Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Le Bois Pointu, Gonnet / Blagden

Note:

shiny dark plum red colour; the nose is attractive, on cooked black fruits, floral hints, has a notably firm, also sunny depth, with likeable Southern oiliness, black olives. The palate engages well on gleaming red fruits, plum-raspberry, black olives, comes with salted moments, a good, clear trail that will hold it together over more than two decades. It’s interesting, has hidden pockets. I find Mourvèdre on the nose, and a good continuous smooth texture on the palate. It’s not obviously a Grenache Châteauneuf as it stands now. It ends finely, with Counoise pepper there. It’s elegant, will gradually draw together. It’s more vivid than the 2015. 14.5°.