2016 Mas de Boislauzon Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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  3/31/2024 - kassim10 wrote: flawed

  Seemed to have become corked.

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  1/17/2024 - newsguy1 wrote: 89 Points

  I've had two of our three bottles over the past year, and a similar, disappointing experience with both. Poured through an aerator into a decanter, but tannin and acid overpowered the dark fruits and spices. No major improvement even after an hour or two. 89 points.
  
  Quite surprised that folks say the drinking window of this opened in 2020. I'd give this at least another year or two before opening a bottle. But better yet, another five. That's when I hope to open our final one. Assuming this truly does come toigether, it should have a pretty long life ahead.

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  6/24/2023 - KidC wrote: 92 Points

  Served at 19 degrees, 1.5 h in decanter. Quite funky and flabby right out of bottle, balances out nicely after an hour or so. Garrique, warm strawberries, a bit of Port. Still quite tannic. Balanced but constantly bordering on over the top. Lenght and nose is massive. Slight sweetness that I hope will integrate even further. Needs rich food, dark meat was a nice pairing. Two bottles left. Will hold these for 3+ years. Quite a bit sediment. Let the bottle stand for a few hours before decanting.

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  4/7/2022 - thesternowl wrote: 92 Points

  Pop and poured; consumed over five days. Best on day three and four. The 2016 pours a deep garnet, bearing purple with a near opaque core. Medium+ viscosity with some fine sediment. On the nose, brambles, garrigue, lavender and borsellino. It sort of reminds me of a damp earthen basement in the most endearing of ways. On the palate, the wine the dry; medium+ tannins that build through day four before softening. Acid is medium. The fruit set from the nose is confirmed…it’s a lot of delicious fruit with some leather, black pepper and earth. Long finish. These needed some time and the rewards are beginning to show. I have another bottle left and I’ll save that for a few years down the road.

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  12/10/2020 - thesternowl wrote: 91 Points

  Decanted for a two hours before we got into this bottle and then consumed over the following three hours. This is one of the more unique producers from Chateauneuf du Pape as they are known to have the most prized and oldest Mourvèdre in the region. Initially, this had the funkiest aroma, almost that of a high school locker room. Thankfully, that blew off after about five minutes. What remained was a powerful, concentrated wine with a bouquet of red and blue fruits with garrigue and exotic spices. On the palate, red cherries and baked blueberries and an unmistakable kiss of black pepper. Very good acid and sneaky tannins; characteristic of the vintage. And while the 15% abv is kept fairly well in check, it does have a touch of heat on the finish. Fun to try one now but I expect this to show better after 2025.

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