Pegau Chateauneuf du Pape 2003

Deep red.

Deep nose that also manages to be pure and nuanced - garrigue, blood, cherry jam, toast (as far as I know, Pegau uses only old oak), chocolate and mint. This continues to change in the glass.

Over-sized in the mouth - huge cherry jam and garrigue entry that is absolutely killer, with structure to boot. Absolutely packed with flavor that shows no extraneous sweetness due to strong acidity and moderate tannin.

Just stupid. This will be mind-altering for another two decades, or more. Jesus.


Day 4 - Moderately intense nose - but it hints at a wine with enormous, reduction sauce-like concentration. Garrigue and cherry jam dominate. Still round, sweet and utterly packed in the mouth. No let up here, very slight heat on the finish. Tannin is reasonably suave, and, interestingly, coats only the front teeth.

I'll repeat myself, this is just stupid. Buy it.

$60 - 80