1999 Bosquet des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Chante Le Merle Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (36) Median Score: 89 points

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  5/11/2024 - Araldinho Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Medium deep brick red.
  Aromas of cassis, blackberry jam, juniper wood, wet clay, charcuterie and rosemary.
  Medium body.
  Sanded dry tannins. Sour cherry acids and walnut bitterness.
  Palate of baked earth, Jägermeister, rubber glove, candied cherry, aniseed and prune.
  A fully mature yet lively, rustic and finely tuned wine with good but fading fruit, perfectly balanced and herbal and typical earthy finish. Drink within 3-5 years. Tasted 2024.
  Tasted alongside Guigal, la Mouline 1994 and the present wine is charming and full of tertiary aromas but lacks the stringency and complexity in comparison to the matched wine.

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  12/25/2023 - Araldinho Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Deep brick red.
  Aromas of blackberry, singed wood, baked earth, cinnamon, tobacco and sloe. Hint of cardboard.
  Sanded dry tannins. Blackcurrant acids and walnut bitterness.
  Palate of prune, blackberry jam, juniper wood, baked earth, medicinal herbs and hawthorn.
  A fully mature, rustic and still lively wine with ripe yet fading dark fruit, typical woody and herbal aromas and long mineral finish.
  Tasted alongside M Chiarlo, Barbaresco Asili, 2006. Compared to the matched wine, it has generous and even sweet fruit, a personality, and a wonderful chewy finish. Slightly beyond its peak. Tasted 2023.

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  6/25/2022 - no oak Does not like this wine:

  Recently purchased 2 bottles from a source I have never used before, so the conditions in which the wine has been stored are unknown. Upon opening, the cork of 1 bottle disintegrated but the other cork was fine. Both bottles tasted dirty and tired. The wine is over the hill and is not at all enjoyable.

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  10/29/2020 - wynnewood500 Likes this wine:

  Definitely fading but quite enjoyable. The days of fruit and tannin are past. Drink up!

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  1/25/2019 - wynnewood500 Likes this wine:

  Drinking beautifully! PNP for a casual dinner at home. Finished the second night.

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