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A wine with alluring fragrance and deep-set, red and darker berry fruits, all spliced together with a powdery, fine-cut web of old vine tannins. Superb.
Powerful raspberry, floral pastille and Asian spice aromas show outstanding clarity and vivacity. Energetic flavors of red fruit preserves and lavender are given spine and definition by zesty minerality. The floral and red fruit notes carry strongly through a clinging, sharply focused finish framed by smooth, slow-building tannins.
...fresh, elegant and focused style loved by Laurent, it has lots of white pepper, kirsch, incense and garrigue characteristics, with impeccable balance, fine tannin and medium-bodied richness.
...notes of kirsch, flowers, celery seed, and spice all emerge from this already complex, medium-bodied, elegant Châteauneuf Du Pape that shines for its fabulous complexity.
Simple red fruits on the nose with a hint of sweetness and pepper. There are a few stray tannins lurking and this is an attractive, relatively light example.