2015 Clos St. Jean - Chateauneuf du Pape Deus Ex Machina

2016 Chateau Pape Clement - Pessac

The 2016 Pape Cl?ment bursts out of the glass, offering ripe blackberry, raspberry coulis, fresh mint and hints of licorice on the well-defined nose. It is perhaps a little more opulent than its peers, but unlike in the past, I don't find it excessive. Th...

2019 Foucher-Lebrun - IGP Val de Loire Sauvignon Petit Le Mont

2016 Clos St. Jean - Chateauneuf du Pape Combe des Fous

Deep ruby-colored and offering a heavenly bouquet of black raspberries, toasted spiced, cured meats, licorice, and cured meats, the 2016 Ch?teauneuf-du-Pape Combes des Fous is awesome on the palate, with a silky, seamless profile that just keeps on going....

2015 Delas Freres - Hermitage Les Bessards

The top cuv?e from Delas is the 2015 Hermitage Les Bessards, and it's always 100% Syrah from the steep, broken granite soils of the Bessards lieu-dit. Aged 18 months in 30% new barrels, its purple/plum color is followed by a huge nose of blackcurrants, gr...