Classification | Cru Classe |
Type | Red |
Brand | Domaine de Cristia |
Vintage | 2015 |
Country | France |
Region | Rhone |
Grape | Grenache |
Volume | 0,75 |
Condition | Perfect |
Label | Perfect |
Drinkable | -2040 |
Stock | 0 |
The pure Grenache 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes (from 95-year-old vines) was raised in demi-muids. A lifted nose of raspberry liqueur leads into a full-bodied, creamy, supple wine that carries a bit of alcoholic warmth into the long, silky-textured finish.
This delivers a lush, enticing blast of cassis and raspberry and boysenberry preserve flavors, carried by a silky structure that lets the fruit play out at length, giving adequate time for black tea, singed apple wood, dried anise and fruitcake notes to fill in throughout. Dreamy. Grenache. Best from 2020 through 2040.