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Domaine de Cristia
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2020
Domaine de Cristia (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Forward, fruity and round with a touch of oak on the plum and kirsch filled palate, this will show quite nicely with a year or so of aging. The wine was made using a blend of 85% Grenache and 15% Syrah. Drink from 2022-2030. 919 Views Tasted Jan 27, 2023 |
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2020
Domaine de Cristia Renaissance (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Produced from a blend of 60% Grenache and 40% Mourvedre, the wine shows off its nose of espresso, incense, smoke, flowers and cherries. Round, full, oaky and spicy with a chewy, kirsch and cherry palate, this modern-leaning wine is going to offer a lot of hedonistic pleasure early in life, but you will need to be oak tolerant. 2023-2032. 688 Views Tasted Jan 27, 2023 |
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2020
Domaine de Cristia Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Dark in color, the wine is loaded with black cherries, flowers, licorice, and kirsch on the nose. On the palate the wine is deep, rich and intense with a lushness to the fruit, a full-bodied and a polish to the fruits and tannins in the finish. The wine was made using 100% old, vine Grenache. Drink from 2023-2034. 890 Views Tasted Jan 27, 2023 |
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2019
Domaine de Cristia (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
The kirsch and floral notes here get things off to a good start. Soft, silky, polished, fresh and sweet, the red fruits on the palate and in the finish are blended with the perfect amount of spice and herbs to provide complicated nuances along with the ripe kirsch oriented finish. Drink from 2022 - 2033 1,896 Views Tasted Jan 9, 2022 |
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2018
Domaine de Cristia Renaissance (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Ripe, rich, juicy and fresh, there is a strong sense of purity, sweetness, length and intensity and minerality to the spicy, peppery, red fruits on the palate and in the long finish. The wine is made from 60% Grenache and 40% Mourvedre. This is one of the success stories of the vintage. 1,550 Views Tasted Oct 12, 2020 |
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2018
Domaine de Cristia (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Deep in color, the wine is sweet, fruity, fresh, spicy and long. The cherries and black raspberries are fresh, vivacious and feel great on the palate, with a nice peppery kick in the endnote. 1,786 Views Tasted Oct 12, 2020 |
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2018
Domaine de Cristia Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Deeply colored with a touch of smoke, wild cherry, herbs, pepper, oak and mint, the wine is juicy, sweet, rich, long and focused. The wine was made using 100% old, vine Grenache. 2,054 Views Tasted Oct 12, 2020 |
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2017
Domaine de Cristia Renaissance (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium bodied, soft, lush, concentrated and refined, with a blast of ripe, red fruits, freshness and purity in the finish. The finish elegant finish shows off its pure kirsch with ease. The wine is made from 60% Grenache and 40% Mourvedre. 5,261 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019 |
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2017
Domaine de Cristia (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Round, sweet, soft and forward, the fruit is ripe, red and fresh, with an easy drinking charm. The wine was made using a blend of 85% Grenache and 15% Syrah. 3,034 Views Tasted Sep 20, 2019 |
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2017
Domaine de Cristia Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Deep in color, the wine pops with licorice, dark cherries and garrigue. Soft, round and elegant with a nice pop of lusciously textured red fruits and freshness in the finish. This is going to drink well early, and age nicely. The wine was made using 100% old, vine Grenache. 2,488 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019 |
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2016
Domaine de Cristia Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Inky in color, this gem hits it out of the park with its showy nose of licorice, thyme, smoke, kirsch liqueur, flowers and dark cherries. Fabulously rich, intense and mouth-filling, this is a palate-staining experience with length, intensity, and richness. Make no mistake, this is a big, bold expression of Chateauneuf du Pape. But it never crosses into being too much or over the top. 2,414 Views Tasted Oct 9, 2020 |
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2016
Domaine de Cristia Renaissance (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Deep in color, the wine is big, juicy and rich, a well as luscious in texture, The fruits are perfectly ripe, there is density, freshness and complexity. But this is not your grandmothers Chateauneuf du Pape. Instead, this is a delicious example of a concentrated, richly textured, ripe, juicy, modern styled Southern Rhone that has it all going on. The wine is made from 60% Grenache and 40% Mourvedre. 2,213 Views Tasted Sep 18, 2018 |
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2015
Domaine de Cristia (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
With a nod to the floral side, the dark, ripe, juicy, fresh , spicy red fruits are easy to find and like. On the finish, you will encounter the pure kirsch and thyme characteristics. The wine was made using a blend of 60% Grenache with 40% Mourvedre. 2,949 Views Tasted Aug 21, 2017 |
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2015
Domaine de Cristia Renaissance (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Luscious textures and a real density of flavor here. Juicy, rich and spicy, the wine is full bodied fresh and long with layers of pure, rich, ripe, sweet fruits that keep on coming, long after the glass is empty. The wine is made from 60% Grenache and 40% Mourvedre. 3,143 Views Tasted Aug 21, 2017 |
