Xavier Vignon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee Anonyme 2016
How about this little nugget… 59% OFF!?! That’s one bonafide Ulysses S. Grant note that stays in YOUR pocket ($50, for those of you like me that don’t carry that kind of cash ever)! But, the wine! THE WINE! Xavier Vins! Châteauneuf-du-Pape! Epic 2016 vintage! So. Much. YES!!!
Let’s start with the name… “Cuvée Anonyme” is Xavier’s ingenious method of covering his backside. If you don’t already know Xavier…he’s a bit of a phenom. Big-time CdP producers like Raymond Usseglio, Grand Veneur, Beaurenard, La Nerthe, and others all hired him to be their winemaker – making cuvees that fetch just under $200 a bottle. The sacred plots scattered across Châteauneuf are exactly where Xavier is pulling fruit to craft this under-the-radar beauty! All secrecy and double-secret-probation talks aside… here’s what we CAN tell you…apart from how much this wine rocks!
This wine drinks like top-notch, historic estate-worthy Châteauneuf-du-Pape… for a price nowhere near what those estates command these days. Xavier’s winemaking here is modern, but with access to vines that are over 100 years old, and still rooted in tradition. The blend is an amalgamation of grenache, vaccarèse, counoise, mourvèdre, cinsault, terret noir, and muscardin – though other than knowing grenache is by far the dominant ingredient here, even Xavier himself couldn’t break it down precisely. Taste hedonistically rich and powerful flavors of blackberries, red plums, raspberries, lavender, roasted sage, mocha, blueberries, graphite…and…AND! This is luscious and full, with powerful fruit, intense spice, complex, and layered with impeccable balance. This will age a decade for sure… but really, why wait?!?! At nearly 60% OFF… go, go, GO!!!
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Xavier Vignon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee Anonyme 2016
How about this little nugget… 59% OFF!?! That’s one bonafide Ulysses S. Grant note that stays in YOUR pocket ($50, for those of you like me that don’t carry that kind of cash ever)! But, the wine! THE WINE! Xavier Vins! Châteauneuf-du-Pape! Epic 2016 vintage! So. Much. YES!!!
Let’s start with the name… “Cuvée Anonyme” is Xavier’s ingenious method of covering his backside. If you don’t already know Xavier…he’s a bit of a phenom. Big-time CdP producers like Raymond Usseglio, Grand Veneur, Beaurenard, La Nerthe, and others all hired him to be their winemaker – making cuvees that fetch just under $200 a bottle. The sacred plots scattered across Châteauneuf are exactly where Xavier is pulling fruit to craft this under-the-radar beauty! All secrecy and double-secret-probation talks aside… here’s what we CAN tell you…apart from how much this wine rocks!
This wine drinks like top-notch, historic estate-worthy Châteauneuf-du-Pape… for a price nowhere near what those estates command these days. Xavier’s winemaking here is modern, but with access to vines that are over 100 years old, and still rooted in tradition. The blend is an amalgamation of grenache, vaccarèse, counoise, mourvèdre, cinsault, terret noir, and muscardin – though other than knowing grenache is by far the dominant ingredient here, even Xavier himself couldn’t break it down precisely. Taste hedonistically rich and powerful flavors of blackberries, red plums, raspberries, lavender, roasted sage, mocha, blueberries, graphite…and…AND! This is luscious and full, with powerful fruit, intense spice, complex, and layered with impeccable balance. This will age a decade for sure… but really, why wait?!?! At nearly 60% OFF… go, go, GO!!!
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How about this little nugget… 59% OFF!?! That’s one bonafide Ulysses S. Grant note that stays in YOUR pocket ($50, for those of you like me that don’t carry that kind of cash ever)! But, the wine! THE WINE! Xavier Vins! Châteauneuf-du-Pape! Epic 2016 vintage! So. Much. YES!!!
Let’s start with the name… “Cuvée Anonyme” is Xavier’s ingenious method of covering his backside. If you don’t already know Xavier…he’s a bit of a phenom. Big-time CdP producers like Raymond Usseglio, Grand Veneur, Beaurenard, La Nerthe, and others all hired him to be their winemaker – making cuvees that fetch just under $200 a bottle. The sacred plots scattered across Châteauneuf are exactly where Xavier is pulling fruit to craft this under-the-radar beauty! All secrecy and double-secret-probation talks aside… here’s what we CAN tell you…apart from how much this wine rocks!
This wine drinks like top-notch, historic estate-worthy Châteauneuf-du-Pape… for a price nowhere near what those estates command these days. Xavier’s winemaking here is modern, but with access to vines that are over 100 years old, and still rooted in tradition. The blend is an amalgamation of grenache, vaccarèse, counoise, mourvèdre, cinsault, terret noir, and muscardin – though other than knowing grenache is by far the dominant ingredient here, even Xavier himself couldn’t break it down precisely. Taste hedonistically rich and powerful flavors of blackberries, red plums, raspberries, lavender, roasted sage, mocha, blueberries, graphite…and…AND! This is luscious and full, with powerful fruit, intense spice, complex, and layered with impeccable balance. This will age a decade for sure… but really, why wait?!?! At nearly 60% OFF… go, go, GO!!!
