Cristia, Chateauneuf Du Pape Renaissance other_regions_italy A super-fresh and markedly sauvage-inflected

A super-fresh and markedly sauvage-inflected nose offers very cool array of red and dark berries where hints of herbal tea

Here the wood treatment is less subtle though it does not overshadow the more elegant and slightly cooler nose of spice

I suspect that the edginess will round out with a few years of bottle age

offering appealingly sweet blackberry

Cristia, Chateauneuf Du Pape Renaissance other_regions_italy A super-fresh and markedly sauvage-inflectedDeeper, inkier and more concentrated than the classic cuvee, the 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Renaissance checks in as 60% Grenache, 30% Mourvedre and 10% Syrah, with the Grenache aged in concrete and the Mourvedre and Syrah in demi muids (some new). Offering up notes of graphite, cassis, chocolate, crushed flowers and tobacco, it's a sexy, voluptuous example of this cuvee that has sensational concentration, sweet tannin and a blockbuster finish.