Pegau Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Cuvee Reservee" 2007 3.0L bottle - Vins Rare

94-96 WA

93-96 VM

Notes:

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Jan/Feb 2009
Component #1: Inky purple. Expressivearomas of black and blue fruits, Asian spices, smoked meat andlavender. Very fresh in the mouth, with lively blackberry andboysenberry flavors, velvety texture and a late note of cracked pepper.The smokiness carries through the long, sweet finish. Component #2:Full purple. More energetic than the first sample, with brightraspberry, cherry and floral aromas. Racy and focused, offering sweetraspberry and strawberry preserve flavors and tangy minerality. Gainsweight and a smoky, meaty quality on the broad, sweet finish. The finalblend should be exceptional. 93-96 points

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 2009
The 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Reservee, still aging in foudres,was tasted from different lots. The most promising wine made here sincethe 2003, it is a full-bodied effort revealing dense, concentratedfruit, and high tannins that still need to be resolved. It will requiresome bottle age to round into drinking shape. The color is a denseplum/purple, and the wine shows considerable licorice, lavender,roasted herb, and meat juice characteristics, as well as a texture ofbeef blood - no doubt attributable to the old vines from which it ismade. The fruit dominates, and the wine is intense, rich, andfull-bodied. It will undoubtedly need 3-4 years of bottle age after itsrelease, and should last 20-25 years based on the fact that their oldervintages (i.e., 1979, 1981, 1983, and 1985) are all still in terrificcondition.94-96 points

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