Description

Domaine Roger Sabon 2012 Châteauneuf du Pape Réserve
80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre | Alc: 14.5% – Smooth and Supple, Big
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rhone, France

Winemaker’s notes:
Sabon 2012 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Reserve is a wine which possesses great virility and honors the great terroir from which it comes from. A beautiful result of the sun and the distinctive Mistral of the Rhone, this is a wine of great character and generosity.

Critical Acclaim:
“A similar blend, yet with Mourvedre in place of the Cinsault (80% Grenache, 10% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre), Sabon’s 2012 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve is a focused, structured effort that exhibits ample dried herbs, garrigue, leather and darker berry-styled fruit, with a slightly dry, savory character. Showing ample fruit on the palate however, with chewy, ripe tannin and solid mid-palate depth, it should round into form once bottled. Give it a couple years and plan on drinking bottles through 2024.” 91-93 Points – The Wine Advocate

“Inky ruby. A highly aromatic bouquet evokes ripe blackberry, blueberry, spicecake, potpourri and musky herbs. Appealingly sweet and velvety, offering juicy dark berry flavors accented by sexy Asian spices and floral pastilles. Gains weight and power with air but maintains its energy, finishing with very good clarity and spicy persistence.” 91-93 pts – Stephen Tanzer’s IWC

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