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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.1 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 24 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by VAGenius on 1/31/2024 & rated 91 points: 30 minute decant. Nose of black plum and fine cigar ash. Black fruit, dark earth, wet clay, light dried herbs, and a pronounced mineral note on the palate. Mineral note leads the finish, adding metallic notes, oily black olive, and lead over black plum fruit and oak. (293 views) | | | Tasted by Good Stuff on 9/3/2023 & rated 93 points: delicious CDP, not so peppery, juice is fresh, perfect drinking window (485 views) | | | Tasted by Goofienewfy on 6/5/2023 & rated 94 points: Great value CdP I gave this one an hour of air before serving. The wine is powerful and still young but definitely enjoyable. Notes of earth, plumb, and spice. (609 views) | | | Tasted by SAP on 5/18/2023 & rated 95 points: Domaine Roger Sabon - Cuvee Reserve 2017. Dark ruby color. Roasted meet, garrigue and blackberry in the nose, some pepper. The wine is full bodied and has a great concentration. Fine tanins are present well balanced with the acidity. Lovely at the palate with a long stay of black fruits. Love this wine and the Domain !
Cheers ! (622 views) | | | Tasted by Goofienewfy on 4/8/2023 & rated 93 points: Phenomenal CdP in its drinking window. Spicy and dark. Lots of bite and bark. Drink now or forever hold your piece. (681 views) | | | Tasted by Goofienewfy on 3/26/2023 & rated 95 points: At its zenith. This wine is medium bodied but elegant. Nose is floral forest floor. Taste is silky yet some tannin. It’s elegant and sexy. Drank too fast to write good notes. Drink now! (612 views) | | | Tasted by VAGenius on 9/13/2022: No detailed notes. PnP. Dark fruits and lots of black olive, opening up as it sat in the glass. The Pro reviews are probably accurate, if the scores slightly high. (135 views) | | | Tasted by Texas Oenophile on 3/27/2022 & rated 95 points: Really good. Full body with lots of black and red fruit. Some garrigue, some pepper and spice. Super smooth tannins. Really cgood value. Wish I had more! (1276 views) | | | Tasted by Philbeagles on 11/15/2021 & rated 93 points: "Oh yes... it's very nice", (a la Monty Python). Two hour splash decant. Roast beef with gravy for dinner. Early in its evolution but very large, unctuous, velvety and enjoyable now. Approachable now but will definitely improve; Love it. Almost as good as 2017 Usseglio's Imperiale. (1208 views) | | | Tasted by Nfmds on 6/5/2021 & rated 91 points: Green, barnyard, moss—forest floor.
Very nice mouthfeel (1346 views) | | | Tasted by 87tellub on 4/7/2021: Had half a glass of this at a large dinner and it really stood out. No notes taken, but impression of funk and earth and awesomeness. Easily outshined bottles of Rhys Chard, Joseph Drouhin V-R and Hirsch Pinot. (1307 views) | | | Tasted by SAP on 11/24/2020 & rated 95 points: Concentrated blackberries, some licorice. All over more on the earthy style. Decanting is necessary (1 hour). (1453 views) | | | Tasted by Iceman611 on 11/7/2019 & rated 85 points: Too much earth / barnyard for me. It might have been slightly corked or that could have been the character of the wine (2345 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 9/24/2019 & rated 93 points: Soft, sweet, supple and fresh, with layers of ripe, cherries and black raspberries, the wine is silky and polished, with ample lift in the red berry filled finish. The wine was produced blending 80% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre and 10% Syrah. (3700 views) | | | Tasted by Eric Guido on 9/9/2019 & rated 95 points: The nose was dark and brooding at first, yet with time in the glass it blossomed beautifully to reveal notes of smoky bacon fat, opening further as sweet violet florals and lifting minerality was added, then strawberry, exotic spices, hints of pepper and savory herbs. On the palate, velvety textures flooded the senses, maintaining wonderful freshness through brisk acids, as sweet spice-tinged blueberry, strawberry and saturating minerals fleshed out leaving hints of fine tannin and inner violet florals. It finished amazingly long and lightly structured, resonating on dried blueberries, hints of black tea, subtle sweet spice and a bump of acidity, which kept things fresh and wonderfully vibrant.
This is the first 2017 that I’ve tasted where I believe it outclasses the previous vintage. (2838 views) | | | Tasted by PSPatrick on 8/2/2019 & rated 92 points: Southern Rhône trip with Rainer. Tasted at the Domaine. €24. 15.5% ABV. Newly opened bottle. Dark ruby colour. Pretty closed on the nose, and only opened up very slowly in the glass. Good fruit, ripe mixed berries and spices as well as floral and mineral notes on the palate, with ultra-fine tannin and superb length. Great structure. For the long-term. Very good value. I bought a few bottles. 92+(?), with potential to improve. Hold. (1876 views) |
| By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, Southern Rhône Part 1: The 2017s From bottle and 2018s From Barrel (8/16/2019)
(Roger Sabon Chateauneuf Du Pape Reserve) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Matt Walls
Decanter, Rhône 2017 Vintage Report (11/1/2018)
(Domaine Roger Sabon, Réserve, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rhône, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Hemming, MW
JancisRobinson.com (10/16/2018)
(Roger Sabon, Réserve Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, LE MILLÉSIME… The 2016s from the Southern Rhône (Part 1) (8/28/2018)
(Roger Sabon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve Red) Login and sign up and see review text. |
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| 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)
### 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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