Producer | Domaine Paul Autard |
Country | France |
Region | Rhone Valley |
Subregion | Châteauneuf-du-Pape |
Varietal | Grenache, Syrah |
Vintage | 2018 |
Sku | AUTARD |
Size | 750ml |
One of Autard's top wines. The Cote Ronde parcel is vinified separately and is aged 16 months in 100% new French oak barrels. It is an intensely concentrated, lush-textured wine with vivid dark fruit, spice, chocolate and oak flavors. Autard only makes this cuvee in top years.
Juicy and inviting, with lots of black cherry and plum compote flavors holding your attention, while black licorice, warm fruitcake and sweet tobacco notes fill in through the finish. There's a nice roasted applewood frame, though the fruit keeps the upper hand throughout. Very solid.
Saturated ruby. Oak-accented cherry, blackberry, vanilla and wood smoke aromas are lifted by a peppery flourish. Broad and weighty in style, offering plush dark fruit, cherry liqueur and floral pastille flavors that show surprising energy for their heft. The spice and dark fruit notes drive the long, youthfully tannic finish, which leaves mocha and candied floral notes behind. All new French oak barrels.