2015 Chateauneuf du Pape Deus Ex Machina
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Tasting notes
Shiny dark red robe. The nose is brewed, has a thick aroma led by an oxtail-like darkness, with some dense prune fruit beyond. The palate is more free than the nose, is lined with savoury black-fruited content, then some keen, butty tannins and their note of tar. It’s a solid, grounded Châteauneuf, with its darkness indicating game dishes, for example. It finishes in a compact, tight-knit way, the length solid. From mid-2019, and wait for it to only gradually open. Decanting a good move. Sep 2016, www.drinkrhone.com
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John Livingstone-Learmonth, Drink Rhône
Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate
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A blend of 60% Grenache aged in concrete and 40% Mourvedre aged in new barriques, the 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape Deus Ex Machina is a modern-day monster. This is rich and powerfully concentrated, loaded with scents of vanilla and baking spices, yet it also possesses masses of red fruit (raspberries, cherries and plums), a wonderfully creamy and intense mid-palate and a long finish. It completely hides its no-doubt considerable alcohol. Oct 2017, www.robertparker.com