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2012 Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Chaupin
Grenache
- France
- Rhône
- Southern Rhône
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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Community Tasting Notes 36
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AlphaMikeFoxtrot Likes this wine: 91 points
September 14, 2023 - 2012 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Horizontal (San Diego, CA): 100% Grenache.
Ripe raspberry, ripe black currant, violet petals, banana, fermented cabbage, lavender, mediterranean scrub, oliva tapanade, cinnamon, sun-dried tomato, dried chili flakes and tamarind on the nose. About 50/50 between fruit and non-fruit aromas. The palate adds flavors of dried tobacco, dust and dried porcini mushrooms; but keeps most of the interesting non-fruit things from the nose. Overall very mineral driven, though the fruit stays present too. I think this wine is a little abnormal for CdP but I really like it. It feels lighter than I expected in a great way.
Medium + body, medium + acid, medium - tannin. My only negative thing to say about this is that the finish is a tad short. Drink now. This is in a really nice spot and I don't see it benefitting from further aging. -
aChave wrote: 91 points
September 3, 2023 - This bottle was in fine shape. Ripe, dark berry fruit. Very open with integrated tannins and decent length. Engaging and appropriate for barbecued meat.
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RichD2 Likes this wine: 93 points
July 15, 2023 - Pleasant to drink. Nice balance and time to drink this one.
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kitkat4 Likes this wine: 89 points
July 1, 2023 - Consumed over two nights and found it is in a really good spot.
I'm not good at describing the nose on wines, but I do see the description of violets mentioned by some of the professional reviewers.
Dark berry flavors and well-integrated tannins. Really pleasant as my before dinner glass of wine, and also well with food. Lacking a bit in complexity for a higher score. -
szimmo27 Does not like this wine: 80 points
August 2, 2021 - Purchased on release at retail. Prune on the nose that never went away. Tasted more like cough medicine than wine. Dumped the bottle down the sink.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Up From The Cellar #2 and Misc New Releases, 2/15/2018 (link)(Domaine de la Janasse Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee Chaupin) Subscribe to see review text.
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Châteauneuf du Pape: The Lively 2013s and Lush 2012s (Apr 2015), 2/1/2015 (link)(Domaine De La Janasse Châteauneuf-du-pape Chaupin) Subscribe to see review text.
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January/February 2014, IWC Issue #172 (link)(Domaine de la Janasse Chateauneuf-du-Pape Chaupin) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
11/19/2013 (link)(Dom De la Janasse, Chaupin Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2012
- Type Red
- Producer Domaine de la Janasse
- Varietal Grenache
- Designation Cuvée Chaupin
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Rhône
- SubRegion Southern Rhône
- Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
- UPC Codes 3569840615012, 400004015053, 805109140172
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 16 (1%)
- In Cellars 700 (59%)
- Consumed 465 (39%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
beef stew, cheddar, civet de biche, gibier à poils, grilled lamb in a pepper sauce, grilled steak, lamb tagine, steaksWho Likes This Wine
93% Like It 30 votes
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- CountryFrance
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- SubRegionSouthern Rhône
- AppellationChâteauneuf-du-Pape
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