Clos Papes, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2001 lavender and sweet spice give

lavender and sweet spice give the 2016 striking inner perfume

This was a notoriously warm vintage that saw sugar and phenolic ripeness shoot up very quickly at the end of the growing season

earth and tobacco scents open up what seems like an early maturing wine for this chateau

A deeper hue compared to the 1999

melted tar and crushed violet scents

Clos Papes, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2001 lavender and sweet spice giveLurid ruby. A complex, highly perfumed bouquet evokes raspberry liqueur, cherry compote, exotic spices and candied lavender. Juicy, seamless and alluringly sweet, offering impressively concentrated and sharply delineated flavors of sappy red fruits, succulent herbs, spicecake and candied flowers that spread out steadily on the back half. Densely packed but also lithe in character, finishing with slow building tannins that shape the exuberant red fruit