Clos St Jean, Chateauneuf Du Pape Combe Des Fous other_regions expansive and broad wine of

expansive and broad wine of striking inner perfume and sweetness

very tight and tannic

a little more mushroomy just in the background

rounder and silkier and 2011 a bit wilder with a touch of rusticity

Clos St Jean, Chateauneuf Du Pape Combe Des Fous other_regions expansive and broad wine ofThe two special cuvees are both as good as wine can get. The 2007 Chteauneuf du Pape la Combe des Fous is the more pure, elegant and seamless of the two, but it s still a huge wine that has overflowing notions of smoked meats, ripe black currants, toasted spice, liquid smoke and garrigue. It s utterly seamless on the palate, with fine tannin, no hard edges and incredible purity of fruit. It s firing on all cylinders but certainly has another decade or