2023 | Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape | Rhone Tenuta delle Terre Nere and watermelon on the nose

and watermelon on the nose

The Volnay 1er Cru Les Taillepieds is medium to full-bodied

offering flavors of dark berries

and the acidity is tart

Malolactic conversion blocked

2023 | Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape | Rhone Tenuta delle Terre Nere and watermelon on the noseA deep, quite herbal expression, with liquorice and crushed blueberries to the cassis fruit. Full bodied, powerfully fruited, dense and deep. Really mouthcoating, intense fruit. The tannins are ripe, fine and plentiful, all saturated in blackberry juice on a long finish. Certainly one of the more successful Chteauneufs this year. Will age well. A Mourvdre led expression of Beaucastel it contains more than usual, at least 35% and probably more.