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Thursday, December 24, 2020 - I initially planned to hold on to this bottle for an additional year or two, as I uncorked my first bottle in May 2020. Because my landlord's son is going to leave the city shortly after Christmas, and his favourite wine region is Southern Rhône, I had an excuse to commit another infanticide.

2016 Domaine de la Charbonnière Les Hautes Brusquières was powerful and perfumed, interlaced with profound ripe dark fruits and complex herbs. The youthful Châteauneuf-du-Pape was clear and medium ruby in colour without any sediments.

Freshly uncorked, there were subtle aromas of ripe dark cherry and thyme herbs and a hint of bitter astringency. It took four hours of in-bottle aeration to resolve the bitterness and open up impressive aromatics of blackberry, lavender and liqourice, followed by black pepper, wet stones and smoke.

The mouthfeel was dry and full-bodied, with medium levels of fresh acidity and polished tannin. Intense flavours of kirsch, violets, garrigue and stony minerality expanded on the mid-palate, transitioning to bramble and medium roasted coffee in a long remarkable aftertaste.

At 16% alcohol, the heat was a bit noticeable as it warmed up it glass. In order to retain more delicate floral and fruity aromatics, and to mitigate the alcoholic sensation, it could be served gently chilled at cellar temperature at around 13 degree Celsius. The blend was composed of 60% Grenache and 40% Syrah. About 10,000 bottles were produced in 2016.

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