2016 Domaine de Ferrand Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  4/27/2024 - vr.bart Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This is in a very good spot right now. Give it some air and the fruit profile will unfold again. Tannins fully integrated. Balanced. If it had a bit more complexity in the mid palette this would gain a point in my book.

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  6/13/2023 - Mountster27 wrote: 90 Points

  This showed more age than I expected.
  Raisiny syrupy nose I would have thought more Amarone like than Chateauneuf.
  Sharp acidity and otherwise well integrated tannins.
  I had to think about this more than I expected

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  8/8/2021 - vr.bart Likes this wine: 92 Points

  At the moment this might be closing down. Restraint dusty nose showing some cherries. Soft palette with integrated tannins and nice acidic lift towards the end

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  2/14/2021 - RajeshA wrote: 86 Points

  Not much to say about this wine.
  
  Nose:?red fruits but honestly it is fade as the French would say.
  
  In mouth decent acidity, fairly tannic though they are smooth. Length is short.
  Mgiven the excellent ratings is it my bottle?

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  4/20/2020 - zanksta Likes this wine:

  Very good! Clear, deep crimson with bluish-violet. This is younger than intended but shows well as it gets air. Huge kirsch/sour cherry notes underpin everything else. Starts on primary acidity/sourness and quickly pivots to herbs and balances with sweeter black fruit (blackberry and plum?). Slight alcohol overtone fades with a little air. Was still evolving by hour 5. Stands up to food; acid cuts well against rich fats and proteins. No regrets about opening this but as you’d expect its best days are ahead.

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