This Chateauneuf was disappointingly thin.
Eye: Medium ruby with brick at the rim.
Nose: Medium intensity but somewhat complex nose of Provencal herbs, smoke, iodine, and spicy berries.
Mouth: Lean and one dimensional on the palate, with intensely peppery, leathery, minerally flavors predominating, with some meek cassis fruit cowering in the corner. Decent length and balancing acidity. Not as weighty and ripe as I had expected.
Score: 86.
Cellar or drink? I would drink this up soon, as there simply isn't enough stuffing for further cellaring.
Price/store: Got this for about $29 at Flickinger Wines on the web.
Eye: Medium ruby with brick at the rim.
Nose: Medium intensity but somewhat complex nose of Provencal herbs, smoke, iodine, and spicy berries.Mouth: Lean and one dimensional on the palate, with intensely peppery, leathery, minerally flavors predominating, with some meek cassis fruit cowering in the corner. Decent length and balancing acidity. Not as weighty and ripe as I had expected.
Score: 86.
Cellar or drink? I would drink this up soon, as there simply isn't enough stuffing for further cellaring.
Price/store: Got this for about $29 at Flickinger Wines on the web.
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