Domaine des Pères de L’Eglise – L’héritage de Pollus – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The nose is intense, spicy and offers deepness. This wine should be decanted. It reveals notes of wild berries, cassis and small notes of violet, pulpy strawberry associated with touches of pulpy blackberry, grey pepper as well as very fine hints of garrigue, tea, grey pepper and an imperceptible hint of rosemary (in the background). The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a very fine creaminess, fat, minerality, a small fat as well as a fine acidulous/juicy frame, a small tension. On the palate this wine expresses notes of bigarreau cherry, creamy raspberry, small notes of small wild berries associated with touches of mild tobacco, liquorice, crushed Boysen berry as well as hints of chocolate, vanilla, a subtle hint of hazelnut, caramelization (in the background) and an imperceptible hint of mild tobacco (in the background). Good length. Tannins are structuring. Good persistence. A fine power as well as gourmandize and a fine sapidity on the finish/persistence.