Wow, I haven’t posted a wine tasting for over o month now. Not that I haven’t been drinking but I have gotten a little lazy and I have been drinking a few repeats so I haven’t been posting. To go along with this pattern, this posting will be brief since I am writing the morning after kicking a bottle with Kathy.
This was my first Chateauneuf-du-Pape (CDP) and I had no idea what to expect. I have gotten a few CDP as part of Cinderella 3-packs from the wine library, so it is good how those 3-packs open me up to wines that I have never tried. This being one of them.
At $90 for the 3-pack of wine, I am counting this wine to cost me $30 but it may be worth more than that, so I was expecting at least a good wine. When I poured it, it was a dark rich purple that was opaque for the most part. The nose was filled with dark berry flavors. When tasting it it was a thicker viscous wine and not so hot considering it was rated at 15% alcohol. As a matter of fact after the wine passes over the parts of the tongue and heads toward the throat I was preparing for the burst of heat. I never got it though, it well balanced tannins on the back end dried up any remaining alcohol vapors and wrapping this effort into a well balanced wine who strong tannins positively counteract and seal up this wine. You can tell, this is a very well made wine with all of its attributes in check. Lots of strong cherry, berry flavors on the sides of the tongue make it exciting and a very good wine. I have a few more CDPs from Lesec and they may be the same so now I look forward to and am a fan of CDP.
