1994 Château Cabrières Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Community Tasting Notes (4) Median Score: 85 points

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  11/17/2023 - Snowey Likes this wine:

  Had at wine industry dinner at our house. Corked :(. Somm select was awesome about it and gave me a gift card for the value

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  7/9/2022 - alohaboys Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Who am I to diss a 28 yo wine? Wonderful with dinner of pork loin.

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  5/25/2021 - NoahCap wrote:

  Purchased from SommSelect- supposedly stored in the domaine's cellar from bottling until 2020. Label looks freshly applied, cork is 1/4 soaked through, otherwise intact.
  
  The wine is clearly in very good shape. The color is lighter than one might expect from Chateauneuf; ruby colored, transparent, light, the rim just starting to show a faint amount of bricking. Aromas are more aged than than appearance though with leather, hay, saddlesoap, balanced with a good deal of drying red fruits, mostly raspberries and cherries. There are aromas of dried herbs as well, sage and thyme. The palate confirms the nose, it's a tug of war between old leather and dried raspberries. The finish is short to medium.
  
  The wine is good, is in very good shape, and yet I can't help but feel that the years have obscured the sense of place and identity. It tastes nice, and I enjoy it, but I'd be hard pressed to call this Chateauneuf if blinded. It tastes like generic old red wine from somewhere in Europe. I like aged Old World reds as much as the next guy, but not at the cost of typicality.
  
  I usually don't grade wines, but the previous CellarTracker reviewer scored this wine 60 out of 100! That seems really harsh! At the end of the day, I did enjoy drinking a 27 yr old S Rhone in excellent shape for well below $100. I mean, how often do you get to do that? For that alone, I'd give it a B/B+.

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  2/14/2021 - ilant207 wrote: 60 Points

  Either it didn't age well or passed its peak or just overrated. Wasn't anything special, had much better Rhone Reds for less than half the price.

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