This is a nice and easy drinking Grenache from Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
Showing red fruits with light wood, spices, coffee, earth, dark chocolates, tobacco leaf, light vegetables and peppercorn.
Spicy finish with soft tannins and tangy raspberries.
Showing nice complexity with a soft mouthfeel. Nicely balanced and elegant.
Still young, and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly. Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.
I had this vintage a year ago at the winery, and it was drinking so much better then.
Good by itself and better with food.
A blend of 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre. Aged in (20% new) large French oak barrels.
15.5% alcohol by volume.
90 points.
$125. — 2 months ago
Vibrant ruby with pure cherry, wild strawberry, and blackberry fruit. Subtle garrigue herbs, cinnamon spice, and a hint of licorice emerge on the nose and juicy mid-palate. Fine, velvety tannins, bright tangy acidity, and saline-mineral finish give tension and length—elegant Languedoc finesse. — 8 months ago
A solid budget “Beauj”. This actually tastes like terroir and you can tell the winemaker is trying to not get too involved in the cellar unlike last nights moulin a vent. A lightness and tartness that is quite fun raspberry notes of fruit and a lot of acidity lead to a good drinking wine. Perhaps cherry notes in the middle? The finish isn’t huge but it does linger after swallowing. Actually the nose is quite pretty. Lilac notes? A flower. Highly recommended. The light tartness on the finish might a little much for some people. Maybe air will mellow it. Will buy again.
Edit: after 20 or 30 min of air the tart end integrates and the wine smoothed even more out. This probably deserves a higher rating than 9. Highly recommended — 3 years ago
Fruit forward and flavors of Cab but smooth like a merlot. Nice combo! — 6 years ago
Amazing and best recommendations — 7 years ago
Delicious Chateauneuf du pape with lamb at a family dinner. Lovely nose, dark fruit, fine finish — 3 days ago
Flavorful Côtes du Rhône, with mild acidity and minerality, served at the Hurricane Restaurant in Kennebunkport, ME — 21 days ago
White Rhone. Nose: pear, lemon. Taste: lemon, honey. Very interesting white and I wasn’t aware there were white chateauneuf-du-pape. — 9 months ago
First wine I chose postpartum! So fresh, with a funky nose — 5 years ago
Dark cherry, plum, dried spice — 6 years ago
easy drink — 7 years ago
At 30yrs old, this is still vibrant and alive, and surprisingly delicious and beautiful. Color still red while brickish, nose is inviting and pretty. Enough structure that still says Bordeaux, but with the softened leather of an aging beauty named Milly Grace — 18 days ago
This wine is in balance! Everything plays together so well. It’s a nice 10 year old wine, also the aged notes integrated so well with the vibrant red fruit coming from the Grenache. A little bit of Mouvedre and Syrah give it nice complexity. — 7 months ago
Cotes de Catalan red with Guinea Fowl at Spring. Excellent fruit, not the graininess I can find in Grenache/Carignan reds at times. — 3 years ago
I loved this wine! — 7 years ago
Turd Ferguson
Base 2014 vintage premier and grand cru vineyards 5 years on lees from magnum. Peninsula hotel Tokyo. — 3 days ago