Jean Marie Royer, Chateauneuf Du Pape Sables Crau other_regions

Jean Marie Royer, Chateauneuf Du Pape Sables Crau other_regionsRipe aromas of blackberry jam, violets, liquorice and strawberry. Some overripe, confit berries, and dried blackcurrant notes. A wine you want to sink your teeth into. Very full bodied, powerful, with sharp acidity. It's concentrated, with dense fruit and muscular, chewy tannins. Crucially though it has a sense of freshness; the alcohol is warming but not hot or spirity. Salinity helps to bring further freshness. When many people feel like drinking

concentrated and muscular flavors possess unusually good refinement in the context of what is typical for the appellation while delivering breathtakingly good persistence on the well-balanced finish

grilled meats

which fermented in open wooden vats for 10-12 days and aged in French oak barrel for 14 months

intensely perfumed aromas of candied cherry

It seems to be developing faster than the older white grands vins

is steady and strong

This wine has both elegance and finesse

The 2007 Barbaresco Riserva Starderi (Magnum) immediately flaunts the density and important structure that is associated with this celebrated vineyard site

This will need plenty more time in bottle to show its best

and apple skin

Shown to contrast with the 1963 vintage

(25 to 30% of the blend is from declassified 1ers)