Tardieu-Laurent, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee Speciale Vintage:2007 mouth coating and borderline chalky

mouth coating and borderline chalky broadshouldered and muscular flavors possess excellent concentration that coats the palate on the stony

floral and juniper flavors are quickly encased in a cloak of dense

and the Chinese have seemingly fallen in love in Cabernet

30 year old vines that previously were exploited by Domaine Ponsot until 1994)

showing tons of intensity

Tardieu-Laurent, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee Speciale Vintage:2007 mouth coating and borderline chalky(100% grenache from La Crau) Opaque ruby. Highly perfumed bouquet of red and dark berry preserves, flowers, fruit pit and sassafras. Sweet, palate staining black raspberry and mulberry flavors are framed by velvety tannins and become spicier and more energetic on the back end. Big and gripping but surprisingly graceful wine with very good finishing lift and precision. This saw no new oak. Josh Raynolds