Eddie Feraud, Chateauneuf Du Pape other_regions_italy Sweet fruit and leather accents

Sweet fruit and leather accents return on the finish

Perhaps it's the combination of centenary vines and a warm and dry year that delivered very ripe and concentrated juice

This is much more deeply pitched and pungently earth with its array of very fresh red and dark berries that carry whiffs of earth and the sauvage

-like sweetness

detailed and youthfully austere finale that is notably more complex and persistent

Eddie Feraud, Chateauneuf Du Pape other_regions_italy Sweet fruit and leather accentsThe 2017 Chteauneuf Du Pape checks in 85% Grenache, 10% Mourvdre, and the balance a mix of varieties, all of which spent 18 months in foudre. Beautiful notes of blackcurrants, blueberries, violets, ground pepper, and sappy garrigue like nuances all emerge from this medium to full bodied effort that has outstanding purity of fruit, polished, ripe tannins, and a great finish. You could do much worse than to have a case of this in the cellar.