Domaine du Grand Tinel Cuvée Alexis Establet Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2010
Made In: France—Rhône
Product Type: Red Wine
Bottle Size: 750mL
Alcohol/Vol: 15%
Sugar Content: 5G/L
Sweetness Descriptor: XD
VINTAGES#: 0982017
Program Type: Monthly Cellar Features
The top cuvee, the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Alexis Establet is 100% Grenache from nearly 100-year-old vines. Most of this offering comes from the famed terroir in the northern Chateauneuf du Pape sector known as La Gardiole. Yields were 15-20 hectoliters per hectare, and the 2010 tips the scales at 15.5% natural alcohol. It displays a slightly darker ruby/plum/purple color than the traditional cuvee along with deep black currant and black cherry fruit intermixed with Christmas fruitcake, cedarwood, spice box and garrigue notes. A classic wine of Provence as well as Chateauneuf du Pape, with firm tannins in the finish, it is slightly less exotic and open-knit than its sibling, but it is very concentrated with impressive potential as well as longevity. It is good to see this cuvee return to form after a somewhat indifferent showing last year. This wine should drink well for 15 or more years. Score - 94. (Robert Parker Jr., robertparker.com, Oct. 2012)
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