Châteauneuf du Pape, Reserve des Deux Freres, 2009

Name: Châteauneuf du Pape, Reserve des Deux Freres
Brand: Pierre Usseglio
Price: 539.92 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2003 2007 2009 2010

justerini & brooks tasting note

This is really a cellar selection cuvée, usually a blend of the best barrels of Mon Aïeul and Tradition, that is only produced in the best vintages. The blend can therefore change every year, however the base of the assemblage is often Grenache and Syrah from a 95-year-old parcel in La Serre. It is too rich on its own but adds body and complexity to a blend. Sumptuous, fleshy and dense, there is a heady richness and power here though the texture is super smooth, notes of red and black cherry, griotte, sloe with scents of wild strawberry garrigue and sweet Asian spices. Seductive for its fruit now but there are obviously many layers of flavour here that will no doubt need a good few years in bottle to unravel.

critic reviews

95/100Josh Raynolds,Vinous

Bright violet color. Wildly complex scents of black raspberry, cherry compote, sassafras, allspice and licorice. Lush and palate-staining, with noteworthy intensity to its open-knit dark berry, spicecake and floral pastille flavors. Silky tannins come on late and meld smoothly with the deep, sappy fruit, which refuses to let go of the palate. I underestimated this powerful, vibrant wine last year.

date of review 01/2012