Grand Veneur, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2005 offering flavors that range from

offering flavors that range from strawberry and cherry to wild herbs

sweet soil tones and pencil shavings

There’s a nice touch of acidity

This delivers very good length though there is a touch of youthful austerity present that will require a few years of bottle age to dissipate

Grand Veneur, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2005 offering flavors that range fromOpaque ruby. Sexy aromas of blackberry, cherry cola, minerals and incense. Precise and vibrant, with terrific cut to its intense flavors of bitter cherry and dark fruit preserves and licorice. Still youthfully tight and bound up but gains flesh and sweetness with air. Shows very good clarity and energy, finishing smooth, sappy and long. Josh Raynolds