Domaine Chante-Perdrix

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2018

9.2

Wednesday night is good for CDP. My first go with this producer. It's very good! Nice balance of fruit, smoke, and those awesome Rhone river pebbles.
Listening to Louis Armstrong — 2 days ago

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Doug Powers

Solid producer!!

Dave

Yeah really good! @Doug Powers

Tom Casagrande

Haven’t had the producer’s wines but used to love their wines from years beginning in 19__!

Domaine Chante Cigale

Vieilles Vignes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2020

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2020 | dark fruit, smell of a stable, good concentration, serious glass of wine. 2*day cherries and chocolate — 7 months ago

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Doug Powers

@Peter van den Besselaar, did you notice any newish oak? About 10-15 years I bought a Chamte Cigale VV (after having much older vintages), the wine I bought had GREAT reviews, but I just despise oodles of new oak in my CdPs!?!?

Peter van den Besselaar

@Doug Powers I did some research. 70% of the wine was kept on stainless steel and 30% in new barrels for 12 months. The wine was balanced with well integrated wood. We even dit not notice it. Making choices for more or less wood seems very difficult to me. Perhaps you had the wine when the vintner was still searching for the perfect recipe? But certainly you might try it again.

Doug Powers

Thanks for the feedback @Peter van den Besselaar !