Domaine des Sénéchaux : Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2011

Very juicy and engaging, with cherry, plum, blueberry and black currant fruit flavors. Offers lots of bouncy spice, pastis and roasted apple wood notes on the finish, revealing a lingering stony echo. This has a solid spine and good length. Best from 2014 through 2026. 7,000 cases made.

Dark cherry red. Round and fruity. Thick and almost heavy. Cough-medicine sort of flavours and concentration. Dense. Notably thick and sweet. Just a bit exaggerated but some people will love it. (JR)

(62% grenache, 20% syrah and 18% mourvedre): Deep ruby. Dark berries and cherry-vanilla on the assertively perfumed nose and palate. Shows good depth and appealing sweetness, picking up a lavender pastille nuance with air. The vanilla note repeats on the lingering finish, which is framed by smooth tannins.