As has been the case for a number of years now
tannic and likely to require quite a bit of patience
with notions of ground pepper
The 2012 Pavie-Macquin shows how appealing the best wines from this vintage are
Vieille Julienne, Chateauneuf Du Pape Reserve other_regions As has been the caseDeep in color, the nose blasts off with lavender, cherry, spice, pepper and earthy scents. When the wine hits the palate, the wine is deep, rich, concentrated and packed with sweet, silky, black raspberries, cherry and kirsch that remains on your palate and expands in flavor. This bottle was popped and poured. Perhaps, if the wine and I both had more time together, this could hit triple digits. It's truly a stunning example of old vine Grenache.