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Subregion | France > Rhône > Southern Rhône > Châteauneuf-du-Pape |
Colour | Red |
Type | Still |
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The 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape La Crau is gorgeous, structured, impressive. Full-bodied and backward, with great depth, purity, and heady aromatics, this 20,000-case blend of 60% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah, and 15% miscellaneous amounts of the other permitted varietals will easily rival the 1998. A deep ruby/purple-tinged color is accompanied by a sweet perfume of salty sea breezes, seaweed, melted licorice, kirsch liqueur, creme de cassis, and iodine ... a classic Vieux-Telegraphe aromatic display. Powerful as well as firmly structured, this is a wine to lay away for 4-5 years. It should prove to be uncommonly long-lived, lasting a minimum of two decades. It gets my nod as the greatest Vieux-Telegraphe since the 1998. Drink 2008-2024.
a 17,000-20,000-case blend of 60% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah, and other diverse varietals) should rival the great 1998, which is just now emerging from a dumb, closed state, something all recent vintages seem to pass through. Its tips the scales at 14.8% alcohol, but that is hidden by the wines wealth of fruit concentration. A dense, dark ruby-colored effort with a sweet, heady nose of licorice, seaweed, iodine, black currants and cherries, the soft, fleshy attack is followed by a full-bodied, concentrated, and structured wine that will require some patience. It is a richer, more structured, powerful, and larger-scaled example than the 2000. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2020.