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Search Flickinger Wine Inventory
Inventory updated: Thu, Apr 19, 2018 08:05 PM cst
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Regions: Rhone Red
Vintages: Between 2006 and 2006
| Producer |
Vint. |
Wine |
Price |
Bts |
Qty |
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| Jean-Louis Chave |
2006 |
Cotes du Rhone Mon Coeur  |
$20 |
4 |
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| VM 88-91 (1/2008): Component #1: Fresh strawberry and raspberry on the nose. Silky red fruits, with no obvious tannins and a long, sweet finish. Component #2: Deeper cherry and blackberry aromas and flavors. Weighty, chewy and powerful. Component #3: Intensely spiced red berry aromas. Zesty raspberry and red cherry flavors are tightly wound but sweet, with good finishing thrust. "There's some old-vine carignane in here," Chave told me. Josh Raynolds. |
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| Dom. Ferrando |
2006 |
Chateauneuf du Pape Colombis |
$27 |
12 |
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WS 93 (10/2008): Very juicy, with a racy underpinning to the layers of raspberry ganache, blackberry and fig compote. Shows plenty of sweet spice, with hints of melted licorice, shiso leaf and tobacco. There's also latent grip on the rather toasty finish. Drink now through 2023. 515 cases made.
VM 91 (1/2009): (100% grenache) Vivid red. Bright raspberry and cherry-vanilla aromas are complicated by smoky minerals, rose and lavender. Deeper black raspberry and cola on the palate, with tangy minerals adding spine and cut. Suave, finely focused and delicious now but balanced to age. Josh Raynolds.
WA 89 (10/2008): The earthy, Provencal, dark plum/ruby-colored 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape displays the vintage’s spicy side, with notes of new saddle leather, garrigue, licorice, pepper, and plenty of red currant and sweet cherry fruit. It is very good to excellent, and best drunk over the next decade. Both wines are made from 60-year-old 100% Grenache vines grown in a combination of both clay and sandy soils. Both are aged 18 months in wooden cuves prior to bottling. |
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| Etienne Guigal |
2006 |
Cote Rotie La Landonne ETA 90-120 Days (3x750ML) |
$942.99 |
1 |
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JLL ****** (7/2010): Full red, dark tints. Oak hints in with prune-plum aromas, roasted airs, but also red berry - this is complex, varied and broad. The palate has a fine richness, with persistent, uncomplicated dark fruits, ends on ground coffee. A typical Landonne, one that grips tight on its tarry oak at the finish. It will edge closer together over the next 5 years. Dark fruit lies at its centre, comes with a tight, granite aspect. Needs time.
WA 97 (2/2011): The most intense and opaque purple-colored effort is the 2006 La Landonne. More primordial than either the La Mouline or La Turque, it exhibits notes of asphalt, blackberries, charcoal, truffles, roasted meats and creme de cassis. Full-bodied as well as extraordinarily pure and rich, it is approachable, but will benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age and last 30-40 years.
WS 97 (9/2010): This is packed for the vintage, with dark bittersweet chocolate and espresso leading the way for the core of dense fig paste, hoisin sauce and mulled blackberry fruit. The long, smoky finish lets charcoal and iron notes play out, with a very grippy finish. Best from 20120 through 2030. 1,000 cases made.
VM 96 (2/2011): Deep ruby. Boysenberry, smoky Indian spices, licorice and violet on the nose. Then sweet, supple and expansive in the mouth, with strikingly deep flavors of dark berry and cherry compote, mocha and violet pastille. The endless finish displays fine-grained tannins and intense licorice and floral notes. This will age at a snail's pace. |
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2006 |
Cote Rotie La Turque ETA 90-120 Days (3x750ML) |
$904.99 |
1 |
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WS 96 (9/2010): This pulls together grip, minerality and fruit, with charcoal and espresso laying the foundation for crushed plum, fig sauce and mulled currant fruit, which then gives way to a vibrant, iron- and tobacco-filled finish that leaves a mouthwatering feel. Very impressive. Best from 2011 through 2030. 400 cases made.
WA 94+ (12/2016): Possessing more acidity and obvious structure than the 2007, the 2006 Cote Rotie La Turque offers ample notes of charred meats, blackcurrants, cassis, saddle leather and spice. Still inky purple in color, with a straight, focused, lengthy style, give this full-bodied beauty another 2-3 years of cellaring and enjoy over the following two decades or more.
VM 94 (2/2011): Bright ruby. Pungent dark berry and cherry-vanilla aromas are complemented by anise, pipe tobacco and black cardamom. Smoky cherry and blackcurrant flavors are deep and nicely focused, with building tannins and a seductively sweet quality. Shows more power than the La Mouline but less finesse. Finishes on a lively, bittersweet cherry note, with outstanding persistence and lingering elements of spice and smoke. Josh Raynolds.
