A knockout traditional cuvee the 2010 Mas de Boislauzon Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a blend of 80% Grenache 15% Mourvedre and 5% Syrah that is aged half in tank and half in barrel. It is beautifully perfumed and complex on the nose with aromas of incense spiced meats flowers and raspberry and blackberry liqueur-like aromas all souring from the glass. This is followed up by a full-bodied structured and tannic wine that has a rock solid core of fruit loads of texture and fantastic focus detail and length on the finish. Give bottles 2-3 years in the cellar and then enjoy over the following decade.

This is dark but racy and driven with a gorgeous Turkish coffee note giving way to flavors of roasted fig blackberry paste and baker's chocolate. Polished and seamless through the finishwith a tarry echo adding grip and length. Best from 2014 through 2027. -J.M.

The best value from this estate is the sensational 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape a blend of 70% Grenache 15% Syrah and 15% Mourvedre from 50-year-old vines aged in concrete tank as well as old wood foudres. Copious aromas of garrigue seaweed ground pepper creme de cassis and kirsch jump from the glass of this opaque ruby/purple-colored full-bodied multidimensional rich pure 2010. Drink it over the next 10-15 years.