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ESTATE PRICEThe classic 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape, it is based on 65% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre, and the rest Syrah and Cinsault. I love the bouquet, which is loaded with ripe black cherries, roasted herbs, licorice and peppery undertones. It is turning into a rich, medium-bodied, wonderfully balanced and layered Chateauneuf du Pape with a more expansive,...
ESTATE PRICE! Almost all Grenache, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape A La Gloire De Mon Grand-Père comes from the La Gardiole lieu-dit and was aged 80% in demi-muids and 20% in foudre. Its deep purple/plum color is followed by a stunning array of black cherry, blackberry, and ripe strawberry fruits as well as candied flowers, orange blossom, and toasted...
ESTATE PRICE! The classic cuvée is the 2021 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc, which is based on 43% Roussanne, 30% Clairette, 25% Grenache Blanc, and 2% Bourboulenc. It's brilliant stuff, offering lots of bright lemon and pineapple-like fruits as well as white flowers, honeysuckle, and a kiss of chalky minerality. Beautiful on the palate as well, it's medium...
ESTATE PRICE! 3rd Prize for Special Cuvées 2019 at Saint-Marc Moving to the old vine cuvée, which is a blend of 85% Grenache and 15% Mourvèdre, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Chante Le Merle Vieilles Vignes reveals a deeper ruby/purple color as well as a richer, slightly more powerful bouquet of blackcurrants, jammy black cherries, roasted garrigue,...
ESTATE PRICE! From a sandy, late-ripening site next to the clos, the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Les Quartz is an 80-20 blend of Grenache and Syrah. Scents of roses, herbal tea, cherries and raspberries leave the mouth watering, while the palate is full-bodied, lush and silky. It really looks special this year.
The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Réserve Auguste Favier is based on 85% Grenache and 15% Cinsault, all from the Les Serres lieu-dit, and was brought up all in demi-muids. Black raspberries, spring flowers, pepper, and loamy earth and mineral nuances all make an appearance here, and this flawlessly balanced, medium to full-bodied Châteauneuf du Pape has...
Incredibly perfumed and complex, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve Auguste Favier offers full-bodied notes of currants, Asian spices, dried flowers, and lavender. It's powerful, concentrated and layered, yet always light on its feet and beautifully balanced, with a seamless, elegant texture as well as the purity of fruit that's the hallmark of this...
ESTATE PRICEThe 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape showed brilliantly and is certainly one of the stars in the vintage. Based on 55% Grenache, 30% Mourvedre, and the rest Syrah and other permitted varieties, it shines for its elegance and purity, offering a wonderful core of red and black fruits, medium to full body, silky, incredibly polished tannins, flawless...
ESTATE PRICE! Violets, blackberries and crushed stone appear on the nose of the 2020 Côte Rôtie Dans les Vignes de Mon Père, a towering effort that must be the best wine I've ever tasted from Bonnefond. The oak is perfectly judged and wonderfully integrated into the full-bodied yet almost weightless wine, adding just a hint of mocha to the gloriously...
ESTATE PRICE! More blackberry, blueberry, violets, ground pepper, and flowers emerge from the 2017 Châteauneuf Du Pape Croix De Bois, which is also all Grenache brought up in concrete. It's full-bodied, deep, seriously concentrated, has ample tannins, and a huge finish. This is another brilliant Grenache from Chapoutier that delivers everything you...
ESTATE PRICE ! As always, the 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape Deus-Ex Machina checks in as a blend of 60% Grenache and 40% Mourvèdre that saw the Grenache aged all in concrete tanks and the Mourvèdre new barrels. This richer, full-bodied, meaty 2018 boasts a fabulous mid-palate as well as a complex nose of cured meats, toasted spices, peppery garrigue, loamy...
Being composed of 70% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre and the rest Syrah, Cinsault and Terret Noir. As usual, this is a more powerful and fruitier wine than the Cuvée Chaupin, with lots of creme de cassis, liquid violets, crushed rocks, wood smoke and peppery herbs. It displays the purity and freshness of the vintage while providing concentration as well as...
BEST CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE WINE ON VINTAGE 2018 BY JEB DUNNUCK ESTATE PRICE! The reputation of the Clos St Jean domain is well established and the wines of Clos St Jean are reputed to be quite concentrated and massive, yet they are perfectly balanced. The famous cuvée La Combe des Fous is a tribute to Guy Maurel, who finally persisted in planting vines...
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 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...
ESTATE PRICE! The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée des Cadettes is a Grenache-heavy blend that includes 38% Syrah and 10% Mourvèdre. It was not destemmed and was brought up in 28% new barrels, with the balance in foudres. It offers more cassis, graphite, spicy wood, and minerality, full-bodied richness, a deep, powerful texture, integrated acidity, and...
ESTATE PRICE! J. DUNNUCK : The 2020 Châteauneuf du Pape Les Hauts-Lieux comes from a cooler, higher elevation parcel and also includes slightly more Mourvedre, both of which give this cuvée a more firm, structured profile, especially in its youth. Awesome red, blue, and black fruits as well as black licorice, liquid violet, and peppery garrigue define...
The first vintage for this single cuvée, which in the past would have made the two special cuvées of Domaine Saint-Préfert, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape checks in as a blend of 75% Grenache and the rest Cinsault, Mourvèdre, and a splash of Syrah. Its deep ruby/plum hue is followed by a more reticent, full-bodied, powerful wine offering serious black...