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• Nutty08 Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 5, 2022 - Rhone Birthday 2022; 11/4/2022-11/6/2022: Had a little reduction at first but beautiful core of red fruits with a taught focused palate. Tensile and vibrant if still quite young. Lovely baking spice character.
  I really like the style here. Restrained, elegant, focused, structured.

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• sirpat00 wrote: 94 points

  May 4, 2022 - Fleshy and densely packed bouquet with smoky overlays, wet earth and bramble berry fruit. High octane stuff overall, although floral and perfume dimensions add sufficient elegance. Palate with well integrated tannin, even if still young and not yet fully integrated, showing a more cherry-type of fruit. A long finish ensues, although the palate did appear less layered than the nose.

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• Cailles wrote: 94 points

  May 4, 2022 - No detailed notes taken. A late addition towards the end of the evening after three mature Bordeaux blends. Usually not really a good idea to serve a voluptuous, young, ripe CdP? Sure, but this is not one of those CdPs. The 2016 Guigasse is complex, precise not too ripe, actually not at all that ripe with lots of blue and black fruit mixed with the red berries and floral notes, lots of minerality, meaty notes and herbs. Others had it blind and were wondering if this could be a Bordeaux (something Syrah were the other guesses) which shows that this 100% Grenache is indeed from another planet and not comparable to most oder Chateauneufs. Despite being that young, this delivered a stunning performance with already very fine tannins, a superb freshness, a nice creaminess and balance (which will certainly improve further with age). 94/95 pts.
  
  Decanting: PnP, decanted and followed over an hour+. Needed not much time to open up. No extensive decanting necessary.

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• tedcholl Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 29, 2022 - A wonderful CdP that I purchased for only $45 at Auction. Bottle 2 of 2. Hi acidity, M+ tannins, M body. 15.0% abv. 100% Grenache. Balanced, smooth, and a rustic elegance. Lots of fresh cherry and red raspberry, dried herbs, licorice, bramble. Great and surprisingly good pairing with Mexican Style Chicken tortilla soup.

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• levicn Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 20, 2022 - 醒酒三个小时，闻香有很淡马厩味和草莓香气，入口酸度中高，单宁紧致，酒液咸，矿物感清晰，红果香气伴随着淡淡果梗味，余味是漂亮红果，风格严肃，咸味和矿物感突出，是我喜欢的类型，漂亮的结构，内敛优雅的果香，又一个和重口味的南隆风格不一样，走精致优雅范儿的。

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Chapelle St. Theodoric
• Varietal Grenache Blend
• Designation La Guigasse
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
• UPC Codes 3760060197993, 4000145749884

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• Pending Delivery 14 (4%)
• In Cellars 275 (79%)
• Consumed 58 (17%)

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