France Clos Saint-JeanChateauneuf du Pape Deus Ex Machina

2007 Chateauneuf du Pape Deus Ex Machina

Clos Saint-Jean

100Average Score

Rhone / France

Red

A bigger, richer, more masculine style than the la Combe des Fous, the powerhouse styled 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape Deus Ex Machina is an insanely good wine that has a huge nose of roasted meats, crushed rocks, graphite, spice and black currants. It has a serious amount of tannin, but they’re still covered by a wealth of fruit, and it’s impeccably balanced and doesn’t have a hard edge anywhere. It’s killer stuff today, but like the Combe des Fous, it has an additional 10-15 years of prime drinking and will keep even longer. Mar 2017, www.robertparker.com

Jeb Dunnuck Score: 100/100

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Scores + Notes

Average Score

100

The following three wines are as great as money can buy, and all three represent extraordinary achievements. I have tasted the 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape Deus-Ex Machina three times from bottle. On two of the three times I thought it was the single greatest red wine I have ever tasted. The third time it was merely perfect. Made from 60- to 100+-year-old vines (60% tank-aged Grenache and 40% Mourvedre aged in new and one-year-old oak barrels), from yields no larger than one half ton of fruit per acre, it boasts a saturated purple color as well as a surreal concoction of heavenly aromatic delights (creme de cassis, kirsch liqueur, licorice, spring flowers, spice box, and smoke). The wine hits the palate with an extraordinary seamless display of incredibly rich, pure fruit, and a full-bodied, multilayered texture that nearly defies belief. It is almost an insult to try to articulate what this wine tastes like. My tasting notes ended with the words “great, great, and great.” This is a remarkable achievement even for such a famous vintage, and this 2007 is destined to be one of the legends of the new century. The finish lasts over 60 seconds, and the wine has the accessibility to be appreciated now, but it will not hit its peak for another 5-7 years, and will last at least 25+ years. Bravo to proprietors Pascal and Vincent Maurel as well as their consulting genius, Philippe Cambie, who seems to have a very strong emotional attachment to the Maurel family as well as to their vineyards. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate # 185 Oct 2009

Robert ParkerScore: 100/100

Jeb DunnuckScore: 100/100

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Product Details

Country

France

Region

Rhone

Sub-region

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

14.5%

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window