2016 Château d'Aqueria Tavel

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 88.3 points

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  8/9/2022 - premiercru1973 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  In the nose the fruit have become more burnt and dried instead if the sweet strawberries that were dominant in it's youth. The tertiary notes are increasingly present with delicate notes of sous bois and tart berries. The texture is soft and velvety but the alcohol is too dominant leaving the mouth feel unbalanced along with an unpleasant bitterness in the finish. Drink up!

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  9/27/2020 - CorkTaint69 Likes this wine:

  Tasted from mag. Definitely agree with notes below about campari-esque flavors. Much more herbaceous and savory that fruity, which is why I imagine most people wouldn’t like it or would find it strange. I love it. A delicious balance of juicy strawberries with sage, dried flowers, medicine cabinet, orange peel, mushrooms, petrolish flavors akin to those of aged Riesling and flint/smoke. It possesses high acid and a slightly bitter finish (like that of Campari but much milder) which compliments fatty dishes exceptionally. It was delicious with pizza, it would go equally as well with something refined like poached salmon with peas and morels. I haven’t had a bottle older than this so I don’t know if it can age longer, but given the structure and flavors I would assume it could continue to improve, as long as you’re into tertiary flavors

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  7/18/2020 - Oenecnist wrote:

  Further to my Note of January 26, 2020: Enjoyed another bottle, finding once again tartness dominating fruit. Holding up well, given the change in character.

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  1/26/2020 - Oenecnist wrote:

  Further to my note of Aug 10 '19: this is #8. Pleasant pairing with herb-crusted salmon--dry, somewhat bitter chilled rose', but the fruit is farther gone. The impression now resembles campari and water with good mouthfeel--similar bitterness. Overall evaluation stays the same--not a problem that the fruit has faded.

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  12/15/2019 - Brooks81 wrote: 65 Points

  Unimpressed, too dry for a rose & tasted old.

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