The base 2014 Châteauneuf du Pape is the normal blend of 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah and 5% each of Mourvèdre and Cinsault, aged mostly in tank. It’s a charming, forward, medium-bodied effort that has beautiful sweetness in its black raspberry and framboise fruit, Asian spice and garrigue aromas and flavors. It’s already drinking great, and there’s no need to hold off, but these charming, balanced wines have a way of evolving gracefully, and I suspect this will still offer pleasure at age ten. 90 points

Deep ruby. Mineral-accented red and dark berries, anise and pungent flowers on the highly perfumed nose. Impressively concentrated, expansive flavors of raspberry and candied flowers are complicated by deeper licorice and dark chocolate qualities that sneak in on the back half. Sweet and precise on the finish, which shows excellent clarity and round, harmonious tannins. 90-92 points

(vat/barrel/casks) clear red robe. Nicely live bouquet, marked by rosemary, her