Clos Saint Jean - Chateauneuf du Pape Deus Ex Machina 2020 (750ml)

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Producer	Clos Saint Jean
Country	France
Region	Rhone Valley
Subregion	Chateauneuf du Pape
Varietal	Grenache,  Mourvere
Vintage	2020
Sku	210000025840
Size	750ml

Boasts bitter plum, raspberry and black cherry reduction notes that have a lively savory, garrigue streak, while grippy-edged tar, tobacco and ganache notes pepper the finish. Muscular and dense but the cut is there, and the fruit core takes a late encore for good measure. Grenache and Mourvèdre. 

A much more powerful wine based on 60% Grenache and 40% Mourvedre, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Deus-Ex Machina reminds me slightly of the 2011 with its spicy, perfumed, complex bouquet of red and black fruits, dried flowers, pepper, and Provençal herbs, with more gamey, meaty notes emerging with time in the glass. Full-bodied on the palate, it's balanced, has ultra-fine yet building tannins, no hard edges, and a great finish.

A blend of 60% Grenache (matured in concrete) and 40% Mourvèdre (matured in new oak), the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Deus Ex Machina features toasty, vanilla-stained aromas of black cherries, plums and licorice. Full-bodied, richly concentrated and tannic yet lively and long, this intense, long-lived beauty finishes long, with lingering subtle echoes of dark chocolate. Rating: 96+

The 2020 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Deus Ex Machina shows pronounced aromas of raspberry and cherry liqueur, strawberry compote, cured meat, dried lavender, cardamon, mint and a ferrous twist of crushed rocks. Full-bodied, broad-shouldered and layered, it is framed by ever-so-velvety tannins and high levels of bright acidity. The complex finish goes on for well over a minute.

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