Domaine Olivier Hillaire "Les Terrasses" Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Grenache from Chateauneuf du Pape
Vintage: | 2018 |
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Description: | 94 points Decanter. Like his other cuvées, this has quite a pale, cherry-tinged colour with strawberry and a touch of sweetly earthy beetroot on the nose and sweet strawberry on the palate. It's an enjoyably low-extraction style, brimming with plump, juicy strawberry and a touch of caramel in the background. This is good now, and will be good with age too. Distinctive. From old vines at the south of lieu-dit La Crau, galets roulés. Fermented in concrete, aged in old barriques. (mw) (2/2021) 93 points Jeb Dunnuck. Based on 100% Grenache sourced from the southeastern sector of the appellation, the 2018 Châteauneuf du Pape Les Terrasses offers a rocking bouquet of ripe strawberry and assorted berry fruits intermixed with lots of peppery garrigue, spice, and candied flower-like aromatics. (10/2020) 92 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate. An all-Grenache cuvée from a parcel planted on galets roulés, the 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Les Terrasses matured in 400-liter barrels, but shows no overtly woody aromas. It's rather light in color, with delicate scents of red berries, moss and sous-bois, then delivers waves of raspberries and cherries on the full-bodied, silky-textured palate. (jc) (10/2020). |
Price: | $ 69.99 |
Price in original currency: | None |
Available from K&L Wine Merchants
Address: |
3005 El Camino Real Redwood City, CA 94061 United States |
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Telephone (toll-free): | 877-559-4637 |
Telephone (regular): | 650-364-8544 |
Fax: | 650-364-4687 |
First added to 1000 Corks on June 5, 2021.