Domaine Clusel-Roch Les Grandes Places Cote Rotie, Rhone, France 2020 Domaine des Malandes Fine velvety tannins with plum

Fine velvety tannins with plum

It is very pretty now

stony-edged finish

smoke and licorice

Piedlong's 2021 Chateauneuf du Pape is a blend of 90% Grenache and 10% Mourvèdre from the lieu-dit of the same name

Domaine Clusel-Roch Les Grandes Places Cote Rotie, Rhone, France 2020 Domaine des Malandes Fine velvety tannins with plumDark, bright hued purple. Heady black and blue fruit, violet, incense and smoky mineral aromas are complemented by hints of licorice and exotic spices. Appealingly sweet and expansive on the palate, offering concentrated but almost shockingly lively black raspberry, blueberry, floral pastille, smoky bacon and fruitcake flavors that show sharp delineation and mineral and spice driven lift. Steadily building tannins give shape to the mineral tinged