Community Tasting Notes 31

• Reddark Likes this wine: 94 points

  August 15, 2023 - 레드커런트, 감초, 담배,페퍼,가죽. 15.5%, 미디엄 풀바디. 긴피니쉬. Very good.

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• Brent25 wrote: 89 points

  May 19, 2023 - Clear medium ruby; clean medium plus nose of red cherry liquor, blackberry cordial, raspberry jam, barnyard, rubber and florality; dry; high acidity; medium tannins; high alcohol; medium plus body; pronounced flavour intensity; palate has fruit payoff with addition of candied fruit, brandy, baking spices, raisins and cocoa; long finish; do not drink - wait another 3 years; a hot mess and almost undrinkable out of the bottle - all alcohol and Koolaid; a 1 hour decant helped a little; hoping that the wine will settle down with additional age and/or that this was a bad bottle

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• VAGenius Likes this wine: 91 points

  May 5, 2023 - 60 minute decant. Vague, light nose of cherry and red fruits. Powerful palate of red cherry, peppery red fruits, and a note red Kool-Aid with acidity that leads into an equally powerful finish of leather, candied fruits, red plum, cranberry and garrigue. It's balanced, but didn't show as well as expected. Not sure it'll improve but we'll see.

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• WineDuq Does not like this wine: 88 points

  April 29, 2023 - Alcohol and stewed/baked fruit on the nose. No freshness. 2015 was the same. Shows all of its 15.5% alcohol. Ripe fruit sweetness, but the alcohol dominates and the baked notes not to my taste. Seems like a relic from the Parkerized wines of the early 2000s. Pass on this producer in the future.

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• Bottle Dog Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 7, 2023 - After PnP. Dark ruby red. Awesome forest floor on the nose. Roses, dark red fruit, and earthy mushrooms. Medium body with lovely tannins and bright acidity giving it lingering goodness. Really enjoyable to drink and I expect will still improve.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Bosquet des Papes
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation Chante Le Merle Vieilles Vignes
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
• UPC Codes 3760004390046, 3760004390084, 3760004390152, 785255006952, 848169103275

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• Pending Delivery 50 (4%)
• In Cellars 980 (75%)
• Consumed 271 (21%)

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