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Château Sixtine
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2021
Château Sixtine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Spicy red fruits with accents of herbs, and orange peel resonate in the nose. On the palate, the wine is fresh, salty, vibrant, round, and fruity with a polished supple, creamy finish. The wine is a blend of 50% Grenache, 25% Syrah and 25% Mourvedre. Drink from 2024-2030. 851 Views Tasted Jan 30, 2024 |
2021
Château Sixtine Cuvée de Vatican (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Sweet, fresh cherries, and kirsch with supple-textures, medium-bodied, soft, elegant and fresh. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2024-2030. 483 Views Tasted Jan 30, 2024 |
2020
Château Sixtine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium-bodied, forward and fruity with a softness to the black raspberries, strawberries and kirsch that is perfect for early drinking, elegant, refined pleasure. Drink from 2022-2028. 1,767 Views Tasted Jan 27, 2023 |
2019
Château Sixtine Blanc (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Sweet, juicy and fresh, the core of yellow citrus rind, green apples, spice and herbs offers vibrance, lift, and a rich, spicy, fruit packed finish. Drink from 2022 - 2028 1,526 Views Tasted Jan 9, 2022 |
2019
Château Sixtine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Lush, rich and vibrant with layers of licorice infused dark red berries, espresso, smoke, spice and plums permeate the nose. On the palate the wine is dark, deep, plush and polished, with solid concentration and layers of ripe, deep, round fruits and spice. Give the wine a few years to fully integrate and it will be an even better tasting experience. The wine is a blend of 50% Grenache, 30% Mourvedre and 20% Syrah. Drink from 2024 - 2036 3,489 Views Tasted Jan 9, 2022 |
2019
Château Sixtine Manus Dei (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Forward, fresh, soft, medium-bodied, earthy, charmer with a blast of green olives and cherries on the mid-palate and in the finish. This is ready to drink on release. Drink from 2021 - 2030 1,949 Views Tasted Jan 9, 2022 |
2018
Château Sixtine Manus Dei (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium-bodied, earthy, dusty and fruity, with a nice spicy kick and a hint of licorice in the raspberry oriented finish. This is ready to drink on release. 941 Views Tasted Oct 12, 2020 |
2018
Château Sixtine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Showing good color, the nose offers sweet red fruits, meat, pepper, earth and spice. Fruity, luscious, round and ripe, this is very successful for the vintage, in part due to all the Mourvedre and Syrah in the blend. 2,739 Views Tasted Oct 12, 2020 |
2017
Château Sixtine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Spicy, fruity and rich the wine has a fabulous shot of earth, grilled meat and herbs with good concentration of flavor. Give it a few years in the cellar before popping a bottle. Made with a blend of 50% Grenache, 30% Mourvedre and 20% Syrah. 2,947 Views Tasted Sep 24, 2019 |
2016
Château Sixtine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Peppery, spicy, sweet, pure, soft textured red fruits create an elegant, refined, silky expression. There is depth of flavor and sweet, ripe, olive tinged, kirsch in the end notes. The wine was made from blending 50% Grenache, 25% Syrah and 25% Mourvedre. 5,721 Views Tasted Sep 15, 2018 |
2015
Château Sixtine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Incense and red fruits are the first thing you notice. On the palate, the wine has a nice polish to all its rich, sweet, fleshy red berries, freshness for lift and round textures in the finish. The wine was made from blending 65% Grenache, 25% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre. 2,884 Views Tasted Aug 21, 2017 |
2014
Château Sixtine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium bodied, lush, polished, sensuous and elegant style of wine with a ripe core of peppery red berries and thyme. 3,378 Views Tasted Jun 23, 2016 |
2013
Château Sixtine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Fresh herbs and sweet, ripe red fruits, play well with the soft, silky textures and freshness in the end notes. Made with a blend of 40% Grenache, 35% Mourvedre and 25% Syrah. 2,348 Views Tasted Sep 9, 2015 |
2012
Château Sixtine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Supple, polished and spicy, with a blast of fresh, jammy black raspberry, pepper and herbs in the finish. 40% Grenache, 35% Mourvedre and 25% Syrah make up the unique blend. 3,284 Views Tasted Sep 10, 2014 |
2012
Château Sixtine Manus Dei (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Easy drinking, medium bodied with black peppery fruits. 1,794 Views Tasted Sep 10, 2014 |
2011
Château Sixtine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Lush red fruits and spice, with a polished, black cherry personality with good character and a supple finish. 4,749 Views Tasted Aug 19, 2014 |
2011
Château Sixtine Manus Dei (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Supple easy tasting and forward, some dryness is found in the spicy, cherry and wild strawberry finish. 4,466 Views Tasted Aug 19, 2014 |
2010
Château Sixtine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Earthy, sweet, fleshy, fresh, ripe, pure, black and red cherries, pepper, fennel, garrigue and spice open the wine. Rich, fleshy, sweet, round and intense, there is no sensation of heat in the long, 15.5% ABV finish. Few wines of this quality are available at this price level. This is a top level Chateauneuf du Pape wine worth buying. 6,957 Views Tasted Jun 1, 2013Sweet jammy black raspberries, flowers, smoke, spice and black pepper scents, this lush, sexy, rich, forward style of Chateauneuf du Pape is already delicious. For a wine of this consistent level of quality, the Diffonty family has kept prices fair. 6,056 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2012 |