Andre Brunel, Chateauneuf du Pape Cailloux Rouge Vintage:2010 with repeating cherry and floral

with repeating cherry and floral character and building tannins adding final grip

This is also most impressive though note that patience will be required

Once again there is superb mid-palate density to the opulent yet exceptionally serious and imposingly-scaled flavors that are shaped by a firm core of robust tannins on the hugely long yet impeccably well-balanced finish where the wood resurfaces and it’s not subtle

plum and plenty of pungent earth

The wine was made from a blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot

Andre Brunel, Chateauneuf du Pape Cailloux Rouge Vintage:2010 with repeating cherry and floralThe 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape is a blockbuster. Deep ruby colored and a blend of 70% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre and the rest other permitted varieties, it offers up a big, sweet bouquet of kirsch, blackberries, ground herbs, pepper and licorice. Full bodied, textured and layered, it has terrific fruit intensity, no hard edges and a great finish. Drink this hedonistic beauty anytime over the coming decade or more.