Classification | Cru Classe |
Type | Red |
Brand | Clos Saint Jean |
Vintage | 2015 |
Country | France |
Region | Rhone |
Grape | Rhone Blend |
Volume | 3,0 |
Condition | Perfect |
Label | Perfect |
Drinkable | -2038 |
Stock | 0 |
A blend of 60% Grenache aged in concrete and 40% Mourvèdre aged in new barriques, the 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape Deus Ex Machina is a modern-day monster. This is rich and powerfully concentrated, loaded with scents of vanilla and baking spices, yet it also possesses masses of red fruit (raspberries, cherries and plums), a wonderfully creamy and intense mid-palate and a long finish. It completely hides its no-doubt considerable alcohol.
Rich but very fresh, with lovely tea and incense notes lifting the core of raspberry, plum and red currant preserve flavors. Light shiso leaf, sanguine and tobacco details on the finish add cut and length.