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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.2 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 17 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by PSPatrick on 8/15/2019 & rated 89 points: Popped and poured, consumed over a period of three days. The wine was medium garnet in colour and threw a notable amount of sediment. It offered dried red fruit, raisins, grilled herbs, spice notes, black pepper, pastille, liquorice, a vegetal aspect and mineral notes, with medium-level acidity.
On day one, the coarse and drying tannin stood in an awkward contrast to the wine’s sweet fruit and the wine had that raisiny profile I dislike in many high octane CdP, but on day two the wine became quite lovely: balanced, integrated and mineral, with some mature Grenache sweetness and good length. Quite drinkable and a positive surprise after reading the bad reviews.
On day three the wine became slightly bitter, with more pronounced acidity and less length; I clearly liked the wine best on day two. Underappreciated if I look at the reviews. 89 points for day two. (1214 views) | | | Tasted by DFBW on 9/25/2017 & rated 85 points: Last bottle of this thankfully. In fact, last bottle of any 2003 CNDP and it went down the drain like the rest of them. Not a good year. (1768 views) | | | Tasted by DFBW on 6/2/2017 & rated 85 points: Decanted for a three hours but was instantly worried by the cloudy look of it. Not corked, just not very good. Stewed fruit in a glass. Can't really work out why so many CndP's can't seem to take any age. 2003 in particular seems to be a bit of a dodgy year but I still feel that they should last a bit longer than this. (1928 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff W on 3/7/2016: Just like the last bottle, and it goes down the sink, just like the last bottle. Fortunately this really is my last bottle. (3133 views) | | | Tasted by mendovino on 8/16/2014 & rated 94 points: Erg fijn en subtiel, nodige zuurtjes waren nog aanwezig net zoals een fantastische afdronk, kleur licht geëvolueerd.
Nu te drinken! op zijn top! (3768 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff W on 8/4/2014: It seems I liked the bottle I had 6 years ago, but this one was undrinkable. Alcoholic stewed raisins. I persevered with one glass and the rest went down the sink. (3062 views) | | | Tasted by Harry Cantrell on 4/12/2014 & rated 91 points: Garnet. Nose an equal mix of raspberries and garrigue-dried herbs. Taste was more the dried herbs. Nice (2597 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 12/1/2013 & rated 90 points: Fully mature, this is not a wine to age. Peppery black cherries, earth, jam and garrigue create the aromatics. The wine is lush on the palate, but the structure is not there for further development. (2970 views) | | | Tasted by kevin h on 3/3/2013 & rated 87 points: The colour of rust. Looks old. Muted red fruits nose and a distinctly mature palate. More like a 30 year old CNDP than one that is just 10 years old. Already losing its fruit, pleasant enough flavour but fading fast. (2411 views) | | | Tasted by Dorset Iain on 11/11/2012 & rated 85 points: Opened 2 hours before drinking. Tannic and bit austere to begin with but opened out after several hours but became rather tart. Overall this was a disappointment. (2096 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff W on 2/22/2008: A very traditional style Chateauneuf. The main impact at present is in the finish, which is full of chewy, ripe tannins. Slightly warm. Seems quite closed on the nose. It's good, and should get better, but doesn't quite cut it as a premium wine. vg- (3604 views) |
| By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, Bonus Reviews (3/11/2009)
(Bosquet des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Chante Le Merle Vieilles Vignes (Chantemerle)) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, December 2008
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| Bosquet des Papes Producer website - Read more about Bosquet des PapesBosquet des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Chante Le Merle Vieilles VignesProduction
10,000 to 13,000 bottles per year
Terroir/Average age of the vineyard
Clay-limestone soil with rolled pebbles which store up heat during the day and restore it to the vine stocks during the night.
Mix of all types of soil of the appellation (pebble, clay, and sand)
Selection of vines of 80 to 90 years old
Blend
80% Grenache Noir
10% Syrah
10% Mourvèdre
Wine making/Aging
Traditional wine making thermoregulated concrete vats
No de-stemming
Some unballastings and daily pumping-over carried out with great care.
Fermentation of skins: approximately 35 days
Aging in large oak barrels and new deim-muids (15-20%): 12 to 18 months
Source:CHANTE-LE-MERLE-VIEILLES-VIGNES.pdfRed 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
Another site on this appellation
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
Vintage Chart 1978 to Today
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