Grand Veneur, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2005 offering flavors that range from

offering flavors that range from strawberry and cherry to wild herbs

The mouthfeel of the middle weight flavors is a bit sleeker as well with an overt muscularity to the prominently tannic

There is a lovely sense of energy to the notably rich and tension- filled larger-scaled flavors that possess very good mid-palate volume before concluding in a lingering if mildly warm finale

orchard fruit

game and floral hints

Grand Veneur, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2005 offering flavors that range fromOpaque ruby. Sexy aromas of blackberry, cherry cola, minerals and incense. Precise and vibrant, with terrific cut to its intense flavors of bitter cherry and dark fruit preserves and licorice. Still youthfully tight and bound up but gains flesh and sweetness with air. Shows very good clarity and energy, finishing smooth, sappy and long. Josh Raynolds