Le nez est délicat, presque floral, notes qui d’ailleurs caractérisent ce millésime depuis le tout début.
En bouche, ce sont des arômes de fruits mûrs, avec beaucoup de finesse, de l’élégance.
A déguster sans plus attendre.
93. Sultry, perfumed, sweetly spiced nose – a captivating start. A comely wine with latent strength and strong local influences.
91. The Grenache-dominated 2014 Châteauneuf du Pape Piedlong has a distinct saltiness, as well as terrific Grenache charm in its sweet strawberry and raspberry fruit, dried flowers and sandy/loamy soils notes. It is impeccably balanced, has no hard edges and very polished, fine tannin. I like it now, but it will keep for a decade.
(91-93) : Deep, bright-hued red. Spicy raspberry and cherry on the nose, complicated by notes of white pepper, candied flowers and allspice. Juicy and focused, offering ripe cherry and red berry flavors that show a hint of medicinal bitterness. Turns sweeter and deeper with air and shows very good clarity on the finish, which is framed by fine-grained tannins that fold quickly into the sappy fruit.