2022 Chateau de la Font du Loup Chateauneuf-du-Pape Le Puy Rolland, Rhone, France (750ml)

WINEMAKER’S NOTES:

Displays thrilling notes of kirsch, orange blossom, dried flowers, sea breeze and dusty soil on the nose. This is followed by a medium to full-bodied wine that has beautiful concentration, ultra-fine tannin and a seamless, silky texture.

TASTING NOTES:

The 2022 Chateauneuf du Pape Le Puy Rolland Vieilles Vignes is derived from old vines of Grenache Noir matured for 18 months in foudres. Evoking aromas of spices, flowers and dark wild berries, it has a lively, pure bouquet, followed by a medium to full-bodied, round and sappy, enrobing and charming palate with good depth at the core and a long, tense and deep finish. This chiseled, intensely perfumed Chteauneuf-du-Pape marries tension and density to a pleasing effect. Kudos!

– Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, 94 pts.

Lastly, the 2022 Chteauneuf Du Pape Le Puy Rolland is all Grenache from a cooler, sandy terroir and was raised all in foudre. It has a pretty, floral, peppery nose as well as a beautiful core of wild strawberry and framboise fruit, medium body, a pure, elegant, seamless mouthfeel, and fine yet building tannins. It’s another wine from this estate that’s medium-bodied and slightly mid-weight yet shines for its incredible finesse and elegance. Its going to evolve nicely over the coming decade.

– Jeb Dunnuck 93 pts.