Eddie Feraud, Chateauneuf Du Pape other_regions cassis and floral pastille flavors

cassis and floral pastille flavors that show surprising energy for their heft

The flavor profile is slightly finer than that of the more muscular Champans with excellent definition and verve if not quite the same mid-palate concentration

Note that this is sufficiently structured to repay 5 to 8 years of keeping

festive spices and the beginnings of savory

Eddie Feraud, Chateauneuf Du Pape other_regions cassis and floral pastille flavorsThe 2017 Chteauneuf Du Pape checks in 85% Grenache, 10% Mourvdre, and the balance a mix of varieties, all of which spent 18 months in foudre. Beautiful notes of blackcurrants, blueberries, violets, ground pepper, and sappy garrigue like nuances all emerge from this medium to full bodied effort that has outstanding purity of fruit, polished, ripe tannins, and a great finish. You could do much worse than to have a case of this in the cellar.