Beaurenard Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge 2016

Robert Parker, Jr.s Wine Advocate: "Beaurenard has excelled this vintage. The 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape is no slouch, with ample richness, bold cherry and apricot fruit and attractive hints of dried spices and garrigue. Complex, full-bodied and supple, it finishes long and silky. Its two-thirds Grenache Noir, with the rest composed of the 17 other permitted grape varieties. Drink date: 2018 - 2035." Aug 2018 Wine Spectator: "Nicely packed, with raspberry and plum compote flavors at the core, liberally lined with singed alder, tobacco and warm brick accents. The finish has a grippy edge, but this red stays fresh and driven overall. Best from 2020 through 2030." Nov 2018 Winery:"We make highly concentrated wines of great finesse, elegance and minerality. This is the true signature and pedigree of the local soils, which makes Beaurenard wines suited to lengthy ageing. They can also be drunk young, to procure an intense, lush pleasure. The bunches are picked and sorted by hand. They are then destemmed, slightly crushed and placed in a fermenting vat. These steps, combined with long vatting, gently extract the maximum amount of phenolic constituents tannins, anthocyans and resveratrol which give the wine its structure and colour and also have health-promoting properties. During the 12-15 months the wine spends in barrels and truncated vats, we continue to refine its structure to achieve balance and harmony. Colour: Beautiful, deep and bright ruby color. Nose: Complex, with fruits as cherries and fresh blueberries, and with spices as rosemary, juniper and cedar. Mouth: Broad like the nose. Crispy cherries with garrigue notes bringing the freshness on the finish. Very smooth tannins with a nice elegance." Bottle750ml, corkVarietal70 percent Grenache, 10 percent Syrah, 10 percent Mourvdre, and 10 percent Cinsault and other AOC varieties.Alcohol14.5 percentAging12-15 months in oak barrelsRegionSouthern Rhone, France