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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by @jaykay on 3/31/2024: Still young and fresh. Red and black fruits with some herbs and leather. Great food wine. Very little sediment. (134 views) | | | Tasted by Veg on 2/28/2022: Good C du P. Drinking well now, drinking window looks a bit ambitious, I would err on a few years less. (975 views) | | | Tasted by cubswinws on 10/8/2020 & rated 91 points: Nice solid wine with nice syrah component. (1456 views) | | | Tasted by mpsocal on 7/24/2020 & rated 89 points: Juicy wine with solid flavors. It doesn’t disappoint. (1427 views) | | | Tasted by cubswinws on 6/19/2020 & rated 93 points: Beautiful wine with nice round tannins and hint of spice on the finish. Should drink well over the next 5 years. (1592 views) | | | Tasted by mpsocal on 9/22/2019 & rated 92 points: Delicate wine with delicious fruit flavors. Wine has great balance and is a joy to drink. (2001 views) | | | Tasted by mpsocal on 8/10/2019 & rated 91 points: This wine is smooth with an abundance of fruit. (1458 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 8/21/2017 & rated 92 points: Polished, sweet and fresh, there is an elegant texture to the juicy, sweet kirsch that is complicated by spicy notes and soft, round tannins. The finish delivers a bowl of fresh, juicy, cherries. The wine was made using 70% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre and 10% Syrah. (3485 views) | | | Tasted by beatles on 4/21/2016 & rated 93 points: A very first look at this, and maybe not surprising that this domaine (with this wine) has done well en the very rich and somewhat American-leaning vintage. The Grenache here is both rich, creamy and lush, very concentrated indeed, but in a very good balance still. I will by some of this, I think, it will be long lived. #Fete de Saint Marc (2244 views) |
| Vignobles Mayard Producer website
Read about Vignobles MayardRed Rhone Blend Read about the different grapes used to produce red and white Rhone wines
On CellarTracker, Red Rhone Blend is the term for a wine consisting of two or more of the traditional 13 Southern Rhone grape varieties. Typically it's the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre or Cinsault grapes, but can also contain the Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Picpoul, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Picardan or Vaccarese grapes.
A 'food' wine. Lacking pretension and intended for local consumption with local cuisine. Lacks the 'high' notes on a Bordeaux, more earthy and sharper so often a better partner to meat dishes with a sauce. France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Southern Rhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Southern Rhone Valley
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Châteauneuf-du-Pape Appellation - Read more about Chateauneuf du Pape
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Vineyards on weinlagen-info
"As I have written many times in the past, the sweet spot for drinking Châteauneuf du Papes is usually the first 5-6 years after the vintage. Then they seem to go through an adolescent, awkward, and sometimes dormant stage, only to re-emerge around year 10-12, where the majority of wines are often fully mature. The best of them will continue to hold on to life (but rarely improving) beyond 15-20 years. It is only the exceptional Châteauneuf du Papes that will evolve for 20-25+ years, and those are indeed a rarity. However, things may be improving dramatically in terms of the longevity of Châteauneuf du Pape, although Grenache-dominated wines, the vast majority of wines produced in the appellation, are wines that do not have the polyphenol (extract and tannin) content of top Cabernet Sauvignons, Merlots, or Syrah-based wines. Nevertheless, the younger generation in Châteauneuf du Pape has taken seriously the farming in the vineyards. There are more organic and biodynamically run vineyards here than in any other appellation of France. The yields, which were already low, are even lower today (20-35 hectoliters per hectare), and of course, the proliferation of top luxury and/or old-vine cuvées gives a significant boost to the number of wines that will evolve past 25 or 30 years. The advantage of these wines is their broad window of drinkability." - Robert Parker
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