JLL **** (11/2015): Still a good red robe. The nose is losing some of its oak, has a floral, airborne quality with an elegantly profound red berry fruit interior, and a note of tea. This holds fine juice, red fruits such as redcurrants which are more discreet than usual, along with toasting from the oak. It isn’t an ensemble, is still finding its cohesion, and isn’t especially full on this showing. So: leave until 2018, for less oak, possibly more content. It can’t quite shake off its oaking, but the content is fine. However, the oak-content balance isn’t 100%. |
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| Dom. de la Solitude |
2006 |
Chateauneuf du Pape Cornelia Constanza |
$99 |
1 |
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WA 96 (10/2008): The 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape Cornelia Constanza was fashioned from 100% very old vine Grenache, primarily aged in tank. It exhibits all the characteristics of ripe Grenache, including notes of kirsch liqueur, black raspberries, figs, spice box, and flowers. Heady, full-bodied, concentrated, decadently rich, and oh, so powerful and deep, this is a "must" purchase for those who love old vine Grenache in its unmanipulated, natural, naked glory. This wine should drink beautifully for 15-20 years.
JD 94 (8/2010): A special cuvee first produced in ’05, the 2006 Domaine de la Solitude (Lançon Père et Fils) Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Cornelia Constanza is 100% old vine Grenache from La Crau that’s completely destemmed and has 5% of the blend aged in new oak barrels for 16 months. It is a hedonistic dream, yielding massive Grenache aromas of kirsch, framboise, licorice, and spice, as well as subtle hints of wood. Full bodied, round, lush and downright sexy on the palate, this beauty has a rich, saturating texture, beautiful ripeness (it’s not overripe) and a clean, long finish that carries ripe tannin. One big mouthful of Grenache, this should drink beautifully over the next 15 years or more.
JLL ***[*] (10/2010): Grenache red, some light streaks. Quite mature red fruit aroma, plus melted honey, dates that drift across the glass - the bouquet is becoming open, comes with cocoa and mineral airs that suggest the first signs of evolution. The palate`s red fruit is accessible (much more than the Barberini 2006 and 2007 today) and peppery, leading to a fresh, mineral-tinted finish. There is a definite 2006 fibre through this, one that casts off any heavy hangers-on, travels straight and freshly. Decant this.
VM 91 (2/2009): Bright red. Sharply focused red berry and cherry aromas are complicated by anise, garrigue and smoky minerals. Pliant red fruit flavors are supported by zesty minerals, gaining flesh and sweetness with air. Very nicely balanced wine with a compelling blend of depth and vivacity that bodes well for cellaring. |
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2006 |
Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Barberini |
$89 |
2 |
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| WA 94 (10/2008): The dense ruby/purple-colored 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Barberini offers up sweet aromas of charcoal, boysenberries, blackberries, cherries, smoke, and earth. Rich, full-bodied, layered, and powerful for a 2006, with a 40+ second finish, this is one of the finest Chateauneuf du Papes of the vintage. Moreover, it should age for at least two decades. |
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| Pierre Usseglio |
2006 |
Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Mon Aieul |
$69 |
1 |
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WA 96 (3/2016): One of the gems in the vintage is the 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape Mon Aieul, which in 2006 was 95% Grenache and 5% Syrah. Elegant, seamless and weightless, yet with full-bore intensity in its kirsch liqueur, garrigue and licorice-driven aromas and flavors, this sensational 2006 provides that rare mix of both hedonistic and intellectual pleasure. It’s singing today, but will keep for another decade.
WS 94 (11/2008): Silky and forward, with black tea, melted licorice, hoisin sauce, mocha and currant fruit flavors gliding along cocoa-tinged tannins. Additional hints of tobacco, chestnut and grilled beef flitter through the finish, which has solid, latent grip. Drink now through 2028. 1,500 cases made.
VM 93 (2/2009): Saturated red. Very complex nose displays vivid scents of raspberry, blackcurrant, olive and garrigue Deep, palate-coating red and dark berry flavors are complicated by smoky herbal and floral pastille qualities, with silky tannins adding focus. The floral notes linger seductively on the finish, which is pure, juicy and long. Josh Raynolds.
JLL ***(*) (11/2007): Full, dark red; the bouquet has some southern airs - black fruit with a rich core, also olives and mocha, has coffee and some alcohol and power within. The palate starts with black fruits that are infused with a little pepper. The length is OK: this is not a big impact wine, but the fruit is full of charm - berry and ripe plums form the final taste, and violets, too. From late 2009. |
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