Grand Veneur Chateauneuf du Pape "Les Origines" 2000

Deep red.

Smoke, seared meat, earth and tomato aromatics.

Round, plush, mouth-filling entry immediately tempered by grainy, both sides of the teeth, tannin. Still a bit bound up, but flavor rides through the mid-palate reasonably well. Not a great deal of fruit to work with here - it will be interesting to see how this responds to air.


$25