Roger Sabon Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Prestige 2022

Roger Sabon Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Prestige 2022

Foremost a mineral wine

While this may change given that these are barrel samples but based on the two that I tasted

A notably ripe nose displays cassis

The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard

One of the big stories in 2006 is the resurrection of this once very good Pomerol estate now that it has been purchased by Catherine Pere-Verge

and great richness

blueberry/cassis-filled candy bar and vanilla ice cream melting in the mouth

The detailed and highly energetic medium-bodied flavors possess a sleek

There is also more concentration to the gorgeously textured and highly extract-rich big-bodied flavors that also exude plenty of minerality on the caressing yet powerful finish that is initially linear yet as it sits on the palate really fans out

powerful and firmly muscular large-scaled flavors possess superb mid-palate concentration where the abundant dry extract also buffers the presently unyielding tannic backbone on the massively long finish

but it's more structured than 2008

and leather unfold over a structured