Bosquet des Papes Chateauneuf-du-Pape 'A La Gloire de Mon Grand Pere' 2016

"I was questioning if the top cuvees were worth the money after tasting the traditional cuvée from winemaker Nicolas Boiron, then I tasted his 2016 Chateauneuf-du-Pape A La Gloire de Mon Grand-Pere and decided that, yes indeed, the special cuvées in 2016 can certainly be worth the uptick in price. Based almost exclusively on Grenache (there's a splash of Cinsault and Clairette) sourced from the La Gardiole lieu-dit and aged mostly in demi-muids, this heavenly beauty offers awesome notes of garrigue, toasted spices, flowers, licorice and loads of sweet Grenache fruit. Voluptuous, flamboyant, and sexy, yet also elegant and seamless, with a weightless texture, this is Grenache at its finest and is going to knock your socks off over the coming 10-15 years."
97 points, Jeb Dunnuck, (August 2018)