I’ve had numerous bottles of the 2008 Cuvée Réservée and continue to think it’s one of the top wines of the vintage. Beautifully perfumed and complex on the nose, with a traditional, old school feel, this medium-bodied, delicious Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a joy to drink. It should easily evolve and drink well for up to a decade, possibly longer.

As I said in Issue #5 the 2008 Domaine du Pégaü Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée is a resounding success for the vintage and one of the top wines. Showing a beautiful focused bouquet of smoked blackberry fruit old leather peppered steak tartare and loads of spice the wine is medium+ bodied on the palate with solid concentration rich yet firm fruit and an excellent finish. This classic beauty should be relatively short lived by Pégaü standards but should nevertheless impress for at least a decade.

A dark lightly chewy style with roasted mesquite and dark licorice notes leading the way for a powerful core of black Mission fig blackberry preserve Turkish coffee and bittersweet cocoa notes. There's a flash of truffle on the finish. Drink now through 2022. 3300 cases made. -JM