2022 Chateauneuf du Pape Guide, Part 2, Wine P-Z
2022 Chateauneuf du Pape was a difficult vintage for many producers. But for estates with the terroir to overcome the difficulties of the vintage, there are wines worth looking at.
2022 Chateauneuf du Pape was a difficult vintage for many producers. But for estates with the terroir to overcome the difficulties of the vintage, there are wines worth looking at.
2022 was a challenging, hot, dry, drought and hail struck vintage. Yet, with all that to contend with, some very nice wines were produced.
2024 Pauillac offers a bevy of charming, elegant, fresh wines that will not only provide pleasure in their youth, but age for 2-3 decades as well. And with luck, several of the wines will be priced appropriately making them affordable.
2024 Bordeaux was a difficult year with a myriad of challenges in St.. Estephe. But, the estates with the terroir, and abilities to be reactive in the vineyards produced some very nice, early drinking wines.
2024 Bordeaux is the most challenging vintage in over a decade. Yet, some estates were able to produce a modern interpretation of classic Bordeaux, lower in alcohol, with more freshness, leaning to the red fruit side of the style range offering early-drinking, charming wines.
2024 St. Julien proved to be perhaps the most consistent appellation of the vintage. At their best, the wines offer early drinkability, charm, freshness, and purity, with lower levels of alcohol as well.
2024 Margaux offered several surprises with a few estate’s producing wines well above what you would expect from the vintage.