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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.4 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by austinbeeman- austinbeeman.com on 5/19/2013 & rated 91 points: Library Release - direct from the winery's stash.
2 bottles tasted. One perfectly mature - one still young. Notes combine the two.
Bright red cherry cola color with minimal tawny rimming. The red Grenache fruit is both sophisticated and aloof. Starting to get some 'bottle bouquet.' Acidity is noticeable and very welcome. Any tannins are mostly gone, but their frame is still here. Finish is light but very persistent.
Drink now, but don't be in a hurry.
$37.99 OH retail
www.austinbeeman.com (2869 views) | | | Tasted by InVinjeVeritas on 11/23/2011 & rated 92 points: Full of flavour and force. Like a hermitage in style. Aging aroma, but should have several years left on top. (3479 views) | | | Tasted by pereik on 10/16/2011 & rated 85 points: Weak nose with some flowers and meat from game. The animal notes are at the forefront in the mouth. Not much fruit left. Nice acidity and a little tannins. (3291 views) | | | Tasted by Shiaxonna on 9/16/2011 flawed bottle: Flaw! Plastic smell and taste! (3380 views) | | | Tasted by Shiaxonna on 9/16/2011 & rated 85 points: The problem about this wine is that it's over the top. Drank the 1996 last week, and it was magnificient! This one is boring and without any nerve. Filling up the glass there is one descent sip of wine before old age squeezes out the rest of the feeling and concentration and what's left is just oxidiced juice without soul. It's watered out and dissipates in seconds. (3384 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 4/15/2011: Light and refined in style, the vintage showing thorugh I'm sure. But plenty of fresh, sweet cherry fruit. Very Grenache. Also, a nice dose of lavender and thyme. In a good spot right now with the wine showing nice fruit along with secondary nuances. I like the fact that it's not made in the blockbuster style. (1135 views) | | | Tasted by tendring on 7/22/2002: Wine Education Service - Southern Rhône: Ruby brown.
A farmyard nose, animal, betraying spirit.
A fruity lightish wine for drinking now. (480 views) |
| Château Fortia Producer website - Read more about Chateau FortiaRed 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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