2015 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Chateauneuf Du Pape Reserve Des Deux Freres
The 2015 Chôteouneuf-du-Pape Reserve des Deux Freres is more backward and structured, yet offers serious amounts of darker fruits, curronts, smoked herbs, roasted meats and licorice aromas and flavors. Like the Cuvée Mon Aieul, this cuvée sees plenty of stems, yet they’re beautifully integrated and balanced by masses of fruit. Full-bodied, concentrated, incredibly bottles for 4-5 years ond enjoy over the following 15-20 years.
This estate hasn’t missed a beat in the past decade (or more) and their 2015s and 20165 both check-in near the top of the pyramid It’s worth noting that this estate has storted including shightly more stems than in the past while pulling back on the new borrels. Nevertheless, this is one estate who’s wines handle their ook elevoge beautifully. They ve also created a new white special cuvee based on Grenache Blanc and Clairette, and its a terrihc wine worth seeking out (although | don’t know the price point).
Job Dunnuck (10/19/2017)
