Tardieu-Laurent, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee Speciale other_regions Just very slightly austere

Just very slightly austere

powerful and tautly muscular with excellent detail and subtle minerality on the spicy

Generous if not actually dominant wood influence is present on the red and dark currant

(from Sous la Velle

tangerine oil and a range of saline-infused notes all run through the 2018

Tardieu-Laurent, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee Speciale other_regions Just very slightly austere(100% grenache from La Crau) Opaque ruby. Highly perfumed bouquet of red and dark berry preserves, flowers, fruit pit and sassafras. Sweet, palate staining black raspberry and mulberry flavors are framed by velvety tannins and become spicier and more energetic on the back end. Big and gripping but surprisingly graceful wine with very good finishing lift and precision. This saw no new oak. Josh Raynolds