The 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape is a straightforward, pleasant, commercial-styled offering meant for mass consumption. Spicy, with sweet cherry and strawberry fruit, medium body, and no hard edges, it should be drunk over the next 3-4 years.
Importers: J and R Selections, Mt. Pleasant, MI; tel. (517) 772-3695; Elite Wine Imports, Lorton, VA; tel. (703) 339-8150; and Bernadas Wines, Eagan, MN (no telephone listing available).