The 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve des Celestins (probably) is again profoundly different and could be a 1989 deja vu all over again so to speak. It is a dense ruby/purple-hued, massive, full-bodied wine offering abundant notes of beef blood, figs, roasted herbs, lavender, soy, hoisin sauce, kirsch, black currants and plums. There is plenty of tannin and this cuvee will need at least a decade of cellaring once it has been released. It possesses an aromatic and structural profile not dissimilar from the 1989 (a wine that, at age 21, remains an adolescent).
(WA-Oct 2010)
| BRAND | HENRI BONNEAU |
|---|---|
| Product Name | Henri Bonneau Reserve des Celestins Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge 2005 750ml |
| Unit of Measure | BTL |
| Country | FRANCE |
| Region | RHONE VALLEY |
| Appellation | CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE |
| Vintage | 2005 |
| Rating (WA) | 96 |
| Rating (BH) | NA |
| Rating (WS) | NA |
