Clos St Jean, Chateauneuf Du Pape Combe Des Fous other_regions crisp acidity and fine precision

crisp acidity and fine precision toward the finish

the 2016 is magnificent

8% alcohol

This is a powerful but classy effort that

clean red fruits

Clos St Jean, Chateauneuf Du Pape Combe Des Fous other_regions crisp acidity and fine precisionThe two special cuvees are both as good as wine can get. The 2007 Chteauneuf du Pape la Combe des Fous is the more pure, elegant and seamless of the two, but it s still a huge wine that has overflowing notions of smoked meats, ripe black currants, toasted spice, liquid smoke and garrigue. It s utterly seamless on the palate, with fine tannin, no hard edges and incredible purity of fruit. It s firing on all cylinders but certainly has another decade or