A spitting image of finesse and elegance, the 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape Mourre des Perdrix (69% Grenache, 15% each of Syrah and Mourvèdre, and the balance Cinsault) comes all from the sandy soils located around the estate. It offers lots of kirsch, garrigue and dried earth/sandy loam notes, full body, ultra-fine tannin and a great finish. This cuvee is always the more ethereal and silky of the three single-vineyard cuvees from this estate, and it’s drinking beautifully today. - Jeb Dunnuck

Showing even better than it did a year ago the 2007 Domaine de la Charbonnière Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Mourre des Perdrix delivers loads of licorice-laced Grenache fruit full body superb texture and a clean focused finish. Despite the overall lush and rich nature the palate stays beautifully focused. Superb and this should drink beautifully over the next 15 or more years.

Plush and enticing with delicious layers of plum sauce fig bread black tea and mulled spice notes that pump through the velvety dark finish. Fresh well-embedded acidity stretches it all out. Drink now through 2027. 1665 cases made. -JM