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As the Côtes du Rhône and Gigondas from Domaine Mont Redon / Famille Abeille Fabre delight you, we thought why not let ourselves be tempted by their Côte de Provence Rosé? The vineyards are located in the plain of Cuers on the foothills of the Massif des Maures... Well to make it simple, 30mns from the Lavandou, the peninsula of Giens or the Fort of...
A sure value of the appellation, regularly selected in this chapter. Paul Filliatreau and his son Frédérik offer two cuvées that were also appreciated by the jurors. This cuvée Vieilles Vignes seduces with its deep ruby color, its fine bouquet of ripe red fruits and its ample and round palate with "lush" tannins. This 2009, fruity and minty, fresh and...
ESTATE PRICE! The 2015 Châteauneuf Du Pape Domaine de Terre Ferme offers lots of blackberry, black raspberries, peppery herbs and toasted spices in a medium to full-bodied, nicely concentrated and structured style. It’s going to need short-term cellaring.
ESTATE PRICE! The flagship is the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Chateau Sixtine and it’s mostly Grenache with solid amounts of Syrah and Mourvèdre, that’s raised in concrete and used barrels. It’s another rich yet incredibly polished, seamless barrel sample that has ample blackberry and black raspberry fruits as well as notes of chocolate, cured meats, and...
Coming from the northern portion of the appellation, the 2020 Châteauneuf du Pape shows the style of the team at Clos du Caillou (the estate is owned by the Vachon family) with its medium-bodied, silky, spicy, charming character. Medium-bodied on the palate, it has a kiss of background oak, ultra-fine tannins, and a great finish.
ESTATE PRICE! The base 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape checks in as 50% Grenache, 28% Syrah, 20% Mourvèdre, and a splash of Muscardin. Gorgeous cassis, blackberries, peppery herbs, and violet notes all emerge from this medium to full-bodied effort, which has wonderful tannins and remarkable purity and freshness, especially in the vintage. Not yet bottled, it...
ESTATE PRICE The 2019 Châteauneuf-du-Pape from the young Julien Barrot is a perfumed, elegant release that's loaded with notions of currants, kirsh, licorice, and spice. It's silky, elegant, ethereally textured and long, with the freshness and classic style of the vintage. As usual, the classic cuvée is a blend of roughly 60% Grenache, 18% Mourvèdre and...
ESTATE PRICE! From the biodynamically farmed Domaine de Terre Ferme, the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape exhibits lots of Mediterranean sea breeze/seaweed, kirsch, fig, black currant and cherry notes in its complex, heady, succulent personality. With good acidity and ripe tannin, this 80% Grenache/20% Mourvedre blend is the finest offering from Domaine de...
The 2004 Chateauneuf du Pape Tradition is well made, direct, with substance and depth, charming in its own way. To drink in the next 20 years.
the 2010 Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a stunning bottle of wine! A blend of 80% Grenache and equal parts Syrah and Mourvedre, its opaque purple color is followed by knockout aromas of blackberry liqueur, flower oil, liquid mineral, licorice, and graphite. Not losing a beat on the palate either, with a full-bodied, structured, and edgy...
The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Cuvée De La Reine des Bois is a deeper, more masculine wine with gorgeous cassis and blackberry fruits as well as graphite, licorice, crushed stone, violets, and lavender nuances. Rich, full-bodied, and incredibly concentrated, it has a brilliant sense of freshness and purity as well as length on the finish. It's going to...
ESTATE PRICE! Similarly colored to the classic cuvée, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Quet is 80% Grenache and 20% Mourvèdre. It offers a huge, rich, powerful style that never goes over the top and stays balanced and graceful. Currants, toasted spices, caramelized beef, and exotic notes all flow to a massively textured, powerhouse of a wine that has a...
ESTATE PRICE! Lastly, the inky colored 2017 Châteauneuf Du Pape Tintot (85% Mourvèdre, and 15% Grenache) offers up a deep, powerful bouquet of black cherries, blackcurrants, medicinal herbs, cured meats, and licorice. Powerful, full-bodied, and incredibly concentrated on the palate, it has beautiful depth of fruit, loads of spicy, meaty Mourvèdre...
An old vine blend of 70% Grenache and equal parts Syrah and Mourvedre, all aged in concrete tank, the 2009 Domaine de Villeneuve Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Vieilles Vignes is an outstanding, decadently styled wine that offers loads of black cherry liqueur, garrigue, underbrush, and pepper aromatics. This flows to a hedonistic, sweetly fruited palate that has...
ESTATE PRICE! The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape La Combe Des Fous is a normal blend of 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, and the rest Vaccarèse and Cinsault. Beautiful, full-bodied aromas and flavors of ripe black raspberries, violets, ground pepper, lavender, and herbes de Provence all emerge from this gorgeous barrel sample, and it shows the pure, fresh, yet still...
BEST CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE WINE ON VINTAGE 2018 BY JEB DUNNUCK ESTATE PRICE! The star of the show in 2018 is the 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape La Combe Des Fous, which has an incredible mix of complexity, power, and elegance that’s something to behold. Sporting a deep purple/plum color as well as a killer bouquet of blackcurrants, lavender, peppery garrigue,...