Community Tasting Notes 36

• StefanAkiko wrote: 86 points

  January 16, 2024 - A warm, faceless wine with a sweet core.

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• franm Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 12, 2023 - cheers - enjoyed at Hopleaf in Chicago, and spending $50 for this wine in a restaurant is a real bargain. Great vintage, excellent producer.....bold but balanced, I wish it could have been decanted as it was exploding after an hour...

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• Skotto Likes this wine: 93 points

  September 12, 2023 - First bottle of 4 (+ 2 passed to friends). This is a great CDP, so much going on here. Ripe fruit, spices, full body. It edges on everything all at once, and somehow strings it all together in a cohesive way. Really enjoyable now, evolving by the minute in glass, and will be a great one to watch as it evolves. 93 and surely some upside with cellaring.

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• cubswinws Likes this wine: 93 points

  August 28, 2023 - Really stellar 2016 basic cuvée

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• RoelD Likes this wine: 93 points

  May 7, 2023 - Basic cuvée from this competent producer. Their Caveau, which I visited several times is located at the northern limit of the town not far from the equally well-kown Domaine le Bosquet des Papes (when your enter the city from the north). A very satisfying wine for a reasonable price(I paid 27,00€ in 2018). The wine is dominated by 80% Grenache with 10% Syrah and some Mourvèdre and Cinsault. Vivid youthful color with still a lot of purple and an expansive fruity nose of cherries, strawberries and licorice. A taste with a lot of ripe fruit and tannines and finishing with a bracing acidity.
  This wine is already irresistible now but can be safely kept for at least five years. 16% alcohol well hidden in the structure of the wine but be sure to serve this wine cool (14°C is ideal).

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
• UPC Codes 000004551355, 3450301155720

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• Pending Delivery 63 (5%)
• In Cellars 785 (61%)
• Consumed 442 (34%)

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