The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape La Cuvée Du Papet is made in a more structured, age-worthy style and is 90% Grenache and 5% each Syrah and Mourvedre. Its slightly darker ruby color is followed by a gorgeous perfume of savory red and black fruits, ground pepper, garrigue, and chalky minerality. These all carry over to the palate, where the wine is full-bodied, has a dense, powerful mid-palate, lots of ripe tannins, and a great, great finish. It needs to be hidden for 4-5 years and will evolve beautifully over the following two decades. I suspect it will be one of the longest-lived wines in the vintage.
96 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com
So deep yet so refined, this great Chateauneuf combines stacks of black fruit with notes of tar and licorice, with flashes of red fruits lightening the picture. The huge fine tannins and the interplay with the beautifully ripe fruits provide the base for this majestic wine. Very long spicy finish. A cuvee of 90% grenache from century old vines with 5% syrah and 5% mourvedre. Drink or hold.
