Pierre Usseglio, Chateauneuf Du Pape Deux Freres other_regions Subtle wood spice notes highlight

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It has a brilliant bouquet with incredibly well-defined red fruit laced with cedar and truffle

mainly thanks to the larger contribution of Sémillon at one-third of the blend

but lacks the weight of fruit to really drive it on into the long term

Asian spices

Pierre Usseglio, Chateauneuf Du Pape Deux Freres other_regions Subtle wood spice notes highlightMy last bottle from the case, and as it so often happens, this was showing really strong. Fully mature, with an exotic, concentrated, kirsch filled blast of fruit, the jam, garrigue, spice and underbrush side also came out nicely. This is not a wine I'd hold for further aging, but it has been a fun ride since release.