Vieilles Vignes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend

Wonderful white blend bees wax, white flowers apple fruit

Great bottle of CdP. Easy drinking, not overly concentrated. Stewed fruit in check. Lovely.

Hot, yeah, but it's chateauneuf right? Pretty Grenache character, clean and not funky =my experience in general w recent vintage Clos st Jean.

Best value of the night. Solid bottle here for $50. Better than the des Fous!

Other raters may have opened this baby too early. Now Clos St. J is deeply intense with blackberry, Garrigue and fennel. Very pure flavors. No alcohol burn at all. A real decadent pleasure.

Decanted and delightful. Dark berries, cassis, pepper on the nose. Solid tannins, heavy bodied, dark fruit. Little earthiness. Dried cherries and prunes. Great with beef Dijon stew.

Magnum

I really like the St. Jean VV CdP's. Great QPR, often use this wine to introduce newbees to CdP. This will improve with some age but so tasty now it might not make it.

89/100 2009

What a great gift. 09 is kicking ass!!! Very balanced, soft red fruit, dry. Just what I wanted. Thanks Raj, I owe ya one.