Community Tasting Notes 9

• Sanlucar wrote: 89 points

  April 4, 2024 - Well balanced with minor components of spices & herbs and with good fruit flavors; and the 15% abv is well concealed. This is a non-vintage blend of 3 vintages; and it can be considered a success regarding the art of blending but it's much thinner than we expected and rather light for a serious CdP. Once again, highly over-rated by the established "wine critics".

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• JJYoyo wrote: 89 points

  March 25, 2024 - Maybe too young, maybe my tastes have shifted, but I found this competently made and enjoyable but a little ponderous. Am I no longer liking CdP in general? I don’t think so because I had Pegau da Capo and loved that. Maybe I just don’t like multi vintage wines unless champagne — I have similar reactions to Unico Reserva Especials. I was surprised to find this was mostly Grenache after looking it up, although it does have a lot of dried herbs and leather notes. This was a de Negoce purchase and at those prices, this was very good value. Respected producer but I just wasn’t feeling it tonight — except for the 15% abv. Gonna save my other bottle for several years.
  Score: 89. Relative to expectations: 0?

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• rm97 wrote: 92 points

  November 4, 2023 - Way too young. Tannins soft but just fruit forward at this stage. Hold.

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• Pedroel Likes this wine: 92 points

  October 4, 2023 - Drinking well. Dark color, nose and flavor, especially dark cherry on the palate.

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• Steve Simmons wrote:

  May 22, 2023 - ONLINE Reviews I found: gorgeous wine that already drinks well though it will develop for another decade at least. Deep Ruby color with a very intense and expressive nose of black olive, bay leaf, blackberry, crushed stone, wild thyme and lavender (the haunting garrigue) and loads of violet. A lovely wine that sends agile on the palate with harmonious intensity. Crisp acidity and a Long finish give great promise in food pairings
  
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  The NV Châteauneuf Du Pape Reserve XV XVI XVII comes primarily from the magical 2016 vintage with smaller amounts from 2015 and 2017. It offers an extraordinary nose of blackcurrants, ground pepper, garrigue, and crushed violets. Rich, full-bodied, and incredibly seamless, with a stacked mid-palate, this is Châteauneuf Du Pape brilliance all the way. It’s terrific today yet will keep for 15+ years.
  
  97 points, Jeb Dunnuck (Aug 2019)
  
  Alcohol By Volume: 15.0%

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Wine Definition

• Vintage N.V.
• Type Red
• Producer Xavier Vignon
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation La Réserve XV XVI XVII
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
• UPC Codes 3760048734288, 854555009144

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• Pending Delivery 47 (5%)
• In Cellars 687 (76%)
• Consumed 168 (19%)

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