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Deep ruby-colored and offering a heavenly bouquet of black raspberries, toasted spiced, cured meats, licorice, and cured meats, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Combes des Fous is awesome on the palate, with a silky, seamless profile that just keeps on going. Possessing ultra-fine tannin, no hard edges, and a huge finish, it’s a phenomenal bottle of wine. The fact that it was bottled just one month ago makes this showing even more impressive.
Drinking Window: 2021 - 2041
Review Date: 28th August 2018
From a single exposed hilltop parcel, the 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape La Combe des Fous is a blend of 60% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 10% each Cinsault and Vaccarèse. As the Syrah was aged in wood, there's a hint of campfire smoke here, plus layers of rich, voluptuous plummy fruit. Full-bodied and velvety in texture, this is more concentrated than even the Vieilles Vignes bottling, but it's not that much better in terms of overall quality or longevity.
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2030
Reviewer Name: Joe Czerwinski
Review Date: 31st August 2018
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- Year 2016
- Colour Red
- Country France
- Region Rhone
- Sub Region Chateauneuf-du-Pape
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- Classification
- Pack Size 1x150cl
- ABV 16°
- Drinking Window 2021 - 2041
- Drinking Recommendation Drinking Now, will improve
- LWIN 112630920160101500
- Reviews (2)
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98 Jeb Dunnuck
Deep ruby-colored and offering a heavenly bouquet of black raspberries, toasted spiced, cured meats, licorice, and cured meats, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Combes des Fous is awesome on the palate, with a silky, seamless profile that just keeps on going. Possessing ultra-fine tannin, no hard edges, and a huge finish, it’s a phenomenal bottle of wine. The fact that it was bottled just one month ago makes this showing even more impressive.
Drinking Window: 2021 - 2041
Review Date: 28th August 2018
95 Wine AdvocateFrom a single exposed hilltop parcel, the 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape La Combe des Fous is a blend of 60% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 10% each Cinsault and Vaccarèse. As the Syrah was aged in wood, there's a hint of campfire smoke here, plus layers of rich, voluptuous plummy fruit. Full-bodied and velvety in texture, this is more concentrated than even the Vieilles Vignes bottling, but it's not that much better in terms of overall quality or longevity.
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2030
Reviewer Name: Joe Czerwinski
Review Date: 31st August 2018
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Clos Saint Jean was founded at the turn of the 20th century by Edmund Tacussel but spent the majority of the next 100 years in relative obscurity. From 2003 however, their arrival on the world stage was dramatic and brilliant. Ever since then they have been in the top flight of Chateauneuf-du-Pape producers producing one glorious vintage after another. They make wines in a hedonistic, unapologetically classic Chateauneuf style and their devotion to tradition is what has earned them countless admirers around the world.
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