Chateauneuf du Pape, Feminessence, Tour St Michel

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The sensational 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape Feminessance, which is 75% Grenache and 25% Syrah aged in small oak, has the densest opaque color of all three cuvees. This wine has fabulous fruit concentration and comes across as a wonderful segue way between the traditional and the modern styles of Chateauneuf du Pape. Full bodied, pure and certainly a star of the vintage, this wine can be drunk now or cellared for up to 12 15+ years. It is a brilliant achievement in 2009, and I kept going back to the glass for another whiff of the kirsch and black raspberry notes.