Clos St Jean, Chateauneuf Du Pape Combe Des Fous Vintage:2006 it needs another 5 years

it needs another 5 years or so in the cellar

licorice and ample black fruits

Slightly high-toned scents of raspberry

this is an impressive set of wines

multi-dimensional

Clos St Jean, Chateauneuf Du Pape Combe Des Fous Vintage:2006 it needs another 5 yearsThe two special cuvees are both as good as wine can get. The 2007 Chteauneuf du Pape la Combe des Fous is the more pure, elegant and seamless of the two, but it s still a huge wine that has overflowing notions of smoked meats, ripe black currants, toasted spice, liquid smoke and garrigue. It s utterly seamless on the palate, with fine tannin, no hard edges and incredible purity of fruit. It s firing on all cylinders but certainly has another decade or