Clos du Mont-Olivet – Chteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee du Papet 2020 (750ml)

Winemaker Notes

Aromas of blackberry, licorice, cherry. Powerfully flavored yet elegant at the same time; more licorice and black cherry flavors, with baking spices. A wine to age.

The estates top wine, made only in the finest of vintages. A selection of fruit from the estates best-situated parcels, Montalivet, La Crau and Bois Dauphin. The oldest parcel of Grenache vines was planted in 1901. Soils are mostly sandy, with some galets rouls, or large quartz stones.

Blend: 90% Grenache, 5% Mourvdre and 5% Syrah

Professional Ratings

96Jeb Dunnuck

The 2020 Chteauneuf Du Pape La Cuve Du Papet is made in a more structured, age-worthy style and is 90% Grenache and 5% each Syrah and Mourvedre. Its slightly darker ruby color is followed by a gorgeous perfume of savory red and black fruits, ground pepper, garrigue, and chalky minerality. These all carry over to the palate, where the wine is full-bodied, has a dense, powerful mid-palate, lots of ripe tannins, and a great, great finish. It needs to be hidden for 4-5 years and will evolve beautifully over the following two decades. I suspect it will be one of the longest-lived wines in the vintage. Best after 2026. Rating: 96+

96James Suckling

So deep yet so refined, this great Chateauneuf combines stacks of black fruit with notes of tar and licorice, with flashes of red fruits lightening the picture. The huge fine tannins and the interplay with the beautifully ripe fruits provide the base for this majestic wine. Very long spicy finish. A cuvee of 90% grenache from century old vines with 5% syrah and 5% mourvedre.

94Wine Spectator

An alluring wine, with a mix of ripe damson plum, red currant and spice cake wrapped around a core of firm iron. Reveals clove and apple wood smoke that add depth and warmth, and the long finish is powered by minerality and grainy tannins. Grenache, Syrah, Mourvdre and Cinsault. Best from 2024.