Domaine Charvin Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2017

Brilliant magenta. An assertively perfumed bouquet of ripe red and blue fruits, Moroccan spices, and incense carries a smoky overtone. Sweet, penetrating raspberry preserve, cherry, lavender pastille, and spice cake flavors show impressive depth as well as vivacity. Displays superb clarity and floral thrust on the finish, which features smoothly interwoven tannins and lingering spiciness. This wine shows just how much complexity can be achieved, even in a hot vintage, in the absence of any oak, old or new.