Domaine de Beaurenard - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Boisrenard 2003 (750ml)
Domaine de Beaurenard Description
Parcels of old vines 60-100 years in age, planted in soils of great character and complexity, provide the grapes for this wine. They are picked when fully mature and meticulously sorted by hand to further enhance concentration.
Yields are very low: 15-20 hectoliters/hectare.
These old parcels, in which different varieties are planted together, embody the symphony of 13 varieties, though Grenache predominates.
The Boisrenard undergoes lengthy vatting and is aged in an entirely traditional way: no filtration or fining, then 18 months' ageing in oak barrels, bottling, and a spell of rest in our underground cellars.
Wine Spectator: 97 Points
Loaded with rich, dark layers of black currant, blackberry, truffle, tar, mocha and bittersweet cocoa, this pumps out both fruit andterroir on the gripping finish. Immense in scale and depth, this is hard to lay off now, but should be even more impressive when it drops its muscle to show more elegance (that will take a while, though). Best from 2008 through 2030.
