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| Drinking window: Drink between 2022 and 2036 (based on 4 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by drmilkweed on 2/11/2024 & rated 93 points: Aromatic, light body, forest floor, integrated fruit and tannin, secondary and tertiary notes, well into peak drinking (161 views) | | | Tasted by LingonTuvan on 11/4/2023 & rated 89 points: A bit anonymous. Maybe still too young. (374 views) | | | Tasted by Adammooredds on 7/22/2023 & rated 88 points: The.real.jdm nailed it in his review, too leathery for me, I think a several hour decant would help (555 views) | | | Tasted by the.real.jdm on 9/7/2022 & rated 90 points: Garnet colored with slow legs. No sediment.
Aromas of forest floor, mushroom, toast, oak, vanilla, clove, petrol, tea, and tobacco. Tastes of strawberry, raspberry, black currant (cassis), prune, dust, garrigue, and oregano
The body is medium/full. The wine has leathery texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity. (1042 views) | | | Tasted by wineismylife on 5/7/2022 & rated 92 points: WIML92
Tasted non blind.
Garnet to dark garnet color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of leather, smoke and berries. Flavors of berries, raspberries and cherries. Medium acidity, medium tannin, full bodied. Drink with air or hold. (1202 views) | | | Tasted by KNNOngQW on 5/4/2022 & rated 91 points: Very close to claude dugat gevrey. Leathery and fruity (968 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 3/10/2022: Domaine La Milliere Tasting (Oak Barrel, Elizabeth Street, Sydney): Rich, ripe concentrated dark hued fruits, baking spice, a little almost black olive. Juicy, fleshy, tannins are a little overbearing for the fruit for me...granular texture but the fruit gets lost beneath this. Also getting a touch of wood glue and brett. Nah. (970 views) | | | Tasted by Bwallace on 7/28/2021 & rated 93 points: Agree this needs some time to breath but after 2 hour decant it was great. Drinks like a $100 cdp in another vintage. (1045 views) | | | Tasted by drmilkweed on 1/20/2021 & rated 91 points: Black and blue fruit (especially blackberry) and lots of spice. Obviously young, but showing very well on day 2. strong oak dominates finish. This seems to have the potential to develop into a very complex wine. (1113 views) | | | Tasted by Zafer on 8/19/2020 flawed bottle: I suspect this bottle was exposed to heat at some point, so I'll withhold rating it an 86. VERY muted out of the bottle, very acidic, medium-light body, raw tannins. Hours of decanting opened it up a bit to dried apricots and less of other dried fruit, short-lived. Drank the magnum over 3 days re-cellared with argon, same each time. (1468 views) | | | Tasted by dsenni on 4/27/2020 & rated 94 points: After two hours, this was a beauty. Pretty classic flavors- black fruit, black pepper, and earth- but you don't need a CdP to push the envelope. Medium balanced acidity and soft tannins. Happy to have three more of these guys. (1748 views) | | | Tasted by Winning_Wines on 4/24/2020 & rated 93 points: By day two and three this was really singing, after some much needed time to settle down. Very aromatic, frank and crisp. This needs some more time to gain complexity, but the potential is there. (1613 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 9/12/2018 & rated 93 points: Medium bodied, soft, elegant, forward, ripe and refined, the kirsch has a peppery angle that adds to the character, keeping the wine fresh, rich, deep and complex. The blend was produced from 60% old vine Grenache, 10% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah, 10% Cinsault and 10% Counoise. (3477 views) |
| Domaine La Millière Producer website - Read more about Domaine la MilliereRed 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. Vieilles Vignes Old Vine/Vieilles Vignes (Wikipedia)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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