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| Drinking window: Drink between 2018 and 2025 (based on 32 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Eriklainen on 7/31/2018: Still interesting wine. Slightly odd. Cranberries/grape-pit and perhaps some leather and barnyard. Unusual combination. Okay length aftertaste. Fruit is a little weak. Last bottle. Liked them all. (723 views) | | | Tasted by Eriklainen on 4/1/2018: This time around I compared to the La Nerthe 2007. What a difference. This wine probably has a lower aging potential but somehow I get the impression that the winemaker stayed away from the Parkerpower-C9dP stuff. La Nerthe, in comparison, had heaps of dark fruit where this wine displayed a lot more fine herbs in the nose, the Garrigue, and almost like a cranberry tart palate. Tannins are low but drying and I believe this is the better food wine of the two. You could probably have this to a cod with red wine sauce. This time around the Bret showed up better - barnyard and a hint of mens restroom. (791 views) | | | Tasted by Eriklainen on 1/7/2018: Apparently it should have Bret-notes, but really discreet - perhaps a hint of stable. But it has a lovely nose with warm strawberries and herbs (rosemary, lavender, thyme - the Garrigue) and Rhone-typical grape-pits (which I tend to find in Crozes Hermitage and others, including in fact an Etna Rosso I had recently). Taste is medium, acid is low, tannins develop and are mouth filling. Really lovely. Probably not worth saving regarding the fact that fruit is a little on the weak side. It drinks well now. (805 views) | | | Tasted by rmcnees on 10/31/2015 & rated 87 points: Medium light bodied, slightly opaque, ruby colored, crisp and bright, vibrant slightly tart black cherry fruit with tones of tapenade and tea notes on the modest slightly astringent tannin finish.
http://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2015/10/theos-steak-dinner-lazzarito-barolo.html (1006 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 9/8/2015 & rated 86 points: Spicy black cherries and a distinctive tapenade note mesh well with the medium body and crisp freshness in the finish. (1768 views) |
| Domaine Moulin-Tacussel Producer website - Read More about Domaine Tacussel
U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)Red 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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"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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