Community Tasting Notes 8

• Matty McFly wrote: 90 points

  October 3, 2023 - Alcool is 16.5% and it tastes like it. Overripe fruit, fat and dense. I guess it’s a style some would love but really not my style.

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• RhoneWho wrote: 98 points

  May 26, 2023 - I was fortunate enough to complete a vertical tasting of both CSJ cuvees from 2016-2020; and got to meet the current and next gen winemakers at the annual CDP event.
  
  I had 2016 and 2017 vintage Cobe des Fous (CdF) a couple years ago, and thought they were behind 2019 vintage (see my separate review on 2019). Back then, I agreed that 2017 (JD 97) was slightly less than 2016 (JD98) and 2019 (JD100).
  
  Oh boy! Time tells! I was so darn impressed with 2017 CSJ CdF on how well it's drinking right now. It drinks like a perfect wine with mature profile (still in primary fruits phase). It reminded me drinking the texture and maturity of 2016 CSJ Deus Ex-Machina (DEM)! Like its 2019 CdF, it tasted seamlessly having polished and silky texture; and a well-balanced of fruits and herbs intermixed. 2017 CdF is at perfect drinking window and more ready than the 2016 vintage.
  
  Wow xN! I couldn't have been more wrong when i drank it back in 2021.
  
  I was skeptical on 2018 vintage in general; but i was wrong on both CSJ cuvees. [placeholder to add 2018 notes or on 2018 vintage]. Stay tuned for my notes in their respective vintage. I will hold off 2020 CSJ cuvees as I think it is still in "shy" stage; i would suggest give it a year or two.
  
  Rating: 96-99; 97+

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• kostaslonis wrote:

  February 21, 2023 - La Meat Maison Wine Fair (La Meat Maison, Kifisia): Riper, earthy, overripe fruit, drying fruit, red fruit, jammy, spicy, chutney, palate with the same profile, earthy, tight, gamey, dried notes grippy tannins, medium body and finish

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• Collector1855 wrote: 95 points

  July 13, 2022 - Wow, complex aromas of cured meat, farmyard, licorice. The palate is ripe yet elegant. A very competent CdP.

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• Es7e2003 Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 30, 2021 - Deep intensity in the glass. Pronounced nose filled with cassis de creme, plum, violets and crushed stone. Lovely mouthfeel with a long finish. Will only get better with time. Potential for an even higher score.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2017
• Type Red
• Producer Clos Saint Jean
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation La Combe des Fous
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
• UPC Code 3760011913870

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• Pending Delivery 19 (6%)
• In Cellars 250 (73%)
• Consumed 73 (21%)

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