2016 Bosquet des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Chante Le Merle Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (32) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  4/25/2024 - tlogan9 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Very nice blend. Lighter than expected base on the ABV. Prominent acid on the palate. Lingering flavor of raspberry.

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  8/15/2023 - Reddark Likes this wine: 94 Points

  레드커런트, 감초, 담배,페퍼,가죽. 15.5%, 미디엄 풀바디. 긴피니쉬. Very good.

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  5/19/2023 - Brent25 wrote: 89 Points

  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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  5/5/2023 - VAGenius Likes this wine: 91 Points

  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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  4/29/2023 - WineDuq Does not like this wine: 88 Points

  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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