Clos St Jean, Chateauneuf Du Pape Deus-Ex Machina

Clos St Jean, Chateauneuf Du Pape Deus-Ex MachinaThe 2011 Chateauneuf du Pape Deus ex Machina is a stunner in the vintage. Like the Combe des Fous, it has incredible elegance, as well as the forward, sexy nature of the vintage. Kirsch liqueur, currants, toast, sandalwood, and graphite are just some of the nuances here. The wine hits the palate with full bodied richness, a layered, seamless mouthfeel and beautifully polished tannin on the finish. Give it another year or two and drink it through 2026.

a huge mid-palate and a layered

musky earth and spicecake aromas show outstanding clarity and pick up a smoky mineral nuance with aeration

This year there is no Monfortino

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After a timid opening it settles down with attractive mulberry

A broadranging and wonderfully elegant array features notes of spice

but then this is a legendary wine

ending with sweet

The 2003 Petrus was born in a difficult vintage for Pomerol

This mature wine remains dark black-red in colour

lusher and juicy with structure

The 2015 Domaine de Chevalier has a perfumed