Any project Michel Chapoutier is involved with seems to excel

intense and beautifully stony medium weight flavors exhibit focused power on the long and chiseled finish where the wood telegraphed by the nose reemerges

broad wine with a slightly aggressive back end

This is on the woodier side stylistically but it’s not over the top

Like many of its peers from this undertone vintage

Font Michelle, Chateauneuf Du Pape Elegance De Jeanne other_regions_italy Any project Michel Chapoutier isThis bottle was finished far too quickly. With its forward, luscious character, ripe, sweet, cherries and kirsch, pepper, thyme, garrigue, and silky textures, it's easy to understand why.