Community Tasting Notes 11

• vagrantone Likes this wine: 92 points

  July 29, 2020 - If this is a poor vintage of Chateauneuf-du-pape then sign me up!
  At 26 years of age, this wine is still drinking beautifully.
  The color is lighter with some amber along the edge but nothing wrong with that.
  Beautiful nose clear on the evolved side, dominated by spicy, mineral and earthy side with plenty of evolved fruit remaining. If you're looking for a "fresh fruit bomb" this isn't it ; thankfully...
  The wine is clearly on the lighter side in terms of texture with the fruit drying up. So lively, long finish, a very elegant wine.
  A treat!

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• jmoore431 wrote: 91 points

  July 30, 2018 - Palish bright translucent red color with trace of cloudiness; some nice briary red cherry fruit still; very pleasant forest floor and candied red fruit palate; very much alive still bit with interesting complexity to show for its aging. Softly textured despite some evident acidity which is holding things together. Showing nicely.

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• peter.mancell@mfg.com.au Likes this wine: 91 points

  December 24, 2012 - Getting towards the end of its life. Not a lot of primary fruit remaining.
  Lighter bodied Grenache blend with plenty of spice and acidity....good
  drinking with Xmas lunch of smoked quail, ham, duck and turkey.

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• Mistress of Wine wrote:

  April 10, 2011 - Last of a case. Garnet with some diffuse clearing. Nose of roasted meats, garrigue and pepper. Very smooth with some traces of black pepper and sour cherry still present on the palate. A graceful end to the life of this case.

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• Brad L wrote:

  January 23, 2010 - So much better than the last. Drunk out of a Dasani sport bottle smuggled into Avatar. Beautiful wine, in secondaries, full, garrigue, hmmmmmmm. John Gilman's note is perfect for this bottle.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1994
• Type Red
• Producer Les Cailloux (Lucien et André Brunel)
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
• UPC Code 087396004256

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• Pending Delivery 1 (1%)
• In Cellars 95 (56%)
• Consumed 74 (44%)

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