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2017 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape

2017 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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Jeb Dunnuck

Reviewed August 2019
One of the strongest wines in the vintage is the 2017 Châteauneuf Du Pape from Vincent Avril. This beauty has everything you could ask for. As with the 2018, the blend is heavily shifted toward Mourvèdre, and it offers a mammoth bouquet of black cherries, graphite, cured meats, Asian spices, and assorted garrigue-like nuances. Deep, full-bodied, and concentrated, it stays straight and focused on the palate (whereas the 2016 is more expansive and voluptuous), with a stacked mid-palate, ripe, silky tannins, and fabulous length. You’re going to want bottles of this in the cellar, and comparing the 2007, 2010, 2016, and 2017 over the coming two decades is going to be a treat. (JD) 98+
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Professional Reviews

96

Decanter

Review Date: 10/2018
There's 10% less Grenache in the blend this year, topped up with extra Mourvèdre which certainly makes itself felt. The final assemblage has a lovely depth and concentration of fruit, and is relatively tannic and structured in this vintage. It has plum and violet lift to the aromatic profile, and perhaps sacrifices a little elegance for power and potency in 2017 - not necessarily a bad thing, depending on your taste. A Clos des Papes for the depths of the cellar. (MW)

96

Wine Advocate

Review Date: 08/2019
As predicted last year by Paul-Vincent Avril, the 2017 Chateauneuf du Pape is a blend of 45% Grenache, 40% Mourvèdre, about 10% Syrah and the rest other permitted varieties. It boasts a cool, fresh nose of strawberries, cola and tree bark, yet it's full-bodied and tannic on the palate. Dense and chewy, albeit with a mouthwatering sense of freshness, this will need a few years to relax and unwind, but it looks very promising. (JC)

95

Vinous

Review Date: 08/2021
Saturated ruby. An expansive bouquet evokes smoke- and spice-accented raspberry, cherry and blueberry, along with suggestions of candied flowers, musky earth and baking spices. Densely packed red/blue fruit preserve, fruitcake and licorice flavors become livelier through the back half. This blends richness and energy with a steady hand and finishes very long and chewy, with steadily building tannins lending final grip. (JR)

Notes

Josh Raynolds for Vinous: "The Avril family have long resisted the urge to make a special cuvée. The domaine’s 40 hectares of mostly old vines are split among 24 different parcels. And those sites are in some of the very best lieu-dits in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The wine, which is raised in old oak foudres, always contains a goodly amount of Mourvèdre, usually about a third of the blend." (08/2021) The 2017 vintage in Châteauneuf-du-Pape was marked by severe coulure in Grenache, cutting yields sharply across the appellation. At Clos des Papes, that meant a much smaller crop for the domaine's flagship red, with the usual selection coming from their estate parcels rather than a separate prestige bottling.

Details

OriginChateauneuf du Pape, Rhone, France
Type/VarietalRhone Blends
Alcohol Content14.3%
SKU1490207