Maurel "Les Galets Blonds" Chateauneuf du Pape 1999

Red, rust rim.

Iron, nuts, meat and red cherry sauce. Expansive compared to the Bouissiere.

Round and relatively generous in the mouth. Blood/iron initially, then garrigue kicks in. Much more giving than the Gigondas,
but there's a wild density in the Bouissiere that I love. Kirsch kicks in on long mildly chewy finish.

Actually a good example of the difference between these two apellations. Gigondas deep, but short on refinement (best examples) - Chateauneuf more suave, heady and fruit-driven.


$30