Éric Texier

Vieilles Vignes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend

9.14 ratings
9.12 pro ratings
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, Rhône, France
Red Rhone Blend
Tomato-Based, Pasta, Salami & Prosciutto, Mushrooms, Onion, Pungent Cheese, Venison, Hard Cheese, Lamb, Pork, Beef
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9.4

Shimmering ruby-red. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe cherry and black raspberry, garrigue and floral pastille qualities, and a sneaky mineral flourish builds in the glass. Shows impressive depth as well as finesse, offering sweet red and blue fruit, lavender, anise and spicecake flavors braced by a spine of juicy acidity. In a powerful but alluringly graceful style, showing impressive detail and a repeating floral note on the impressively long finish, which features smooth tannins and a resonating mineral note. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, December 2019)

Shimmering ruby-red. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe cherry and black raspberry, garrigue and floral pastille qualities, and a sneaky mineral flourish builds in the glass. Shows impressive depth as well as finesse, offering sweet red and blue fruit, lavender, anise and spicecake flavors braced by a spine of juicy acidity. In a powerful but alluringly graceful style, showing impressive detail and a repeating floral note on the impressively long finish, which features smooth tannins and a resonating mineral note. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, December 2019)

Dec 19th, 2019
Shengli Hu

Ripe red plum, bramble, cranberry jam, smells like a Zinfandel - almost yogurty. Rosemary, pepper, iodine, crushed stone, Brett, VA, no oak. Medium plus acid, 14.5%, elevated tight tannins.

Ripe red plum, bramble, cranberry jam, smells like a Zinfandel - almost yogurty. Rosemary, pepper, iodine, crushed stone, Brett, VA, no oak. Medium plus acid, 14.5%, elevated tight tannins.

Dec 4th, 2019
Ben L
9.4

Light on its feet, especially for a southern rhone wine

Light on its feet, especially for a southern rhone wine

Nov 3rd, 2020
Loren Gesinsky

Loren had this 4 years ago

Loren had this 4 years ago

Dec 4th, 2019