2016 Domaine Joël Champet Côte-Rôtie La Viallière

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  11/19/2023 - LT98 wrote: 91 Points

  A beautiful and food friendly wine. Perhaps less evocative of the classic Cote Rotie than other vintages, e.g., 2012, but nonetheless great to own and a fabulous QPR.

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  2/23/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points

  Popped-decanted-and poured. Black cherry, black pepper, smoked bacon with roasted meat and fresh herbs. Started off fairly tannic, this wonderfully softened within 30 minutes, resulting in a long, seamless finish. This is an elegant charmer, good to enjoy through 2040.

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  11/26/2022 - mark2eye Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This wine just does it for me. Easily one of my favorite cote roties. This has mellowed a bit since the last time I enjoyed a glass with much of the burnt rubber notes giving way to more floral notes.

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  3/19/2020 - salil wrote: 90 Points

  Z's note nails it (as usual). It's a pretty wine, very easy to drink, but not really evocative of Syrah or Cote-Rotie. There's a lot of bright red fruit and lively acidity beneath, but none of the savoury or smoky depth I'd expect in a C-R.

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  9/13/2019 - I1bearup wrote: 88 Points

  Tart and lean. Missing a few things on the nose. Blind i thought it was Italian.

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