Clos St Jean, Chateauneuf Du Pape Combe Des Fous Size:3x750ml the 2012 is drinking beautifully

the 2012 is drinking beautifully today

This is a real treasure for your cellar

Some more time in bottle has made this a classic Port from start to finish in terms of aromatics and flavors

but that's not always a good thing

intense and mineral-inflected broad-shouldered flavors are an exercise in restraint

Clos St Jean, Chateauneuf Du Pape Combe Des Fous Size:3x750ml the 2012 is drinking beautifullyThe 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