Winemaker Notes
Critical Acclaim
This has a mature hint, with savory and minerally notes starting to emerge from the core, which is still held in check by a firm structure. Retains a well of dried cherry, red currant and garrigue elements in reserve, and this should unwind nicely with additional cellaring. Grenache and Syrah. Best from 2023 through 2032.
The most expensive release in the lineup is the 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape les Chorégies. Made from 80% Grenache, 15% Mourvèdre and 5% Syrah, aged in a mix of foudre, barrels and demi-muids, it has beautiful complexity in its darker berry fruits, spice, peppery herbs and licorice aromas and flavors. These carry to a full-bodied, elegant and seamless Chateauneuf du Pape that has solid mid-palate depth, fine tannin and lots of potential.
The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Chorégies is the special cuvée of the estate make from 80% Grenache, 15% Mourvèdre and 5% Syrah. It offers more garrigue, pine resin, and garrigue aromatics, loads of black cherry and black raspberry fruit, ripe, present tannin and solid acidity. Give bottles a few years
