This wine is the ultimate crowd pleaser with something for everyone. Leather, tobacco, dried cranberry, smoke, wild strawberries, and fig are just a start for the journey one will take when trying this wine. Paul Autard has been running the winery since he was 17 years old and he has pushed the winery into farming in a more sustainable way. Some of the vines are pushing 90 years old and still producing delicious and complex fruit. You won’t go wrong drinking this wine today, but neither would you be wrong to lay some bottles down for the future.
Domaine Paul Autard, Châteauneuf du Pape (Rhône Valley, France) 2019
By Vince Simmon