La Ferme du Mont Ch�teauneuf-du-Pape

A solid wine with great power with greater succes in the garden than indoors with PB last time. Deep, rich fruit, sleek, modern with great power behind. The punters loved it. #AD60

Cellermade, certainly, but very well done indeed. Smooth, spicy, local, well balanced with no flaws. Tasted over two days, no signs of decline, still I see really not much reason to keep this, don't see it improving, enjoy it now for the ripe fruit, there's plenty of it, enough to keep one interested. #PB

I'm happy to note that this is back to an excellent drinking window. The one bottle could have been slightly off or simply mis-timed. Aftertaste is long, filled with traditional notes and the mouth-feel is 'on'.

This was much better than previous bottle -- noting that it did need to breathe and hit its best point a few hours after opening. The 2nd day was still good, but not as good as the time after it had breathed.

I am hoping that this is simply a low point for the remaining bottles. The initial reviews were very enthusiastic about this wine. On re-reading, I am suspecting that the higher end CdP from the same vintner is the one that has led the way to very positive reviews. But, at this point in time, this has not opened up or evolved into anything that is nearly the complexity of a traditional CdP and it felt thin and more like …

Drinking very well -- will let others continue to age --

Juicy, powerful, round, balanced; tannins here as well, but juicyness prevails, it's fair to drink it now. Well made.

During a CDP tasting dinner. OK, interesting wine here. Very structured, racy tannins and acidity is the first thing that you notice. This wine has Don't touch me till 2025 written all over it. Aromatically there is lots underneath, so it could be interesting once it is mature. To be revisited.

Dark reddish rudy in appearance with a rather restrained notes of red fruits, a touch of cumin, black tea, spicy vegetal herbs, and wet soil on the nose. Slightly sweet on the palate, leaning on heavier side of medium-bodied, smooth tannins and somewhat rustic. I feel that there is an excessive amount of alcohol in this CDP which puts a big damper on this otherwise nice and nicely balanced wine. The flavor profile includes impressions of red and black cherries, …

à Canmore (102$ au wine store!) Un très beau Châteauneuf, avec de la finesse, une bonne gourmandise et un bel équilibre. Il est plus confit et un peu moins frais que le magnifique 2010, mais ça reste un excellent Ch9, déjà agréable à boire. 92 pts

Nice style of wine that is already drinking well and can age a bit. Loads of sweet, fresh, juicy kirsch, raspberries, thyme, smoke, coffee and earthy aromatics, with fat, round textures, good concentration of flavor and a sweet, spicy, ripe, red berry finish. The wine was made from a blend of 90% Grenache and Mourvedre.

Monthly Tasting Group EEE #040; Ch�teauneuf-du-Pape (@ JD) : The bouquet is still a bit lactic with dark and red berries and cherries, some spiciness, minerals, laurel and a bit rustic/barnyard smells which blow off. On the palate juicy sweet red and dark berry fruits and cherries. Some spiciness like pepper and minerals. Good acidity and slightly sticky tannin. Still a bit too young. Wait at least until 2018. 91+