Tardieu-Laurent, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Vv Size:6x1.5L fun and easy to like

fun and easy to like

Donnhoff’s 2006 Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Beerenauslese replicates the sort of amazing layering of flavors for which this site is famous

intense and lightly mineralinflected flavors that possess a fleshy mouth feel before concluding in a sleekly muscular

(from a 1 ha parcel of 30 to 65 year old vines)

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Tardieu-Laurent, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Vv Size:6x1.5L fun and easy to likeDespite the modern elevage that the 2003 Tardieu Laurent Chteauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes receives, this seemed decidedly old world with a spicy, garrigue laced character. With air, subtle saddle leather, licorice and gobs of sweet cherry fruit come out to play and this displays great balance, medium to full body, nice texture and a long finish. I was more than a little impressed by this wine.