2015 Chateauneuf du Pape Reine Bois
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The 2015 Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Reine des Bois from Domaine de La Mordoree is solid in the vintage. A blend of 75% Grenache, 14% Mourvèdre and the rest Syrah, Vaccarèse and Counoise, aged in 25% new barrels, it offers the classic darker styled fruits of this cuvée, with lots of blackberry, currants, toasted spice, graphite, and licorice all emerging from the glass. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, with a supple, elegant style, it's already drinking beautifully, yet should evolve gracefully. This is one of the more elegant, mid-weight examples of this cuvée produced yet it will still keep for 10-12 years.
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Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate
Jancis Robinson MW
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Richly concentrated and velvety in texture, the 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape La Reine des Bois is a full-bodied blend of 80% Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre, 5% Syrah and 5% split between Vaccarese and Counoise. While it's not the greatest vintage of this wine, it's still terrific, marrying plummy, black cherry fruit with a dusting of baking spices and Provençal herbs, finishing long and plush.
pH 3.6, TA 3.43 g/l. 1% Counoise, 90% Grenache, 4% Mourvèdre, 4% Syrah, 1% Vaccarèse. Destemmed. 15% used barrels, 15% stainless steel. Tasted blind. Very dark crimson. Heady, quite alcoholic nose. Sweet start and then quite bloody and sour. Doesn’t really hang together. Hollow. (JR)
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Grenache/ Garnacha , Syrah / Shiraz, Mourvedre/Monastrell/Mataro, Vaccarese
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