Château Mont-Redon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge 2023 biondi-santi Sarget de Gruaud Larose 2016:

Sarget de Gruaud Larose 2016: a Saint-Julien with ripe tannins

As summer arrived

With supple and round tannins

44-hectare plot of old bush vines rooted in the chalky clay soils of Valdilecha in the Madrid mountains

Château Mont-Redon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge 2023 biondi-santi Sarget de Gruaud Larose 2016:97 POINTS James Suckling 'Brimming with youthful Amarena cherry fruit, this has excellent concentration but also a compact tannic core. Really needs some time to open up. Very long and intense finish with stacks of licorice.' 60 % Grenache Noir, 30 % Syrah, 8 % Mourvdre & 2 % Cinsault, Counoise, Muscardin & Vaccarse. Hand harvested and 100 % destemmed before fermentation over 15 to 20 days, with extraction via plunging the cap as required. Following