(from 50+ year old vines)

Beautiful on the nose

bacon fat and black pepper as it makes its steady ascent

the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee da Capo is sheer perfection in a glass

Henri Gouges, Nuits Saint Georges Pruliers other_regions_italy (from 50+ year old vines)(from a 2 ha parcel with a mix of 80% 75+ year old vines and the remainder of 15 to 20 year old vines). A more deeply pitched and brooding nose only grudgingly reveals its aromas of cassis plum liqueur and pungent earth where the latter is also found on the vibrant and well detailed big bodied and tautly muscular flavors that deliver excellent depth and persistence. This is not as dense as the best in the range, but it should have no trouble amply