2019 Clos Saint-Jean Combe des Fous Chateauneuf-du-Pape
70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, Vaccarese and Cinsault
Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Rhone Valley, France
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The history of this mighty estate dates back to 1900 when it was created by Edmund Tacussel. Devoted to his cause and ambitious in nature, Tacussel began producing, bottling and selling his own wine within a decade of its creation. This was unusual given most Southern Rhone wine-growers at that time sold their harvest in bulk to negociants. Even more intriguing is this incredible feat occurred 13 years before the AOP of Chateauneuf-Du-Pape was created in 1923. Clos Saint Jean is one of the oldest estates in this appellation.
Starting off a trio of truly magical wines, the 2019 Chateauneuf Du Pape La Combe des Fous checks in as 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, and the rest Vaccarese and Cinsault raised in tank and demi-muids. Sensationally pure cassis and blackberry fruits as well as complex notes of lavender, provençal garrigue, ground pepper, and flowers all define this full-bodied 2019, which displays the vintage’s ripe, perfumed style while bringing more finesse, elegant, and purity than just about every other wine out there. It’s the finest vintage of this cuvée I’ve tasted and has another 15-20 years of prime drinking ahead of it.
70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, Vaccarese and Cinsault
Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Rhone Valley, France
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The history of this mighty estate dates back to 1900 when it was created by Edmund Tacussel. Devoted to his cause and ambitious in nature, Tacussel began producing, bottling and selling his own wine within a decade of its creation. This was unusual given most Southern Rhone wine-growers at that time sold their harvest in bulk to negociants. Even more intriguing is this incredible feat occurred 13 years before the AOP of Chateauneuf-Du-Pape was created in 1923. Clos Saint Jean is one of the oldest estates in this appellation.
Starting off a trio of truly magical wines, the 2019 Chateauneuf Du Pape La Combe des Fous checks in as 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, and the rest Vaccarese and Cinsault raised in tank and demi-muids. Sensationally pure cassis and blackberry fruits as well as complex notes of lavender, provençal garrigue, ground pepper, and flowers all define this full-bodied 2019, which displays the vintage’s ripe, perfumed style while bringing more finesse, elegant, and purity than just about every other wine out there. It’s the finest vintage of this cuvée I’ve tasted and has another 15-20 years of prime drinking ahead of it.
70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, Vaccarese and Cinsault
Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Rhone Valley, France
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The history of this mighty estate dates back to 1900 when it was created by Edmund Tacussel. Devoted to his cause and ambitious in nature, Tacussel began producing, bottling and selling his own wine within a decade of its creation. This was unusual given most Southern Rhone wine-growers at that time sold their harvest in bulk to negociants. Even more intriguing is this incredible feat occurred 13 years before the AOP of Chateauneuf-Du-Pape was created in 1923. Clos Saint Jean is one of the oldest estates in this appellation.
Starting off a trio of truly magical wines, the 2019 Chateauneuf Du Pape La Combe des Fous checks in as 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, and the rest Vaccarese and Cinsault raised in tank and demi-muids. Sensationally pure cassis and blackberry fruits as well as complex notes of lavender, provençal garrigue, ground pepper, and flowers all define this full-bodied 2019, which displays the vintage’s ripe, perfumed style while bringing more finesse, elegant, and purity than just about every other wine out there. It’s the finest vintage of this cuvée I’ve tasted and has another 15-20 years of prime drinking ahead of it.