2010 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Not for You!

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Châteauneuf Du Pape

Southern Rhône

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Rhone Blend

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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"Two thousand nine made a lot of great wine but one thing that you need to look out for is dry tannins," Thierry Usseglio told me in November. He compared 2009 with 2006 but says that the later vintage has more structure and will need more patience. Like all of his colleagues Usseglio lamented the low yields achieved in 2010, which in his case were as low as 12 hectoliters per hectare in some sites, but said that the bright side was that the wines have excellent concentration of flavor without excess ripeness or weight. He compared 2010 to another great year, 2001, "because the wines are complete, with fantastic intensity, which is what still makes '01 a great year."