Community Tasting Notes 11

• Ewhite30 Likes this wine: 91 points

  January 23, 2021 - Decanted. First glass at four hours. Earthy, almost grassy on the nose, with notes of plum, black cherry and licorice. Leads with dark berries on the palate but at hour five it takes a turn - red fruits and spring flowers play against notes of cigar and spice box.
  
  On night two the red fruits have taken hold - brambly raspberries and caramelized strawberry, kirsch and garrigue notes on the nose. Notes of currant and cherry, seared meat and cut flowers on the palate. Dry, great texture and weight.
  
  I don’t have any history with the wine but while it feels ready and drinks nicely, the evolution over two nights tells me there’s lots of time ahead.

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• lkilpio Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 28, 2020 - This is a gentle and Burgundian type of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, in a good sense of the expression. The nose reveals beautiful aromas of ripe raspberries, cherries and strawberries. The taste is medium-bodied and fruity, but also deep, intensive and acidic on the palate, displaying pleasant flavors of ripe red berries.
  
  I am not able to tell, how this wine would evolve in the future, but at least it is very enjoyable now.

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• Voodoo_Champagne Likes this wine:

  October 2, 2020 - A light and very deductive wine, not oaky, not over extracted, just delicious.

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• Derek Darth Taster wrote: 92 points

  July 28, 2020 - WEA Chapelle St. Theodric Zoom tasting. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
  Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
  Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of red licorice, spice, kirsch, fruit cake, floral lavendar, red berries, thin enevelope of mineral. Developing.
  On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14%), soft rounded high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of strawberry, ripe red cherries, raspberry fruit pastille, sweet spice, red licorice, touch of kirsch and fruit cake, thin layer of stony minerality. Juicy long finish.
  Very good quality. Fruity approachable young CdP. Actually commendable complexity. Good QPR.
  100% Grenache. Entry level cuvee made with young vines from the lieux-dits "La Guigasse" and "Pignan".

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• Nipperu wrote: 90 points

  July 28, 2020 - Clear medium ruby
  
  Complex nose
  Red fruit: cherries,
  Spice
  Brambles, hint of tobacco, sap/gum?/blackcurrant pastille?, Chinese herbs (luo han guo), coffee
  Horse (live), roasted meat (charsiew),
  
  Dry
  Med- body
  Med+ acid
  Med+ alcohol
  Med+ tannins
  Med- bitter finish
  
  Interesting

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Chapelle St. Theodoric
• Varietal Grenache
• Designation Les Sablons
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
• UPC Code 3760060199041

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• In Cellars 83 (52%)
• Consumed 78 (48%)

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