Community Tasting Note

csimm wrote:

Wednesday, July 7, 2021 - 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape 99/100 point wine taste-off (and a couple of pirate Rhone wines): Vastly improved from the 2003 (467), this 2005 (580) showed a decent resume of red fruit and earth in a friendly package. Still, this carried flavors familiar to the 2003, including sherry, caramel, leather, and citrus rind. This was not totally obliterated the way the 2003 was, but it seemed much more advanced than it should be for its age. The 2005 reminds me of an ok pepperoni pizza wine that some guy named Mario might pull from the back of a warm shelf next to the cash register and slide you over a couple of heavy crystal highball glasses to drink it out of.

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