2020 Chateauneuf du Pape is true Grenache lovers vintage. The wines are supple, pure, fresh, soft, and silky, plus they have the ability to offer pleasure early in life, yet they also have the ability to age as well.
2020 Chateauneuf du Pape wine buying guide, part 4 is the final article in our vintage report covering all of the top wines P-Z. 2020 is a fabulous vintage for the Southern Rhone that is produced is a supple, forward, elegant style that will offer pleasure early, yet age and evolve for years. Grenache lovers and fans of Chateauneuf should take a serious look at these wines as they merit attention.
Quintus in a comparative, blind tasting against all the First Growths of St. Emilion, Ausone, Cheval Blanc, Figeac, Angelus, and Pavie covering its first 8 vintages. Details on the tasting and the event.
2021 Sweet white Bordeaux wines are simply, just great! Complex, racy, sweet, and unctuous with crisp, fresh, honey-drenched fruits. But you need to act quickly, as very little wine was made as production was down by 70% or more this year.
2021 White Bordeaux Wines rock! They are extraordinary capturing the essence of the vineyards with purity, precision, crisp, bright, zesty fruits, complex aromatics, and all the vibrancy and character you could ever hope for. If you are a fan of Bordeaux Blanc, these are the best wines in years. Don’t miss out as very little wine was made this year.
Whether you are seeking unique wines from experimental chateaux thinking outside the box, value wines, or interesting white wine blends, you can often find all of those wines in this article focusing on the best 2021 generic AOC Bordeaux wines of the vintage.
Savvy consumers seeking values from Right Bank, Merlot-based should become familiar with the Saint Emilion Satellite appellations. 2021 Lussac, 2021 Montagne, 2021 Puisseguin, and 2021 St. Georges all offer some very nice wines, but you do need to be choosy with 2021.
