Tasting Notes

WS91

Shows good concentration, featuring a core of kirsch and steeped plum fruit flavors wrapped in melted red licorice details. Light spice shadings line the finish, which has a flattering, fleshy feel and a solid graphite note for contrast. Drink now through 2020.

RP91

A big step up (I always find a bigger quality gap from the Les Olivets to the Reserve than from the Reserve to the Prestige), the 2013 Châteauneuf du Pape Reservee is medium-bodied and charming, with lots of Grenache character in its damp underbrush, wild herb, blackcurrant and licorice-laced black raspberry fruit. Like all of the cuvées here, its tannins are ripe and polished, it’s balanced and has tons to like. It will have 10-12 years of overall longevity.

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