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Ogier Clos de L'Oratoire des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge 2017
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhone, Rhone Valley, FranceOgier is known for its more restrained Châteauneuf-du Pape style, starting with a fresh, clean nose as evident in this 2017 version. If 2016 was outstanding, 2017 is only a half step behind. The Clos de l'Oratoire des Papes benefits from a diversity of soils mixing limestone, sand terraces, and red clay. Strawberry and raspberry is flecked with licorice and spice and a dusting of garrigue on the nose. The attack is elegant at 14.5 percent, and the textures supple with well-managed, soft tannins and more ripe orange, raspberry, black cherry and even a hint of stones and minerals underneath. You can drink this now with grilled lamb chops or cellar it for a decade and beyond. The wine undergoes a long post-fermentation vatting, then ageing in a mixture, both in terms of size and age, of oak barrels for 14 months.Tasted: 11 January 2021Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:| BC | $53.99 | 750ml | BCLS |
| AB | $46.95 | 750ml | select private retailers |
| MB | $56.01 | 750ml | Manitoba Liquor Mart |
| QC | $72.99 | 750ml | SAQ |
| NB | $54.99 | 750ml | NBLiquor |
| NF | $56.99 | 750ml | NLLC |
Lifford Wine and Spirits
Blend: Grenache - Shiraz - Mourvèdre - CinsaultCSPC: 619197UPC: 00714320142509
