Sporting a deep purple color as well as a captivating nose of licorice chocolate ganache covered cherries spice and vanilla with touches of background wood the 2007 Tardieu-Laurent Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes opens beautifully in the glass. Full bodied and stunningly fruited the wine carries a rich textured palate perfect balance and a focused very long finish. Give this beauty 2 to 3 years to integrate its components and then drink over the following 20.

The 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes is fashioned from old vine Grenache (90%) and the rest Syrah and Mourvedre the last two components aged in new oak. The fruit comes from parcels on La Crau Solitude and Mont-Olivet. The wine exhibits that sweet white chocolate character that Grenache sometimes displays along with a deep ruby/purple color super intensity and plenty of red and black fruit garrigue and grilled meat notes. A quintessential example of Provence drink it over the next 15-20 years.