Guigal Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2001

"Marcel Guigal has produced a superb Chateauneuf du Pape in 2001. Its medium plum/ruby color is accompanied by a lovely bouquet of kirsch liqueur, ground pepper, Provencal herbs, and balsam wood. Full-bodied and lightly tannic, with loads of fruit and glycerin as well as a sumptuous finish, it is similar to the top-flight, seductive 2000. Drink it over the next 10-12 years."""Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate February 2006"

Superb Chateauneuf! This wine is a fine, deep, dark-red color in the glass. On the nose it is spicy, with soft, ripe fruit aromas. On the palate there are is round tannins, complexity and power. A rich, full-bodied, smooth wine, with touches of ripe plums, stone fruit and soft fruit. This is a rich wine, with all in harmony and balance.

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A Customer - California

This is textbook Chateuneuf - all the elements are there: dark fruit, hot stone, with a bit of white pepper on the finish. However, it cannot be aged for 10-15 years, as this site suggests. It does not have the backbone for that. As the owner of a case, I would not recommend laying it down for more than 9 or 10. Nevertheless, you simply cannot go wrong with this selection. Every lover of CNdP should have at least a couple of bottles in their cellar.

A Customer - California

What a fabulous Chateauneuf! It's all there: the fruit, the white pepper, the earthiness and the "scorched rock" that is so characteristic of this appelation. Tastes like a fine, grand old wine. (Chateauneuf du Pape must be aged a minimum of five years - any less than that would be a crime.)

A Customer - New England

What a truly fine knock-it-back-with-friends franc-dandy! Pleasantly velvety, balanced and silky.

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