Made from 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, and 10% Cinsault, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Olivets is a winner in this great vintage. Blackcurrants, black olives, licorice, and peppery notes all flow to a ripe, sexy, opulent Châteauneuf-du-Pape that has terrific purity, ripe tannin, and a great finish. It's a no-brainer purchase.

Elegant, sweet, polished and pure, the medium bodied, wine serves up, ripe, silky cherries without being asked. This is such a great, refined style here, it was impossible to put down the glass. The ability to age and enjoy young, is rare combination to find, but that's what you get here. The wine was made blending 80% Grenache, 10% Cinsault and 10% Syrah. Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/wine-tasting-note/?vintage=2016&wine=Roger%20Sabon%20Chateauneuf-du-Pape%20Les%20Olivets

While the nose of this wine is subdued, whiffs of dark chocolate, coffee and violet extend into the palate, mingling into crisp blackberry and cherry flavors. The palate is robust and mouthfilling yet briskly balanced and anchored by fine, persistent tannins. It's an elegant but immediately approachable wine to drink now through 2028. - ANNA LEE C. IIJIMA

Tasted blind, the 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape les Olivets shows gorgeous aromas of purple raspberries and garrigue. Full-bodied and even a bit chewy, it picks up hints of mocha and licorice on the long finish. It's a blend of 80% Grenache and 10% each Cinsault and Syrah, matured in foudres and oak vats. - JC

Juicy and ripe, with a delicious core of red and black currant and raspberry fruit that has delightful energy, studded liberally with anise, roasted apple wood and graphite notes. The long finish shows a tug of earth and a light floral gilding. Best from 2019 through 2030. 392 cases imported. –JM