Grand Veneur, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2010

Grand Veneur, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2010Opaque ruby. Sexy aromas of blackberry, cherry cola, minerals and incense. Precise and vibrant, with terrific cut to its intense flavors of bitter cherry and dark fruit preserves and licorice. Still youthfully tight and bound up but gains flesh and sweetness with air. Shows very good clarity and energy, finishing smooth, sappy and long. Josh Raynolds

she points out

It is perfect for drinking now

Moderate wood influence can be found on the super-fresh and bright essence of red berry fruit

honeysuckle and pear

There is very good volume to the delicious and energetic middle weight flavors that retain good detail on the saline and youthfully austere finish that is presently a bit tough

A gorgeous and ultra-elegant nose features violets

well-balanced and mildly austere finish that is firm enough to merit at least a few years of cellaring

Doesn't have the depth of the best vintages here but this broad

1° with an acidity of seven grams per liter

with a sense of buoyant vitality

pralines and freshly baked bread

It feels like this 2018 vintage is still warming up and is slowly putting on volume and weight