2016 Domaine des Sénéchaux Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  1/21/2024 - FrankScheldeman wrote:

  Heavy stuff. Alcoholic. Cold serving. Some fruit stil but start of degrading fruit

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  1/2/2024 - johnharty wrote: 92 Points

  Deep garnett in the glass... A little age but there is plenty of life in this one.
  
  On the nose there are red fruits upfront with a little plum and cocoa coming through with some herbaciousness.
  
  Not a blockbuster. It has balanced tannins initially, then cherry and long vanilla finish. 91.5 and with the glass half full I'll stretch to 92.

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  12/16/2023 - RoelD Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This is an excellent Châteauneuf from the Cazes family of Ch.Lynch Bages, according to their website composed of 60% Grenache, 22% Syrah, 17% Mourvèdre and 1% Vaccarèse. Fermentation takes place in cement cuves and the wine is aged in a mixture of used oak barrels, foudres and cement cuves. A deep youthful purple red color is followed by a very special bouquet: a mix of red and black fruits with provencal herbs and garrigue. The taste is meaty with a mix of all kinds of fruits that can be found on a provencal market, firm but ripe tannins, sufficient acidity for a good balance and a long voluptuous finale. This is famtastic to drink young but can probably last for 10 years. Much better than the 2015.

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  10/6/2023 - Oldmanzin Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Medium to full bodied. Wonderful expression of fruit with accents of Mediterranean spice. Good juice.

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  8/1/2023 - Beeck10 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Let the bottle open for 2 hours before starting. Didn’t decant it ! We had some pasta with meat ! The nose was full of flavors with red fruit like cherry and a very good balance between nose and mouth , the pallet was delicate and had finesse , but through the end there was some rough edge , would not describe as greenish but from perfect entrance didn’t finish all through end, but still a great bottle that I would open any night !

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