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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.5 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by aagerber on 4/2/2021 & rated 92 points: Cherry. Forest floor. Tobacco. (417 views) | | | Tasted by Bill Bucklew on 9/4/2013 & rated 88 points: A complex nose of roasted meat, mixed red and black fruit and smoke. Mature palate, subtle notes of brambly fruit which picked up weight with some air time. Secondary notes of dry herbs, coffee and some oxidative Madeira like flavors. This is not going to improve, drink up! (1647 views) | | | Tasted by SacredCow on 3/30/2005 & rated 89 points: On the nose, red fruits, raw meat, lavendar and pepper. On the palate, medium bodied with plum, dark cherries, raw meat and pepper, finishing a little shorter and more tannic than I would prefer. This one should have been decanted longer, or allowed to sleep for a long time. (2446 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 11/18/2004 & rated 91 points: Jammy black fruit, pepper, herbs, olives and tomatoes. The palate experiences the perfect blend of suave and wild, rustic elements. Drink this on the young side. (2124 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 6/28/2003 & rated 88 points: Nice blackberry nose; one note berry, cherry palate with little complexity; short-medium finish 88+ pts. (709 views) | | | Tasted by Vino Me on 5/2/2003 & rated 89 points: The Kristial gets its name from the Northeastern section of the CdP appellation called Cristia where the grapes for this wine are grown. Approximately 420 cases of this wine are made. It is 95% Grenache. This medium bodied wine had a dark reddish purple color. We drank it side by side with the 1998 Fontodi Syrah and I think we all agreed that despite being a good wine, it paled in comparison. It had sweet fruit with notes of blackberry, raw meat and plum and black pepper on the finish. It had a chewy texture with soft tannins. The finish was not as long as I had hoped. I give it 89-90 points. (2822 views) |
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Vinous, January/February 2003, IWC Issue #106
(Patrick Lesec Chateauneuf du Pape Kristial) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
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(Patrick Lesec Châteauneuf-du-Pape Kristial) Nice blackberry nose; one note berry, cherry palate with little complexity; short-medium finish 88+ pts. 88 points |
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Red Rhone Blend Read about the different grapes used to produce red and white Rhone wines
On CellarTracker, Red Rhone Blend is the term for a wine consisting of two or more of the traditional 13 Southern Rhone grape varieties. Typically it's the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre or Cinsault grapes, but can also contain the Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Picpoul, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Picardan or Vaccarese grapes.
A 'food' wine. Lacking pretension and intended for local consumption with local cuisine. Lacks the 'high' notes on a Bordeaux, more earthy and sharper so often a better partner to meat dishes with a sauce. France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Southern Rhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Southern Rhone Valley
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Châteauneuf-du-Pape Appellation - Read more about Chateauneuf du Pape
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"As I have written many times in the past, the sweet spot for drinking Châteauneuf du Papes is usually the first 5-6 years after the vintage. Then they seem to go through an adolescent, awkward, and sometimes dormant stage, only to re-emerge around year 10-12, where the majority of wines are often fully mature. The best of them will continue to hold on to life (but rarely improving) beyond 15-20 years. It is only the exceptional Châteauneuf du Papes that will evolve for 20-25+ years, and those are indeed a rarity. However, things may be improving dramatically in terms of the longevity of Châteauneuf du Pape, although Grenache-dominated wines, the vast majority of wines produced in the appellation, are wines that do not have the polyphenol (extract and tannin) content of top Cabernet Sauvignons, Merlots, or Syrah-based wines. Nevertheless, the younger generation in Châteauneuf du Pape has taken seriously the farming in the vineyards. There are more organic and biodynamically run vineyards here than in any other appellation of France. The yields, which were already low, are even lower today (20-35 hectoliters per hectare), and of course, the proliferation of top luxury and/or old-vine cuvées gives a significant boost to the number of wines that will evolve past 25 or 30 years. The advantage of these wines is their broad window of drinkability." - Robert Parker
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