2022 Chateauneuf du Pape Secret de Sabon
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From a hot, dry year, the 2022 Châteauneuf Du Pape Le Secret Des Sabon is another big, rich wine that stays more focused and tight compared to the broader 2023 while still bringing full-bodied richness. Ripe black cherries, roasted garrigue, cured meats, and peppery spice define the aromatics, and it's beautifully concentrated, rich, and textured on the palate with ripe tannins. It will shine for two decades. Drink 2025-2045.
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Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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A blend of 95% Grenache Noir and 5% of several authorized varieties, the 2022 Chateauneuf du Pape le Secret de Sabon exhales delicate, elegant notes of dark cherries, flowers, spices, licorice and dark wild berries. Medium to full-bodied, enveloping and suave, it's layered and textured with a fleshy core of fruit, concluding with a long, spicy finish. Macerated for 35 days and partly destemmed, this is a great effort.
Pronounced lavender, forest strawberry, black cherry, licorice, crushed violets and a pinch of white pepper frame the multifaceted 2022 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Le Secret de Sabon. Firmly assembled like a skyscraper, the structured 2022 packs remarkable intensity on the full-bodied palate yet balances it with fresh acidity. In terms of quality, I’d place the 2022 right between the 2020 and 2021 vintages, all three cruising at similarly high altitudes.