2011 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Deus Ex Machina

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Châteauneuf Du Pape

Southern Rhône

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Rhone Blend

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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In Vincent Maurel's opinion, "in simple terms 2011 is a pretty vintage while 2012 is richer.Not the structure of 2010 or the weight of 2009 or the ripeness of 2007, maybe more classic than those."He thinks that a generation ago the '12s would have been considered massive "but it's a different climate now, for weather and for peoples' tastes."Maurel believes that 2004 is the most recent vintage that people should be actively drinking ("they are a point") and that his 2011s will follow a similar trajectory "but maybe always having a little more depth."

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Calling 2011 "a hypothetical cross of 2008 and 2009, with the finesse and freshness of '08 and the fruit of '09."Vincent Maurel said that "it's a vintage for early pleasure.The top wines will age but will they ever give that much more satisfaction than they'll give in their youth?"Like all of his colleagues, he said that the key to success was a lot of green-harvesting, "because without it you got watery wines and there was also the risk of rot because of the humidity of the summer."Maurel said that even at its best "2011 can't compete with '09 but could turn out better than '06 and '04, and it's definitely superior to 2008."