2018 Domaine Moulin-Tacussel Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  5/15/2022 - Jon Harrison Likes this wine: 91 Points

  (Expertly imported by Alain Junguenet). This wine requires cold storage along its import/distributor/retail journey.
  
  Color: Med-dark ruby. Classic.
  
  Nose: Complex, expressive grenache-driven nose of griotte cherry liqueur, wild red raspberry, smoke, and CDP (garrigue) spices. Yes, some barnyard (brett). Some reviewers call this "rustic." Personally, I love it in a traditional CDP. Others dislike the characteristic. So, YMMV.
  
  Palate: Med-full body (14.5%), yet light in its feet. Lovely, saturated flavors of sweet black cherry, raspberry, and wild herbs/garrigue. Ripe soft tannins. Good acidity.
  
  Classic Moulin-Tacussel. Traditional style.
  
  90-91 pts.
  Drinks great now (2022). Should develop positively and hold until 2028/29.
  
  JGH sommelier CMS-III, San Francisco, CA.

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  10/12/2020 - Jeff Leve wrote: 90 Points

  Earthy with a touch of brett, along with Provencal herbs and cherries, the wine is round, earthy, and displays a touch of rusticity. But in a good, old-school classic way. Give it a few years and this is going to be just great to drink. The wine was produced from mostly Grenache blended with various, assorted, AOC allowed varietals.

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