David Kline

9.2

Sweet tobacco, chocolate, brown bread and black, plum, raspberry and blackberry, blueberry, black olive tapenade, sweet black jellybean, oak dust, and vanilla bean. Charred and tarry earth, dark leather, fire scorched clay, cinnamon, burnt brown sugar, graphite, smoke, dark, tart cherry, black olive, savory, brittle, and scorched nettle. Elegant mouthfeel and brooding complexity. Like a blackened aged steak. Really provocative!



#cdp #châteauneuf #chateauneuf #chateauneufdupape #châteauneufdupape #chateaudebeaucastel #perrin #cdprouge — 4 years ago

Derek Cohen

Wine sales, The Wine Shoppe at Green Hills

9.4

If you can get #chateauneuf for under $30 and its THIS good, then anything is possible. Even your absurd unprofitable esoteric dreams. All of it. Red cherry and raspberry meet dark licorice and a little bit of that French oak bitter mocha thing (the latter 2 didn't come out until 30 minutes of breathing), and some anise herbal white pepper spice to finish. Decant maybe, def give it some time to open up. #rhone #sundayfunday — 10 years ago

Edward Zimmerman

9.8

Cristia's old vines #Chateauneuf is among the greatest wives of the appellation — 11 years ago

Ben Aneff

Managing Partner Tribeca Wine Merchants

9.3

Wow. This is like #Burgundy! Beautifully balanced with power, but never over the top. Seamless. #rhone #chateauneuf #instawine — 12 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.3

Impeccably made, aromas of plums, black cherry, licorice, francensense spice, and ash. Still young so there is a shyness to the aromas and flavors but its all there. It just might be the vintage turning down the flavor and aroma volume. Traditional texture and tannin. Really like this producer lately, clean and precise winemaking. #chateauneuf #stprefert — 12 years ago

with Javier and TJ

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.2

I love it! 2014 vintage is just starting to show hints of black olives. I love the silky texture and the just barely sweet flavors. There is a lovely dance between the savory #Syrah and the red berries #grenache there is #terroir in the bottle. #châteauneuf #chateauneufdepape — 6 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.2

clean pronounced aromas of ripe red cherries, bramble and black plum along with oak aromas of butterscotch and toast
dry, med+ acidity, med+ tannins and high alcohol
medium+ body, medium+ int. a slightly dry and coarse texture med+ finish with blackcurrant flavours. very good, can age 10-15 years. #cdp #chateauneuf #grenache — 9 years ago

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MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.4

Honestly one of the first #chateauneuf that has given me a #wow factor. Elegance, depth and aging well. 2008 Rayas — 11 years ago

Sam Coturri

Winery Sixteen 600, Enterprise Vineyards and the Moon Mountain District

9.1

Just a nice, classic, drinking #chateauneuf nice smoked meat and cherry flavored. Rounded tannins and easy drinking. — 11 years ago

with Philip

Tom Kobylarz

8.9

A baby but loads of fresh strawberry, spice, good minerality, medium to full bodied with good medium tannin integration. Fresh on the palate, this finishes clean and tight, check back in 3 years. #mont-olivet #chateauneuf — 12 years ago

Txus Fernandez Ferrer

9.6

#chateauneuf-du-pape #clossaintjean #grenache — 12 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Uninterrupted rim saturation. Dark plum with rich pressed blackberry aromas; Applewood charcoal smoke, suede, and charred bacon. Violets and safe vie for recognition through a textbook panoply. Black and red plum bounce in the thick blackberry, with thyme and rosemary now, black pepper dusted grilled meat, dried lavender and sapling oak, blue spruce nettle, morel, pencil shavings, cottonseed, cassis, and black currant. There is an iron feel sifting through fine earth dust that seems to re-emerge on the finish. This is a real beauty with a stunning combo of finess and sinewy, farm strength. Sun-bronzed and Hands-on, she is a perfect assimilation of her environment. Great look!
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#châteauneuf #chateauneufdepape #XavierAnonyme #XavierVignon #XavierCDP #cuvéeAnonyme #CDP #2016CDP #RhoneReds #frenchredwine #Rhone — 7 years ago

with Courtney

Charles (Chad) Bucklin

Owner and founder of C. T. Bucklin Wine Advising

8.9

If the fruit can hold out for the tannins to soften and the abv to integrate this could be a knock out. Very tasty. #vieuxtelegraphe #lacrau #chateauneuf — 10 years ago

Edward Zimmerman

9.8

Im think Pure thoughts about this #chateauneuf julien Barrot has made from 100yr old Grenache vines. Glorious — 11 years ago

Edward Zimmerman

9.7

Laurence Feraud pegged it. Great #pegau #Chateauneuf du Pape — 11 years ago

Ben Aneff

Managing Partner Tribeca Wine Merchants

8.5

Big and powerful, very youthful. Needs a few more years for prime time. #chateauneuf #wine — 12 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.5

Unlike anything I have ever tried, would never guess CdP but it indeed was and carried itself like a 10 year old, not a 24 year old wine. Made by the #legendary Henri Bonneau, arguably the most revered CdP producer/farmer after Rayas. A deep purple red color hinted that this was going to be interesting and not an old barny wine. The nose showed more mature notes but did not so much dominate over the youthful aspects. The nose showed aromas of dried and crushed berry fruits, earth, leather, and subtle spice notes. The palate took it up a few notches in intensity with youthful vibrancy, layers upon layers of flavor, full bodied, silky and ripe tannins, and a long and lingering finish. #chateauneuf #1990 #henribonneau — 12 years ago

with Javier