Domaine de la Solitude, Red Blend, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Rhone, France 2020

Description

Jeb Dunnuck 94

The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape is a big winner, with the vintage’s purity and elegance front and center while still bringing beautiful depth of fruit and richness. Black cherries, savory garrigue, spice, and loamy earth all emerge on the nose, and it's medium to full-bodied, pure, balanced, and straight-up seamless on the palate. You should buy a case of this and enjoy bottles over the coming 15 years.

Wine Spectator 91

Perfumed and inviting, with high-toned red licorice, violet, spiced berry and plum, laced with white pepper and graphite shaving. Silky on the palate, this is a less weighty, more delicate style showing elegance. Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault and Counoise. Drink now through 2030. 8,000 cases made, 1,500 cases imported.