Domaine de Beaurenard - Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2019 (750ml) available at The Wine and Cheese Place in St Louis, MO

Domaine de Beaurenard - Châteauneuf-du-Pape White 2021 (750ml) available at The Wine and Cheese Place in St Louis, MO

Chateau de Saint Cosme - Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2020 (750ml) available at Joe Canal's Lawrenceville in Lawrenceville, NJ

Domaine Du Pegau - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée 2021 (750ml) available at Wayne Bottle King in Wayne, NJ

Domaine de Beaurenard - Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020 (750ml) available at The Wine and Cheese Place in St Louis, MO

Black cherries, blackberries and garrigue all appear on the nose of the dense, concentrated 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes. Yes, the wine boasts.

Directly next-door to the famed Château Rayas, the wines of Font de Courtedune are hidden gems. Dominated by Grenache grown in sandy soils, these wines

An elegant red, with nice freshness and purity to the wild cherry, plum and red licorice flavors. Shows a spine of crushed graphite that firms up the somewhat.

Steeped plum and cherry compote notes are the main marker here, though chestnut, sweet bay, singed alder and tobacco flavors all make their presence known.

Domaine de Beaurenard has been a family-run estate for eight generations. Today, brothers Daniel & Frédéric Coulon and Daniel's sons.

Tasted from the concrete tank, the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Imperiale is reassuringly on form, with intricate herbal nuances overlaid on ripe purple.

Enticing and pretty, this boasts a pure beam of raspberry, rooibos tea and singed garrigue, with notes of baking spices and dried lavender. A pretty yet.

Enticing and pretty, this boasts a pure beam of raspberry, rooibos tea and singed garrigue, with notes of baking spices and dried lavender. A pretty yet.