Chapoutier Chateauneuf-du-Pape La Bernardine Rouge- 2020 (750ml) Size:750ml and never ending spice rapped

and never ending spice rapped in vanilla

all wrapped in a mineral-driven and wonderfully persistent finale

30% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc (30% of the fruit from estate vineyards and 70% from growers)

The wine exhibits sweet red and black currant fruit intermixed with wet stones

Of these new single-vineyard releases from Poderi Aldo Conterno

Chapoutier Chateauneuf-du-Pape La Bernardine Rouge- 2020 (750ml) Size:750ml and never ending spice rappedThis sultry red offers high toned and very pure flavors of fresh raspberry, linzer torte and cherry licorice, gilded with grilled herbs, bacon and smoked apple wood. Edged in iron, the tannins are suave but still keep their shape. Orange peel acidity also brings nice lift to the ripe profile. Grenache and Syrah. Drink now through 2035. 500 cases imported. 93 Points The Wine Spectator