Grand Veneur, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2005 textured red fruit has grace-notes

textured red fruit has grace-notes of liquorice and spice

exotic tea and black cherry scents

earth and sauvage hints add considerable depth to the dark berry fruit and cassis aromas

Shows youth and prowess in its structure

Racy and lively with a good spine of ripe fruit and no obvious sweetness nor alcohol

Grand Veneur, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2005 textured red fruit has grace-notesOpaque ruby. Sexy aromas of blackberry, cherry cola, minerals and incense. Precise and vibrant, with terrific cut to its intense flavors of bitter cherry and dark fruit preserves and licorice. Still youthfully tight and bound up but gains flesh and sweetness with air. Shows very good clarity and energy, finishing smooth, sappy and long. Josh Raynolds