Roger Sabon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Olivets
- Red
- France
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape
- Shiraz/Syrah
- Mourvedre
- Counoise
- Cinsaut
- Vaccareze
- Muscardin
- Tracked vintages
- 20
- Community notes
- 288
- Merchant offers
- 14
What we know about this wine
- Critics
- 92/ 1002018 · nearest vintage with a critic score
- Real drinkers
- 84/ 100288 notes, every vintage
- Market price
- £23per 75 cl2020 · nearest vintage with a price · 6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2023
- Drinking window
- 2020–2031peak2018 · nearest vintage with a window
Flavour and structure
What drinkers taste in this wine across its vintages, and how it is built: body, acidity, tannin and sweetness on a five-point scale, with the number of ratings behind them.
Structure from 101 community ratings, read 2026-08-12. Style: Southern Rhône Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red.
- Body4.7 / 5
- LightFull
- Acidity3.1 / 5
- SoftCrisp
- Tannin2.9 / 5
- SmoothGrippy
- Sweetness1.7 / 5
- DrySweet
- Black fruit · blackberry, plum, dark fruit, black fruit, black cherry
- Earth · leather, earthy, smoke, minerals, forest floor
- Oak · tobacco, oak, vanilla, chocolate, coffee
- Spice · pepper, licorice, mint, eucalyptus, white pepper
- Red fruit · cherry, red fruit, raspberry, strawberry, cranberry
- Floral · lavender, violet, perfume, potpourri, dried flowers
Grapes: Shiraz/Syrah, Mourvedre, Counoise, Cinsaut, Vaccareze, Muscardin. Proportions are not recorded.
Descriptors are the words drinkers used most, grouped; counts are mentions. Tannin is shown only where it was measured.
2007One point per priced vintage. Years with no price we can stand behind are not drawn.2020
Vintages
Each vintage has its own page with both scores, the drinking window and the merchant price range. The meter is the score on a 60-100 scale and its colour is where that vintage stands against its own drinking window. Prices are per 75cl, with the case size and month they were taken from.
- 2024unit not stated
- 202379drinkersunit not stated
- 202288drinkersunit not stated
- 202188drinkersunit not stated
- 202085drinkers£23 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2023
- 201892critic£22 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2021
- 201793critic£25 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, November 2020
- 201692critic£16 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, October 2022
- 201588critic£15 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, December 2016
- 200990critic
- 200888critic
- 200791critic£32 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, September 2022
- 200689drinkers
- 200590drinkers
- 200487drinkers
- 200388drinkers
- 200189drinkers
- 200091drinkers
- 199988drinkers
- 199887drinkers
- Peakinside the middle half of its stated window
- Past its windowits window has closed
- Window not recordedthe vintage carries no window, so the meter shows its score alone
- Best scored
- 2017
- 93 / 100 from a critic
- Drinking now
- 2017
- peak, window 2020–2035
- Lowest price
- 2015
- £15 per 75 cl
Price by vintage
One monthly median per vintage, divided by the case size it was quoted in, so the bars are the same unit. These are our own aggregates, not offers: nobody will sell you a median.
Solid: a realised in-bond trade
View as a table
| Vintage | Price / 75cl | Critic score | In drink window | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £23 | — | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2023 |
| 2018 | £22 | 92 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2021 |
| 2017 | £25 | 93 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, November 2020 |
| 2016 | £16 | 92 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, October 2022 |
| 2015 | £15 | 87.5 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, December 2016 |
| 2007 | £32 | 90.5 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, September 2022 |
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