Clos St. Antonin - Chateauneuf Du Pape 2019 (750ml)

 

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Producer	Clos St. Antonin
Country	France
Region	Rhone
Varietal	Grenache
Vintage	2019
Sku	210000001864
Size	750ml

Clos St. Antonin Chateauneuf Du Pape 2019

Clos Saint Antonin is a 15 hectare estate located outside the town of Jonquières within the Côtes-du-Rhône Village of Plan de Dieu. A short drive away from Courthézon where Domaine de la Janasse is situated, Clos Saint Antonin was purchased by the Sabon family in 2014. Small, compact and contiguous estates rarely come on the market in the Rhône, let along ones planted on the classic red clays, galets and sand typical of Plan de Dieu. While it is quite common to see the famed estates of Châteauneuf-du-Pape looking over the Rhône river towards Lirac to expand their holdings, more and more are looking north to Plan de Dieu since this terroir is quite similar to what they find in their backyard. While the whole family is involved with its farming and winemaking, Isabelle Sabon is heading up this new project – one supplemented by some of her family’s vineyards in Le Crau for the Clos Saint Antonin Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

94 Pts Jeb Dunnuck - Lastly, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape is another complex, layered, incredibly satisfying wine from this estate. Kirsch, blackberries, Provençal garrigue, and loads of spicy nuances give way to a medium to full-bodied, seamless, exuberant 2019 with wonderful tannins as well as a great finish. This wine always shines for its complexity and elegance, and the 2019 is no exception. Drink it over the coming 15 years or so.

Mulled blueberries and dewy rose-petal notes perfume this silk-textured Grenache. It’s a rich, powerfully penetrating wine that fills the palate in pools of black-cherry and berry flavors, but maintains a thrilling mineral freshness and vitality. Framed by fine, silky tannins, it’s approachable already but should improve well through 2040 at least. *Editors' Choice* (AI)

Rich, dense and compact, the 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape is all Grenache, but it still needs some time to unfurl. For now, it offers up subdued hints of garrigue layered over a backdrop of ripe black cherries and dark chocolate. Full-bodied and intense, with a long finish, it should blossom with a few years in the cellar. (JC) 93+