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ESTATE PRICE A normal blend, the 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape is a rocking wine that exudes elegance and finesse, yet still packs the classic Clos Saint Jean richness and depth. Offering notes of kirsch liqueur, licorice, ground pepper, and herbes de Provence, it's deep and medium to full-bodied, with incredibly polished tannins, and awesome upfront charm...
ESTATE PRICE! The 2017 Châteauneuf Du Pape La Combe Des Fous checks in as a normal blend of 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, and the rest Vaccarèse and Cinsault, raised in tank and demi-muids. Kirsch liqueur, white flowers, graphite, ground pepper, and obvious minerality all emerge from this ethereal yet powerful, concentrated 2017. It's very much in the more...
ESTATE PRICE! The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape was scheduled to be bottled the week after this tasting, and it's the usual blend of 35% Mourvedre, 25% Grenache, and the rest Syrah, Counoise, and other permitted varieties. While the estate compares this to their 2016, it reminds me slightly of their 1990 and has a wonderful perfume of red, blue, and black...
ESTATE PRICE! The Châteauneuf Du Pape Cuvée Homage A Jacques Perrin 2020 has been tasted, and it's a brilliant vintage. I always find that this cuvée, which is almost entirely composed of mourvèdre, offers blue fruit characteristics in its youth, and the 2020 is no exception, offering tons of blueberry, blackcurrant and black raspberry fruit, as well...