Raymond Usseglio, Chateauneuf Du Pape Size:12x750ml

Raymond Usseglio, Chateauneuf Du Pape Size:12x750mlRuby red. Aroma of red fruit liqueur. Sweet and nicely concentrated, with good volume but only modest nuance. Shows good freshness and fruit, but finishes with some youthfully tough tannins. Seems distinctly cleaner than a bottle of the '98 I tasted last year. However, my sample of the '99 Cuvee Imperiale was plagued by a raw wood quality that dried its finish. Stephen Tanzer

resin and white peach

(most growers declare this as Montmains)

fleshy and enveloping

Quite evolved-looking

The 2000 is not especially subtle or nuanced

This is very classy juice that should basically age for as long as anyone would reasonably like

the entry level Les Vignes de Bila Haut

This is a fabulous showing from the 2005

Full-bodied

Like the Morey villages

boysenberries

with pungent