2018 Bosquet des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Chante Le Merle Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 92 points

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  2/14/2024 - Salute Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A beautiful, grenache-heavy (85%) CdP.
  Floral aromatic nose, with cedar wood, black pepper and ripe fruit on the palate.
  Wonderfully long finish.
  Love it.

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  1/13/2023 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points

  Rond et épicé, belles saveurs, corps moyen, savoureux. 91-92 pts

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  9/2/2021 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 Points

  Bosquet des Papes Zoom Tasting. Tasted in Gabriel Standart.
  Appearance is clear, medium intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
  Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of sweet roobois red tea, florals, licorice, sweet baking spices, dark red cherries, bit of dark red plums. Developing.
  On the palate, dry, good high acidity, high alcohol (15.5%), high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of sweet red tea, licorice, fine exquisite chocolate, sweet baking spices, sensual elegant dark red cherries, redcurrant, dark red plums, dried figs, dusty earth minerality lingering. Long fine grippy finish.
  Very good quality. Complex, elegant, deep CdP. Just a tad hot alcoholic. Good future over the next 6-8 years.
  85% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre.

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  8/30/2021 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Opened last night. Very dark garnet, virtually opaque, glass-staining. Soft red fruit in the nose, bit of garrigue. Much ado about garrigue in the mouth. Grippy too. Drinkable, but should last a long time. 5-12-16-8: 91/100.

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  8/8/2021 - BaronsPaw wrote: 89 Points

  Very typical Rhone. Quite disappointing for the price.

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