Raymond Usseglio, Chateauneuf Du Pape other_regions This vintage contains one-third Cinsault

This vintage contains one-third Cinsault from some vines dating back to 1900

clean and well-balanced finale

all of which is trimmed in just enough wood to warrant mentioning

Drink now through 2017

Raymond Usseglio, Chateauneuf Du Pape other_regions This vintage contains one-third CinsaultRuby red. Aroma of red fruit liqueur. Sweet and nicely concentrated, with good volume but only modest nuance. Shows good freshness and fruit, but finishes with some youthfully tough tannins. Seems distinctly cleaner than a bottle of the '98 I tasted last year. However, my sample of the '99 Cuvee Imperiale was plagued by a raw wood quality that dried its finish. Stephen Tanzer