Chateau Sixtine, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Manus Dei

Chateau Sixtine · Rhone › Chateauneuf-du-Pape › France

Red · Red Rhone Blend

Critics

90 /100

Reviews

professional

Vintages

No vintages

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Community Reviews

Reviews

89.6

Avg Score

Highest

Seconding everything Tash wrote below. Though to me it doesn’t quite have the power or elegance I associate with CdP it’s still quite fine and could only have come from the southern Rhône. Improved with some air so while no rush on these I also don’t think they’ll get much better either.

2011 vintage

What a great nose! Red and dark fruit, cherry, black raspberry, garrigue, tar, kirsch, spice and some leather notes on the finish. A lovely nose that got better with an hour open. We had some of this with our friend who dropped by and the rest with Mamoun's lamb shawarma and chicken kebabs plus hummus and tahini. A nice pairing that improved the wine still further. This are ready to drink now. Great QPR for the $20 close-out price.

2011 vintage

很多烟熏和花香，易饮，很喜欢

2011 vintage

Double decanted. Best showing for this bottle so far. Dark nose with raspberry liqueur, charcoal and thyme. On the palate good acidity with more raspberry liqueur, and a touch of earth melting into a chalky tannic finish. Not overly complex, but showed well.

2011 vintage

Mostly CdP (Dr. M's in Ohio City) : I was not expecting this to be as good as it was. More than just solid. Dark ruby in color. The nose has cherries and some anise. On the palate, cherries turning slightly sour on the finish. Nice texture. Nothing green. A bit of depth to it. I don't recall trying this but I do remember not that great notes on it. At least the bottle showed quite well. Nothing austere or …

2011 vintage

It's been about a year since we opened a bottle of this. Decanted it this time, and it really hit its stride after about 2 hrs open. Much better than the previous bottle. Black cherries and some liqueur with hints of vanilla, char, violets and a bit of alcohol (the alcohol was more apparent when the bottle was opened). Full bodied with good acidity and more dark sweet cherries on the palate. I really liked the pepper on the finish; …

2011 vintage

Needs time to open up. Fine to drink now but will be a bit better with time.

2011 vintage

Supple easy tasting and forward, some dryness is found in the spicy, cherry and wild strawberry finish.

2011 vintage

Dark purplish crimson in color. Good energy and depth. Good concentration of elegant, pure red fruits. Finishes with good grip and length with a slight bitter note.

2011 vintage

Day 1: The nose was a bit closed, but on the palate this was fairly jammy and chewy (not entirely positive). The finish was fairly tannic. Day 2: This is a completely different wine. The wine isn't so jammy. The complexity has picked up, with nice violets on the nose, some nice acidity and dark fruit with some heft. The tannins have softened as well, but the acid or alcohol leaves a tiny bit of bite on the finish. Day …

2011 vintage

Quite tannic and closed, but shows promising notes of rose petal, potpourri, and rich red berry fruit. Needs quite a few years to develop but looks promising, especially for the price.

2011 vintage

I didn't find this wine to be nearly as exciting as nearly any of the other '11 CdPs that I've had. I found it to be overly primary and sweet, with basic red and black fruits. Sure, '11 isn't '09 or '10, but there are still better wines to be had than this.

2011 vintage

Very dark ruby color; ripe cherry, ripe berry, ripe raspberry nose; tasty, rich, tart cherry, tart berry, mineral palate with good acidity; ready now but could benefit from 1-2 years of age and should go 10-12; medium-plus finish (60% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 15% Mourvedre)

2011 vintage