2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Roussanne, Vieilles Vignes, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône Hidden Gem The bouquet is intense and

The bouquet is intense and layered with the kind of complexity that is best admired as the wine shifts and evolves in the glass

the 2017's giving style reflects not only the vintage but also the more restrained use of press wine chez Las Cases

Stains the palate with incisive grapefruit pith

strawberry and spiced raspberry-scented bouquet that turns more towards dark fruits

this cooler vintage

2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Roussanne, Vieilles Vignes, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône Hidden Gem The bouquet is intense and100 year old Roussanne vines giving very small yields and harvested two weeks after the younger vines. It's deeply vinous, with aromas of quince, pineapple and apricot. Very full bodied, it is languorous and opulent in texture. It glides across the palate, down the throat and lingers on. The oak is used well, adding rather than detracting. A very powerful, regal wine. 98 100, James Button, Decanter (October 2017)