2016 Domaine Saint Préfert Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réserve Auguste Favier

Community Tasting Notes (28) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  1/24/2024 - SixHedgehogs Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Deep garnet. Cherry and phenolic aromas, touch of oak/varnish. Delicious, complex flavours of cherry, pepper, chocolate, with dry tannins and balancing acidity. At the end a note of blueberry pie. Lovely.

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  1/8/2024 - stkilda Likes this wine: 94 Points

  I am a big fan of this vintage of CNDP particularly with wines that do not have excessive heat from the raised alcohol levels . This comes in at 14abv and is a pleasure to drink. I gave this a quick half hour decant whilst ensuring the wine was brought up to room temperature in a freezing Scotland where the owner does not put up the heating that’s me . Anyhow there’s a lot to like about this , big jammy fruit but also very good balance . A touch dry on the finish but let’s not complain too much.

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  12/23/2023 - hoservin Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Decanted for one hour. Aromas of black raspberry, black cherry, anise, dried herbs and bramble. Black raspberry, black cherry, anise, vanilla, herbs and underbrush on the palate. Long finish. Medium to full bodied. A pretty wine that is just hitting its stride. Served with cassoulet.

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  10/31/2023 - Wine.ape wrote: 89 Points

  Needs like 10 years. Too medicinal on the nose with tons of stuffing.

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  10/7/2023 - David B wrote: 95 Points

  Opened a 2000 bordeaux that was tired and saw this on my "try" shelf. Glad I did. Had it with Sauteed boneless chicken medallions with cheese/jalapeño sausage, peas, herbed San Marzano tomatoes over polenta.
  A happy crowd. This wine was a pop and pour. Rich, dark berry fruit on the nose. Same thing on the palate but with some faint smoke and remarkably fresh dark fruits, silky for such a young wine. The fruits were like a dark berry menthol that stayed with you in a good way. I learned tonight that I need to drink more Grenache and at a younger age.

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