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- Ch Husson Chateauneuf Du Pape Les Saumades 2009 Product #25033 (In Stock)
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A hand-crafted, small-production Chateauneuf-du-Pape selected by Olivier Daubresse from an up-and-coming estate. Anne and Jean-Pierre Hugues purchased this neglected estate before the 2008 harvest and are rapidly moving to make it a first-rate producer worthy of its excellent terroir. The 2009 Les Saumades – a blend of 95% old vine Grenache and 5% Syrah – is the first wine crafted entirely by the new regime.
Definitely a young wine still, but already delivering loads of pleasure and even more promise. Opens with a relaxed, sweet nose of crushed ripe raspberries, cherry liqueur, and lemon thyme and warm galets (the rounded stones littering the Chateauneuf-du-Pape vineyard). Wonderfully pure and focused in the mouth with sweet Grenache raspberry/strawberry fruit, thyme and lavender herb, and a touch of fresh earth (from the Syrah). Then expanding rapidly on the back to a sweet, pure fruit finish supported by fine minerality and sweet, ripe, tannins.
This expresses everything I love about the most successful Rhone reds of the excellent 2009 vintage. More than enough sweet, ripe, generous fruit to enjoy now – even by itself! – but with the focus and structure to shine with rich foods and grilled meats and to develop well for a decade or so. A very fine example of Chateauneuf-du-Pape at a price not much higher than prestige Cotes-du-Rhone!
- Ch Husson Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc 2009 Product #25035 (In Stock)
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A delicious blend of Grenache Blanc, Clairette and Bourboulenc with 75% fermented in barrel (for richness) and 25% in tank (for zing!). You'll find notes of tropical pineapple and stone fruits with just a touch of lime zest in a rich, creamy, wine that's built to pair with a wide range of richer fish and poultry dishes. And, pretty tasty on its own, too!
- Ch Husson Chateauneuf Du Pape Les Saintes Vierges 2008 Product #25034 (In Stock)
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When Anne and Jean-Pierre Hugues purchased Ch Husson during the 2008 growing season, they decided to focus much of their energy for 2008 on the estate’s top wine, the cuvee Les Saintes Veirges. They elected to make a serious bottle of Chateauneuf, a blend of 60% old-vine Mourvedre for structure and earthy complexity and just 40% Grenache for sweetness and flesh. Because of the high Mourvedre content, they elected to age the wine in mainly new French oak barrels.
The result in the difficult 2008 vintage is a resounding success! Dark, dark, aromas of black raspberries, damp earth, licorice and baking spice waft from the glass. In the mouth, definitely fuller and richer than Les Saumaudes, loaded with ripe black plum, spicy black raspberry, licorice root, violets, and earthy spice. Firm and powerful on the finish with darkly raspy Mourvedre tannin and a touch of oak spice keeping the wine in balance. This was very fine when I tasted it at the estate in January, but it’s already opened and gobbled up much of the wood notes in just a few months time. Decant and enjoy with rich foods now or give it 3-4 years to soften the tannins and completely absorb the oak.
