2016 Pierre Usseglio Chateauneuf du Pape

Proprietary Blend - 1.5L
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REVIEWS

DC 94 WE 94 JS 93 JD 93 JL 92 WA 92
DC 94

Decanter,

There have been few opportunities to eat out this year, but one particularly memorable occasion came in October in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, on a freezing evening wrapped up in blankets outside a neighbourhood restaurant. Made...
WE 94

Wine Enthusiast, December 2019

While voluptuous in body, this rich, densely fruity red offers luscious black-plum and dried strawberry flavors offset by a mineral freshness and subtle notes of porcini mushroom and crushed earth. An enveloping wine...
JS 93

jamessuckling.com, July 2018

Attractive freshness and power, this typifies much of what is great about the 2016 vintage. It carries the ripeness well. Dark berries and flowers lead to ripe plums and succulent, long tannins carrying abundant, ripe...
JD 93

jebdunnuck.com, August 2018

The classic 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape checks in at around 75% Grenache, 10% each of Syrah and Mourvèdre, and a splash of Cinsault. This rock star traditional cuvée gives up loads of black licorice, garrigue, black...
JL 92

TheWineCellarInsider.com, September 2018

Loads of herbs, pepper, underbrush, flowers and kirsch here. Silky, fresh, long and loaded with juicy kirsch, there is body and sweet fruits. You can drink this now, or give it a few years for more secondary notes to...
WA 92

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, September 2018

A blend of 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah and 5% each Cinsault and Mourvèdre, the 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape is full-bodied, rich and round. Despite being a touch on the warm side, it's deceptively easy to drink, with sexy flavors...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Proprietary Blend
Country France
Region Rhone
Sub-region Southern Rhone
Appellation Chateauneuf du Pape
Vintage 2016
Size 1.5L
Percent alcohol 14.5%
Closure Cork

Domaine Pierre Usseglio was founded in Chateauneuf-du-Pape by Pierre’s father, Francis in 1948. Pierre eventually took the reigns and, since 1999, his children have run the estate. The Domaine holds 15 small vineyard plots throughout the AOC, totaling 22 hectares. Only one of those hectares is planted to white grapes. The remainder, with a mix of rocky and sandy soils, represent approximately 75% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 6% Mourvedre, 5% Cinsault, 2% Counoise and 2% Muscardin. Domaine Pierre Usseglio makes three red wines and one white.

2016 is a vintage Chateauneuf du Pape fans will want to stock up on big time, and Domaine Pierre Usseglio, with the exceptional value of their base cuvee, is pretty much a no brainer. Usseglio’s flamboyant and delicious Chateauneuf du Papes are some of the top values in the AOC, and the 2016s are the “best wines ever produced here” (Dunnuck). If you enjoy everything that Chateauneuf has to offer, you will fall in love with 2016 as it was “truly extraordinary for the Southern Rhone” (Dunnuck), and Usseglio’s traditional cuvée “typifies much of what is great about the 2016 vintage” (Suckling). Jean-Pierre and Thierry Usseglio have been pushing the boundaries at this estate since 1998, accomplishing “special things” according to Robert Parker, and working themselves “into the top echelon of Châteauneuf du Pape.” Their 2016 Pierre Usseglio Chateauneuf du Pape is 75% Grenache, and has a higher than normal 10% Mourvedre, as the ripeness of the vintage supports the added structure it brings. With beautiful ripeness a la ‘15, but with greater structure and more consistency across the appellation, this is one year you can’t go wrong with and the 2016 Pierre Usseglio Chateauneuf du Pape is one to grab by the case!