2016 M. Chapoutier Côtes du Roussillon Villages Domaine de Bila-Haut L'Esquerda

Community Tasting Notes (32) Avg Score: 90.4 points

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  9/11/2023 - wineforth wrote: flawed

  Oh dear. Hugely acidic and went down the drain. This acidity will be put to good effect to marinate my next coq au vin. Hope it was just a one off bottle or my palate.

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  6/16/2022 - MSheridan Likes this wine: 92 Points

  sitting nicely in its drinking window. plenty of time left but this is in a good place to enjoy now

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  5/7/2022 - wineforth Likes this wine: 91 Points

  2nd bottle from a half case. RP gave this 95 points. Big smoky nose of grilled herbs and blackcurrant. Fruit has lightened surprisingly over the last two years. Now medium weight yet balanced with plentiful soft tannins that are a little drying on the long finish.

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  4/20/2022 - Eric Guido Likes this wine:

  The 2016 Domaine de Bila-Haut L'Esquerda has found a perfect place. It's smokey and deep with masses of plum sauce, violette pastille and grilled sage. This flows like cashmere across the palate, perfumed and pleasing to all that it touches with ripe mineral-tinged dark fruits, black tea and sweet lavender tones. There isn't a hard edge in sight, as the 2016 finishes potent and classically dry, leaving just a hint of mocha and salted licorice to linger on. This is pure class.

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  2/5/2022 - Bin707LoversDetroit wrote: flawed

  Must have been flawed... we bought this bottle in Oradea, Romania in Summer 2018 because the CT scores were so high (90+). Home in our luggage, cellered since. But geez, it's NOWHERE near these reviews. A harsh, grungy nose, a funk of motor oil, burnt toast, and cigarette butts. Ugh and ugly.
  
  Tell us, that's a flawed bottle, right? We had such high hope all this time...
  
  Well, we'll dump it, and go CRACK SOME OTHER BOTTLE! yeah!!!
  
  Here's to the next one...
  
  No, we'll vacu-vin and try it tomorrow. We'll see...
  
  Be well, all.
  
  Bin707Lovers

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