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2015
Domaine de Cristia Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
The garrigue is made more interesting with the strong thyme accent. Blend in a judicious amount of sweet, fresh kirsch, cherries and licorice with silky tannins and a long, polished, fresh finish, and well, you get the picture. The wine was made using 100% old, vine Grenache. 3,742 Views Tasted Aug 21, 2017 |
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2014
Domaine de Cristia (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Red fruits, licorice and kirsch aromatics paired with supple textures and a sweet, plush finish. 2,276 Views Tasted Jun 23, 2016 |
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2013
Domaine de Cristia (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Fennel, incense and cherries, with a soft, forward, supple, fruit filled, cherry charm. Made from a blend of 70% Grenache, 15% Syrah and 15% Mourvedre. 3,004 Views Tasted Sep 7, 2015 |
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2013
Domaine de Cristia Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Smoke, licorice and sweet, plush cherries are easy to find, before you hit the silky, smooth, fresh, kirsch filled finish. The wine was made using 100% old, vine Grenache. 2,215 Views Tasted Sep 7, 2015 |
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2012
Domaine de Cristia Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
This is already starting to drink well. The showy floral, cherry, garrigue and thyme nose is perfect for the soft, pure, supple, elegant textures and finish. It should be even better with another couple of years in the bottle. 1,585 Views Tasted Apr 30, 2015Notes of vanilla bean, juicy ripe berries and fennel create the perfume. The silky tannins and a long, spicy, black and blue fruit ending make this a treat. From 100% old vine Grenache, the wine reached 14% ABV. 1,564 Views Tasted Sep 17, 2014 |
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2012
Domaine de Cristia (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
With smoke, licorice and kirsch on the nose, the wine is plush, polished and ends with a rich, round, ripe wave of spicy black cherries. From a blend of 70% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre and 15% Syrah. 2,546 Views Tasted Sep 10, 2014 |
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2011
Domaine de Cristia (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Truffles hide just behind the sweet kirsch sensations. This is followed by a plush, sensuous pop of ripe, spicy, black cherries to complete the experience. 3,371 Views Tasted Aug 19, 2014 |
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2010
Domaine de Cristia Renaissance (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Ripe, ABVic and almost too much to taste… Note I said almost with its jammy, licorice, chocolate and spicy character, the wine coats your palate, teeth and gums with layers of decadent fruit. There is a touch of heat in the massive finish. 4,253 Views Tasted May 31, 2013 |
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2010
Domaine de Cristia (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Silky, ripe, fat juicy berries, pepper, earth and herbs create a supple textured wine that delivers a pure, fresh, sweet, red and black, berry finish. 3,937 Views Tasted May 29, 2013 |
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2009
Domaine de Cristia Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Supple, rich and sexy, with loads of ripe, sweet, juicy, cherries, kirsch, pepper, garrigue and a hint of smoke. This is a lush, full bodied wine of pleasure that is already fun to drink. 2,744 Views Tasted Oct 23, 2015 |
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2007
Domaine de Cristia Renaissance (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Already drinking great, deeply colored, packed with exuberant ripe cherries, jammy strawberries, plums, spice and fennel, the wine is silky, lush, concentrated and forward in style. There is no reason not to pop a cork on this delicious blend of old vine Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre. 3,818 Views Tasted Jun 5, 2012 |
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2007
Domaine de Cristia Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Produced from 100% old vine Grenache, this rich, fat, juicy, concentrated, sensuous wine shows off and wants to be noticed with its aromatic display of black raspberry, boysenberry jam, licorice, pepper, earth, spice and kirsch liqueur nose. If that didn't win you over, the voluptuous textures, purity of fruit and persistence in the finish should do the job. 3,284 Views Tasted May 18, 2013 |
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2005
Domaine de Cristia Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
This is what you get when you have a producer that knows what to do with 100 year old, Grenache vines! Concentrated, lush, richly textured with layers of kirsch, black cherry, licorice and spice. The wine is full, deep and long, with a plushly textured, polished, sweet kirsch finish that sticks with you. 3,002 Views Tasted Aug 24, 2017 |
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2003
Domaine de Cristia Renaissance (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Concentrated and rich. The texture is sublime. More black fruit than red. Already open. A wine for pleasure seekers. 3,584 Views Tasted Jul 25, 2005 |
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2000
Domaine de Cristia Renaissance (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Aromas of plums, prunes, pepper, herbs, spearmint and green olives filled the glass. Huge, dense, opulent, chewy, multi layered wine. Very concentrated with dense black fruit that oozes from the glass onto your palate. 2,131 Views Tasted Aug 7, 2004 |
