The 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Cotes Capelan is the top wine from winemaker Stephane Vedeau and is mostly Grenache from a parcel named “Côtes Capelan”
ranking with the brilliant 2005 and 2010 versions
A wine of extraordinary beauty
stimulating and lean finish
Utterly magnificent in the glass
Vall Llach, Embruix other_regions_italy The 2007 Chateauneuf du PapeThe 2005 Embruix (bewitched in Catalan), sourced from the estates younger vines, is a blend of 38% Garnacha, 26% Carinena, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Syrah, and 6% Merlot. Fifty percent of the wine was barrel fermented and all of it was aged for 16 months in seasoned French oak. Crimson colored, the wine has an attractive nose of cedar, tobacco, pencil lead, black cherry, and blackberry. Full bodied, plush, forward, and nearly seamless, it has lots