2014 Chateauneuf du Pape Pure
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The 2014 Châteauneuf du Pape Pure shows the classic, tight, sappy, medium to full-bodied profile that this cuvée normally shows early in its life. Black cherries, currants, licorice and sappy herbs all emerge from this balanced, nicely structured, solidly concentrated 2014 that will benefit from 2-3 years of cellaring and keep for a decade after that.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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Bright violet. Highly fragrant raspberry, boysenberry, floral pastille and Asian spice scents show excellent clarity and pick up a smoky mineral quality with air. Deeply concentrated but shockingly lithe red and dark berry flavors reach every corner of the palate and show no rough edges. Candied lavender and spicecake qualities emerge on an impressively long, focused and subtly tannic finish that emphatically echoes the blue fruit note.
Tasted blind. Dark crimson with a pale rim. Sweet fruit but not obviously a special bottling. Rather tart on the end. Apparently made in buried concrete tanks. (JR)