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98 RP.
"In both 2007 and 2010, the Usseglios produced approximately 400 or so bottles from a small lot of 95-year-old Grenache from a vineyard in Les Grandes Serres that took over two years to ferment dry because of the extraordinarily high sugars. Called Chateauneuf-du-Pape Not For You, this is more like an Amarone-styled wine, or something akin to Henri Bonneau’s famous Cuvee Speciale that he made in both 1990 and 1998 . . . . there is not much of it . . . . It possesses loads of fig and animal notes as well as roasted herbs, sweet kirsch and plum-like fruit. It is definitely a different animal . . ." Wine Advocate #197, Oct 2011 |