2012 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée de mon Aïeul

Community Tasting Notes (36) Avg Score: 92.9 points

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  5/1/2024 - Sanlucar Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Confusingly; this tasted more like old-vine Zinfandel. The winemaking style is very old-world; it's from 100% Grenache (100 year old vines) and it has plenty of spice and burnt shrubbery, but it only expresses it's sweet fruit and unique old-vine Grenache distinction immediately upon opening. Decanted for 3 hours and within an hour, it converts into the old-vine Zinfandel; somewhat sappy, heavy bramble and pepper spice.

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  2/11/2024 - Philippe_C wrote: 96 Points

  Loads of herbes de Provence, BBQ roasted meat, sandalwood… Uper delicate, feminine, strawberries, sappy, salty red cherries

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  5/7/2023 - Bwallace Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I clearly had a bad bottle last time. This one hit on all cylinders tonight…outstanding!

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  3/20/2023 - Funky96 Does not like this wine: 89 Points

  Aromas: Menthol, Cassis, Stewed plum, tobacco, cedar, Brambles, spice.
  
  Medium Plus body, medium acidity. Tannins slightly grippy still.
  
  More red than dark fruit on the tongue. Finish was quite long.
  
  Overall, quite decent. However, this was too big and cloying for me.

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  3/12/2023 - Wino133 wrote: 93 Points

  It is a bit thinner on the body than other Mon Aieuls as I remember from the past.
  
  90 minutes - 2 hours in the decanter blew away a little bit of funk
  
  Really liked it, doesn't taste as high alcohol as you'd expect
  
  Drinking nicely over the next 5 years I'd wager

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