94 points Joe Czerwinski (Wine Advocate): "The 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Imperiale is a big, super ripe wine, loaded with plummy, chocolaty fruit. It's almost entirely Grenache from sandy sites, made and aged in concrete. At 16% alcohol by volume, it's full-bodied and the tannins are ripe, creamy and supple, but the alcoholic heat isn't particularly noticeable. Give the bit of green stemminess from some whole-cluster inclusion a year or two in bottle to merge with the rest of the wine and drink it young, before the fruit fades. Drink: 2019-2025. (Oct 2017)"
Product SKU | 343247 |
Producer | Usseglio/Raymond |
Country | France |
Region | Rhône |
SubRegion | Southern Rhône |
Appellation | Châteauneuf-du-Pape |
Varietal | Rhone Blends - Red |
Vintage | 2015 |
Size | 750ml |
Color | Red |
Blend | 95% Grenache, 5% other permitted varieties |
ABV | 15.0% |
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