Clos St Jean, Chateauneuf Du Pape Combe Des Fous other_regions licorice and black cherry notes

licorice and black cherry notes

This is a chiseled and sleekly powerful effort that should also be capable of aging effortlessly for years

intriguing and enticing notes of liquid peony and lily enter the picture mid-palate after the wine takes on air

very focused and very precise on the finish

primary and very young

Clos St Jean, Chateauneuf Du Pape Combe Des Fous other_regions licorice and black cherry notesThe two special cuvees are both as good as wine can get. The 2007 Chteauneuf du Pape la Combe des Fous is the more pure, elegant and seamless of the two, but it s still a huge wine that has overflowing notions of smoked meats, ripe black currants, toasted spice, liquid smoke and garrigue. It s utterly seamless on the palate, with fine tannin, no hard edges and incredible purity of fruit. It s firing on all cylinders but certainly has another decade or