2022 Châteauneuf du Pape rouge LES ORIGINES, Domaine Grand Veneur

"A real success, the 2022 Chateauneuf du Pape Le Miocène exhales a dense, complex bouquet of cassis, dark berries, flowers, garrigue and lilac. Medium to full-bodied, layered and tense, it's enrobing and charming with a fleshy core of fruit, great freshness and a long, precise finish. This is a blend of 70% Grenache Noir, 20% Syrah and 10% Mourvèdre, all destemmed and matured for 14 months in a combination of used barrels (30%) and concrete tanks. It offers a broad drinking window and should see its 20th anniversary in fine form." (Yohan Castaing in Robert Parker's Wine Advocate)

"The 2022 Châteauneuf du Pape Les Origines is also brilliant, with gorgeously integrated oak in its ripe red and black cherry fruit as well as peppery garrigue, cured meats, spice, and graphite-driven aromatics. Rich, full-bodied, concentrated, and balanced, with silky tannins, it's a smoking good example of modern-styled yet still classic Châteauneuf du Pape. The 2022 is 50% Grenache that was raised in concrete and 30% Mourvèdre and 20% Syrah, both raised in barrels. Give bottles 2-3 years and enjoy over the following decade or more." (Jeb Dunnuck in www.jebdunnuck.com)