Tasting Notes

WS94

Dark and lush, but with excellent drive to the espresso, bittersweet cocoa powder, loam and black licorice notes, all backed by dark fig and crushed plum fruit. The dense finish has impressive grip for the vintage, with hints of mesquite and…

WA98+

A wine that will give Beaucastel’s Hommage a Jacques Perrin cuvee a run for its money, the Mourvèdre-dominated 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape le Tintot is a powerhouse effort that offers incredible notes of beef blood, iodine, seaweed wrapper, smoked meats and layers of ripe fruit. About as full-bodied as they come, with a stacked mid-palate and building, sweet tannin, it’s still a baby and has some upside.

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