2023 Chateauneuf du Pape offers a lot of choices for wine lovers, especially those that favor Grenache and the Southern Rhone. Ripe, but not over ripe, elegant, but not light, sweet, fresh, red fruits with creamy texures and purity are the hallmark of the vintage.
2023 Chateauneuf du Pape is a very good vintage, packed with stylish wine that display character, stunning floral aromatics, and elegant textures that can be approached early.
2023 Chateauneuf du Pape: The vintage, harvest, and growing season. The most important aspect when assessing a vintage is the wines, so allow me to jump the gun a bit and tell you that I really like this vintage. The wines are fresh, creamy, elegant, and full of character, and as you should expect, they
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.