Clos Saint Jean - Chateauneuf du Pape Vielles Vignes 2020 (750ml)

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Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2023 - #12

Producer	Clos Saint Jean
Country	France
Region	Rhone Valley
Varietal	Chateauneuf du Pape
Vintage	2020
Sku	1264

 

Leads with warm ganache and fig bread notes, followed quickly by raspberry reduction accents that take some time to unwind. Showcases plum pâte de fruit, sanguine and black licorice notes, with a flicker of Turkish coffee underscoring the finish and giving this a decidedly dark profile in the end. Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Vaccarèse and Muscardin. Best from 2024 through 2038. 900 cases made, 670 cases imported.

A bottling for the American importer (Eric Solomon/European Selections), the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes is blended to the same proportions as the main cuvée (75% Grenache, 15% Syrah and the rest a mix of other permitted red varieties), but it includes more old-vine Grenache. It's all destemmed and reached 16% alcohol this vintage, so it's a slightly bigger, richer wine, loaded with black cherries and dried spices. Full-bodied, concentrated and velvety, it's a lush, long-finishing beauty that should drink well for over a decade.