I imagine it will reward readers lucky enough to own it with several decades of exceptional drinking

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with an elegantly textural attack and a creamy core of fruit that's underpinned by a bright but nicely integrated spine of acidity

focused and beautifully well-delineated flavors that terminate in a precise

the wine carries us along the Corniche in an open-top car

Pegau, Chateauneuf Du Pape Reservee Vintage:2012 I imagine it will rewardOne of my favorite wines, the 2012 Chteauneuf du Pape Cuvee Rserve is a classic. Beautiful on the nose, with notions of ground pepper, wild herbs, minerality and smoked plum and dark fruit, it s medium to full bodied, nicely concentrated and has plenty of tannin that comes through on the finish. Similar in style to a lighter weight 2010, drink this beauty anytime over the coming 12 15 years.