93
points
Domaine de la Côte de l'Ange 2003 Vieilles Vignes Red (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Tradition relates that an angel rested briefly on the slopes of the vineyard owned now by Monique Mestre and Yannick Gasparri. The wine from these 80-year-old vines certainly has a heavenly length to it, full of hugely ripe Grenache which bursts out of the glass. There are also big, tough tannins which promise long aging.
— R.V.
(12/31/2005)
89
points
Domaine de la Côte de l'Ange 2003 Red (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
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$29
The label is fabulous, a 19th-century design that has survived. The wine is maybe less unusual, but is certainly finely made, with perfumed dusty tannins, sweet fruit and solid wood flavors. This is a wine that will certainly last for 10 years.
— R.V.
(12/31/2005)