As always, the 2017 Ch?teauneuf Du Pape sees a small amount of stems, and the blend is 60% Grenache, 15% each of Syrah and Mourv?dre, and the rest an assortment of varieties. Red currants, lavender, salty minerality, nori, and plenty of peppery garrigue n...
The full-bodied, richly concentrated 2017 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Reservee is at an almost embryonic state of development. It boasts great purple fruit, bright, crunchy, fresh flavors, hints of garrigue and some chewy tannins. According to Laurence Fera...
The 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Reservee is full-bodied but quite approachable and easy to drink, loaded with black cherries and plummy fruit and tinged with licorice. A blend of 80% Grenache, 6% Syrah, 4% Mourvedre and 10% other permitted varieties, i...
A terrific vintage for this wine, which was bottled just a couple of weeks prior to my late June visit, the 2021 Cotes du Rhone Coudoulet de Beaucastel is a blend of 30% each Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah, plus 10% Cinsault. From a vineyard just outside t...
Tasted out of multiple barrels, the 2022 Châteauneuf Du Pape looks to be a ripe, sexy wine with gorgeous red and blue fruit as well as notes of graphite, smoked meat, and violets. Rich, full-bodied, and concentrated on the palate, it has rock-solid underl...