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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 20 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ephorn on 1/2/2023 & rated 80 points: The balance is off. Harsh palate. Too much astringency. Not sure that it will improve. (632 views) | | | Tasted by JackCali on 10/15/2019 & rated 91 points: Interesting dark fruits, moderate tannin (2189 views) | | | Tasted by ieatprawnsss on 6/9/2019: PnP at a friend's pre-holiday barbecue. Nose was classic CdP, red fruit, sweet spices and garrigue. Palate felt slightly off-balance and had a distinct dullness / bitter quality, but likely due to the fact it was poorly paired with the food served. Previous bottle that we drank standalone was more inviting, so will not put a rating to this. (2185 views) | | | Tasted by JerM on 4/20/2019 & rated 92 points: The Great 2019 Easter Marathon!; 4/17/2019-4/26/2019 (Sydney): Rich, juicy, milk chocolate. Rich sweet berries. Layered, fine resolved tannin. Black Forest cake!
(last bottle!) (2427 views) | | | Tasted by InternationalWineReport on 10/17/2018 & rated 93 points: The 2015 Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a fantastic showing from the Diffonty family. This instantly opens to vivid aromas of blackberries, cherries and dark plums, which are woven together with spice cake, black olives, smoke and hints of violet nuances all coming together in the glass. On the palate this is full-bodied, displaying remarkable overall concentration and depth, with a core of ripe red and dark fruits expanding through the wine. Well balanced and beautifully textured, this continues to impress as it finishes long and velvety. Today, this is already quite impressive, however it will ultimately benefit from a bit more bottle age before it begins to show its full potential. (Best 2019-2030) (2831 views) | | | Tasted by rm97 on 8/28/2018 & rated 92 points: Rich smooth and delicious
Tannins are there but not overbearing
Lovely to drink now but am sure will get a lot better (2262 views) | | | Tasted by JerM on 10/8/2017 & rated 92 points: Tomasso's birthday! (geylang serai): Gosh, hedonistic, rich, velvet creamy dark lush fruits, lined with herbal garrigue and a milk chocolate finish. Young, but yes, why wait? (3081 views) | | | Tasted by aero on 10/7/2017: Decanted 3 hours, consumed over 2 days. It’s big and young. Feels like new world CdP. Not sure I totally get it, comes across backwards and with uninteresting force. It’s flavorful cacophony. The quality is certainly there. Two more bottles, will try again in the 2020s. (2705 views) | | | Tasted by JerM on 8/28/2017: Uighur Brunner! (Kiroran): Chalky tannin, leafy blueberries, purple fruits. sweet, herbaceous. Modern, young. (2360 views) | | | Tasted by JerM on 8/25/2017 & rated 92 points: Justina Visits! (Russell Lea): Rich, powerful sweet raisin, fig, pitch, earth, pepper, soft leather. Pastille, transparent purity. Long lingering minty finish. (2015 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 8/21/2017 & rated 93 points: Incense and red fruits are the first thing you notice. On the palate, the wine has a nice polish to all its rich, sweet, fleshy red berries, freshness for lift and round textures in the finish. The wine was made from blending 65% Grenache, 25% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre. (2796 views) |
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JebDunnuck.com, France, Southern Rhône: The Elegant and Lively 2015s and Heavenly 2016s (10/19/2017)
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Vinous, 2015 Châteauneuf-du-Pape: Power and Balance (Mar 2017) (3/1/2017)
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Vinous, Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reds: The Flamboyant 2014s and the Structured 2013s (Apr 2016) (4/1/2016)
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| Château Sixtine Producer websiteRed 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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