Powerful and penetrating but extremely backward

Still rather firm in texture

with vines planted in the late 1990s

It s firing on all cylinders but certainly has another decade or more of prime drinking

balanced and harmonious finish

Pierre Usseglio, Chateauneuf Du Pape Not For You other_regions_italy Powerful and penetrating but extremelyThe 2019 Chteauneuf Du Pape Not For You is flat out awesome, and Grenache doesn't get any better in this reviewer's opinion. Coming from 100 year old vines in the Les Serres lieu dit, in the southern end of the appellation, it was not destemmed and was brought up in a single new demi muid. Incredible aromatics of darker berries, Provenal garrigue, ground pepper, lavender, and leather are just some of its nuances, and this beauty hits the palate with