From: Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Rhone, France

Varietal: 75% Grenache, 12% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre, and 3% Cinsault

Tasting Notes: Bottled in March, the 2012 Châteauneuf du Pape is ripe, textured, and downright sexy wine that has overflowing notes of sweet cherries, raspberry, chocolate, and spice all emerging from the glass. This full-bodied, dense, concentrated and layered effort is one of the top efforts in the vintage, and will have upward of two decades of longevity. -The Wine Advocate

Winemaker’s since 1860, the Boiron family knows a thing or two about their craft. It began with Emmanuel Boiron who married into a well-known winemaking family and continued with his son, Joseph-Victor, in 1890. Joseph-Victor had his work cut out for him thanks to phylloxera that wiped out his father’s vines. Years later, in 1936, Joseph-Victor deposed the name ‘Clos Chantelmerle’; the first official name of the estate. In 1923, his son Joseph ensured the continuation of the estate. Joseph’s son Maurice helped to create the name ‘Domaine Bosquet des Papes’ in 1966 and took the helm ten years later. Fast-forward to today…Maurice’s son Nicolas is making all of the wines today.

94 Points -The Wine Advocate