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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.7 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by Rossodio on 12/28/2012 & rated 91 points: Drink this NOW as it is just starting its downslide at the end of its life. This is a classically styled and proportioned Chateauneuf du Pape, with nice secondary and tertiary aromas and tastes of garrigue, kitchen spice, and a very healthy helping of Grenache wrapped up in a nice little package. Tannins are resolved and the midpalate is just beginning to thin. A nice bottle for the price paid ($25 in 2011? Wow...). (2193 views) | | Tasted by andtheodor on 6/20/2011: Nice raspberry, savory herb nose with distinct dryness and a touch of oxidation. Dry garrigue palate, the sweet fruited nose not translating to the palate. A little tar and a glimpse of leather/leaves. Adequate acidity, dry finish, looking pretty mature, drink up. (2657 views) | | Tasted by pbaek on 6/7/2010: Not decanted. Orange/brown color, this looks old. The color turns a bit darker and a bit more red with air. Mature Chateauneuf nose of dried cherry fruit, pine needles, garrigue, licorice and smoke. The fruit is still in the forefront. It is very sweet and Grenachy. The tannins are resolved. There are wonderful flavors of forest floor and mushrooms mixed in with the dried cherry fruit. There is good complexity here and the wine is not heavy or heady. Alcohol: 13.5% as per the label. From the days when Chateauneuf was more about refinement. Great companion with the quail. At La Table du Comtat in Seguret - a great spot for dinner in the Southern Rhone. (2712 views) |
| Bosquet des Papes Producer website - Read more about Bosquet des PapesRed 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)
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape Châteauneuf-du-Pape Appellation - Read more about Chateauneuf du Pape
Another site on this appellation Vineyards on weinlagen-info
"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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