Community Tasting Notes 5

• TexasBob Likes this wine: 97 points

  September 20, 2023 - Glowing orange-red under the light. Tons of dust, burnt orange, and strawberry on the delicious nose. Intense notes of fresh-squeezed orange juice, and raspberries dominate. This is wine at its zenith, absolutely perfection for Chateauneuf .

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• Rezy13 wrote:

  December 2, 2014 - Tuesday Night Double Blind $40+ (Bin 75): Cloudy dull brick, looks muddy, aged brownish rim; candy cane, spice, pepper, raspberry, light cherry, aged, cranberry; aged and smooth palate, still fresh, sour red fruit finish, olive brine, hard red fruit, some green character, stony; still good but faded after an hour of being open.

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• Jasonr1023 wrote: 93 points

  May 31, 2014 - Wonderful aged CdP.
  This wine is in it's prime and ready to go.
  30min decant (sediment avoid)

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• le fouloir wrote: 92 points

  December 21, 2013 - Delightful, aged CdP. My information suggested that I should have drunk this bottle by 2004. If it peaked back then, it's been on a wonderful plateau for almost ten years. Although it's tannins are fully integrated, the wine remains bright and commanding - sweet cherries, light dust, medium bodied pleasantness.

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• Dickdoc49 wrote: 86 points

  September 9, 2007 - over the hill

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Les Cailloux (Lucien et André Brunel)
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
• UPC Code 3760046101068

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• In Cellars 25 (44%)
• Consumed 32 (56%)

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