Raymond Usseglio, Chateauneuf Du Pape other_regions_australia but needs to be forgotten

but needs to be forgotten for at least another 4-5 years and drunk over the following two decades

menthol and bitter chocolate

Deeply perfumed aromas of ripe blackberry

These loose soils have impacted the wine's distinct character

Raymond Usseglio, Chateauneuf Du Pape other_regions_australia but needs to be forgottenRuby red. Aroma of red fruit liqueur. Sweet and nicely concentrated, with good volume but only modest nuance. Shows good freshness and fruit, but finishes with some youthfully tough tannins. Seems distinctly cleaner than a bottle of the '98 I tasted last year. However, my sample of the '99 Cuvee Imperiale was plagued by a raw wood quality that dried its finish. Stephen Tanzer