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94 Wine Enthusiast -
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While voluptuous in body, this rich, densely fruity red offers luscious black-plum and dried strawberry flavors offset by a mineral freshness and subtle notes of porcini mushroom and crushed earth. An enveloping wine, it's seductive already and likely to gain complexity through 2030.
93 Jeb Dunnuck -
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The classic 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape checks in at around 75% Grenache, 10% each of Syrah and Mourvèdre, and a splash of Cinsault. This rock star traditional cuvée gives up loads of black licorice, garrigue, black raspberries, and kirsch liqueur. It's powerful and full-bodied, yet elegant and seamless, with fine tannin, no hard edges, and a great finish. Despite the richness and weight, it stays weightless and elegant, with silky tannin. Don't miss it.
93 James Suckling -
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Attractive freshness and power, this typifies much of what is great about the 2016 vintage. It carries the ripeness well. Dark berries and flowers lead to ripe plums and succulent, long tannins carrying abundant, ripe, dark fruit. Blows out big flavor on the finish. Drink or hold.
Technical Details
- BlendProprietary Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionRhone
- AppellationChateauneuf du Pape
- Alcohol15%
Pierre Usseglio Chateauneuf du Pape Tradition 2016
Rhone Blend | France
WE94, JD93, JS93, WA92
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This is the ‘16 CdP to buy to DRINK while all your big guns rest in the cellar. Fantastic, already legendary 2016 vintage! Old vines, fantastic terroirs, and decades of experience in the vineyard and the cellar are the things that have propelled Pierre Usseglio to the upper echelon of southern Rhone producers. We love the concentration of flavor and seamlessness you get with their “regular” Chateaunuef. This is a total sexpot that drinks well above its price band.
Just $209.70 for a 6-pack DELIVERED is such a no-brainer for a 2016 CdP with this kind of pedigree. While it lasts..
About the Producer
The Usseglio estate is a family farm. Its creation goes back to 1948 , that year, grandfather, Francis Usseglio, left Italy to come to work harvest in Chateauneuf du Pape. His first crop came out of the press in 1949. Later, his son Pierre took over and increased the area of Domaine to cover almost 100 acres, 60 acres of red Chateauneuf-du-Pape, 15 acres of Lirac, 15 acres of Côtes-du-Rhône and 5 acres of wine from France, which are run by the two sons of Pierre: Jean-Pierre and Thierry Usseglio. Half of their vineyards are over 65 years old, the other is about 40 years old.