Tasting
The wine is a deep garnet color with purple highlights. The initial nose is very rich, intense, and peppery, quickly giving way to notes of Morello cherry, cocoa, blackberry, and baked apple. The palate is dense, powerful, and balanced. The tannins are fine, chiseled, and well-integrated, revealing a perfectly ripe wine with aromas of black fruit and mocha, yet remaining fresh and crisp to express great finesse and a long, lingering finish.
Service & Pairing
This exceptional Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a great tasting wine to be enjoyed from its early years, alone, for pleasure, with robust meats or roasted vegetables and for 15 years; serve at 16/17°C.
Press
94/100 – James Suckling
“An exceptionally fragrant Châteauneuf with a very floral nose! Very elegant, this aroma lingers delicately on the palate. Then the tannins arrive, a note of licorice appears, and the minerality unfolds into a long and characteristic finish. 95% of this wine is Grenache planted between 1880 and 1948”
95/100 – Jeb Dunnuck
94/100 – The Wine Cellar Insider (Jeff Leve)
“There’s a touch of volatile acidity that may or may not appeal to everyone, with aromas of garrigue, plums, and licorice on the nose. Round, full-bodied, rich, and concentrated, the wine is much better on the palate, with a lovely length, red fruit, chalk, salt, and a hint of cocoa on the finish.”
Blend: 95% Grenache Noir and 5% Syrah
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