Domaine de Marcoux, Chateauneuf du Pape, France

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From a vintage where they didn't finish the harvest until early in October, the 2004 Chateauneuf du Pape (80% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre, 7% Syrah and the balance Cinsault) is an elegant, fine, seamless and medium-bodied effort that has classic, mature notes of sweet red fruits, cedary spice and garrigue. It's one of those wines where the bottle will be empty before you know it.

The 2004 Chateauneuf du Pape (16,000 bottles) is a sexy, open-knit style of wine for the Armeniers, with a deep ruby/purple color and a big, sweet, expansive nose of blackberry and black currants with some cherry liqueur, dried herbs, smoke, and licorice. The wine is delicious to say the least, but also elegant, pure, and well-balanced. It should drink nicely for a decade or more. As I have written in the past, for well over a decade this has been a totally bio-dynamically farmed estate.One of my favorite estates and reference points for Chateauneuf du Pape is that of Sophie and Catherine Armenier. Chateauneuf du Pape, which has made such an extraordinary qualitative renaissance over the last ten to fifteen years, is one of the appellations of France that has an unusual number of women running the show and producing superb wines, and Domaine de Marcoux is certainly one of them.Importer: Eric Solomon, European Cellars, Charlotte, NC; tel. (704) 358-1565