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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

2009 Marcoux Chateauneuf-du-Pape

.. from magnum.
Slow-o for 4 hours prior to dinner. 
Could have benefited from further aeration in a decanter at the restaurant but we poured from bottle instead.
Still young, yet the edges rounded off nicely with air in the glasses over the course of a couple of hours through dinner. 
Well executed, serviceable CdP for the vintage. Lush raspberry fruit accented by attractive minerality and garrigue. It wants to be paired with food. 
First course of fried oysters with dill yogurt and drizzled with Calabrian chili oil.
2nd course of venison sugo strozzopreti with chiles en adobo.
Dessert of home-made pumpkin cheesecake
Have a couple of magums left and will wait another 2 to 3 years before trying the next one.

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