2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Clos Saint-Jean built around a fleshy core

built around a fleshy core of fruit

white apricot

James Suckling 93 Punkte: Blackcurrant

Wine Spectator 98 points: A brick house of a wine

finessenreicher Säurebogen

2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Clos Saint-Jean built around a fleshy coreParker Czerwinski 91 Drink Date: 2023 2033 A blend of 75% Grenache, 15% Syrah and 10% a mix of other permitted red varieties, the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape delivers scents of cherries, mocha and earth. It's full bodied and reasonably concentrated, with an open knit feel and gently tannic finish. It probably should be consumed within the next decade. In both 2022 and 2023, I had a chance to sit and taste with Vincent Maurel and his nephew, Valentin, who