm not
sure exactly what I expected with a $15 bottle of CdP from
Nicolas, but even with modest expectations I found this to
be a disappointment. The bouquet of creamy dark fruit was
enticing (though no oak or cedar, old or new was present)
but the wine was very unbalanced, with tannins heading for
the hills faster than a VW bus full of golden-ticketed
archeology grad students enroute to a Phish concert.  The
wine's bitterness brought back memories of an elementary
school crush I once had, when I finally gathered the courage
to ask for my fantasy maiden's telephone number, I later
discovered it was the request line for a local radio
station.  In short, my interest in this wine lasted even
less than my elementary, illusionary romance, with an
equally unfulfilling ending.
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