possibly the best Valbuena ever
One of the best bottles I have ever had
no hard edges and a drink-me-now feel
with soft tannins and a long
Viognier and Marsanne that was fermented in concrete and aged in small barrels
2010 Clos Saint-Jean "Combe des Fous" Ch̢teauneuf-du-Pape possibly the best Valbuena everThe limited production cuvee of 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape La Combe des Fous (60% Grenache, 20% Syrah, and the rest Muscardin, Vaccarese and Cinsault) is awesome. There have been many great vintages of this wine (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011), but the 2010 flirts with perfection. One of the most complex aromatic expressions of Chateauneuf du Pape, it offers up notes of Christmas fruitcake, spring flowers, mulberries, blueberries, black raspberries,