The 2011s have been drinking beautifully for a number of years now, and the 2011 Chateauneuf Du Pape La Combe Des Fous is at that beautiful point where it's showing a touch of secondary nuances yet still has beautiful depth of fruit. Coming from a single parcel of vines and mostly Grenache, with 20% Syrah and 10% each of Vaccarèse and Cinsault, this spicy, complex, and beautifully elegant wine just about jumps from the glass with kirsch and mulled berry fruits as well as notes of spice box, dried flowers, incense, licorice, and loamy earth. Full-bodied, seamless, and light on its feet, it still offers beautiful depth of fruit and richness along with a gorgeous finish. It's a thrilling bottle of wine to enjoy over the coming decade.

Starting with the 2011 Chateauneuf du Pape Combe des Fous, it's easily one of the wines of the vintage and offers killer creme de cassis, kirsch, spice box, creamy licorice and toasted bread to go with a full-bodied, seamless, elegant and layered profile the palate. While showing the forward, approachable nature of the vintage, it has ample sweet tannin, rock-solid mid-palate concentration and blockbuster length. - Jeb Dunnuck