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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by bubbachumps on 4/15/2020 & rated 92 points: This bottle evolved tremendously over the course of 2 hours. Poured into a glass and decanted the remaining. Started off musty, old world lacking depth and concentration. Turned into a wine that filled out, vibrant fruit, very complex nose of rich cherry/raspberry, some iron and a melange of flowers/earth/minerals. Beautiful wine, ready to go after about an hour in the decanter. (884 views) | | Tasted by winepog on 5/9/2019 & rated 91 points: Balanced and drinking well. (850 views) | | Tasted by ikileo on 11/28/2012: Upon first taste, lack of balance and slightly disjointed in flavour. Could smell some of the ethanol.
Slow ox'ed for 6 hours, recorked and brought it for dinner where it was decanted for 1.5 hours.
For most part of dinner, the nose was rather nice with notes of rose, red fruit, spices and toast.
Flavour was a bit of a let down, it wasn't bad, but neither did it show very much. May be shut down at this stage. Just some dark fruit notes and integrated oak notes. It wasn't explosive, neither was it elegant.
still drinkable and may have potential to be decent, but not very good. (5865 views) | | Tasted by ErnestWorthing on 6/18/2011 & rated 88 points: Tasted at the sampler. Spicy, strawberry nose/earth. (5599 views) |
| By Jancis Robinson, MW JancisRobinson.com (1/5/2018) (Roger Sabon, Réserve Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck JebDunnuck.com, Delving into the Languedoc Roussillon, Issue #7 (3/28/2011) (Roger Sabon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Richard Hemming, MW JancisRobinson.com (9/22/2010) (Roger Sabon, Réserve Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck JebDunnuck.com, A focus on Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Issue #5 (8/31/2010) (Roger Sabon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Josh Raynolds Vinous, January/February 2010, IWC Issue #148 (Domaine Roger Sabon Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW JancisRobinson.com (11/10/2009) (Roger Sabon, Réserve Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red) Subscribe to see review text. | NOTE: Scores and reviews are the property of JancisRobinson.com and JebDunnuck.com and Vinous. (manage subscription channels) |
| Roger Sabon Producer website - Read more about Roger Sabon
The Sabon family has a long history in Chateauneuf du Pape. Quote from the homepage of the domain: "One of the oldest documented landholders in Chateauneuf du Pape, the Sabon family has controlled vineyards in the zone since 1540". Roger Sabon is the father of the three brothers who run the domain today Jean-Jacques, Denis and Gilbert Sabon. The vinification is since 2001 in the care of Didier Négron, son-in-law of Jean- Jacques Sabon. Denis and his son Julien take care of the fields. Delphine, daughter of Denis is often in the reception.
Today the property has 15 ha. in AOC Chateauneuf du Pape and owns 17 ha. of vineyards in Roquemaure from where Lirac and Cotes du Rhone are made.
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. Reserve The Wine News | Wine Country This Week | Wine Lover's PageFrance 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)
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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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