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Pierre Usseglio Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee de mon Aieul 2015  - First Bottle

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97 Jeb Dunnuck -
The 2015 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee de Mon Aieul is another gorgeous wine from this family estate. As always it comes from three Grenache parcels: la Serres, La Crau and La Guigasse (there are 2 hectares in each parcel). In both 2015 and 2016 this cuvee wasn't destemmed and was brought up mostly in tank, with 15-20% in demi-muids. The 2016 spent a huge 45 days on skins before being pressed to barrel. This beauty offers the fine, finesse-driven style of the vintage, yet has full-bodied depth and richness as well as sensational notes of framboise, crushed flowers, licorice, Christmas fruitcake and spice. It's in the top handful of wines in the vintage and will benefit from short-term cellaring and have 20+ years of overall longevity.
93-95 Vinous -
(aged entirely in concrete vats) Lurid ruby-red. Exotic, intensely perfumed aromas of candied red and blue fruits, lavender and peppery spices, joined by a slowly emerging hint of garrigue. Fleshy and expansive on the palate, offering concentrated raspberry, cherry and fruitcake flavors and a spicy suggestion of white pepper. Shows excellent focus and a seamless quality on the finish, which is framed by suave, slow-building tannins.
94 James Suckling -
A bolder, more concentrated and compressed expression with darker plum and cherry fruits on the nose and palate. The power and concentration here is impressive. Gently chocolate-flavored at the finish. Terrific wine. Drink now.

Technical Details

  • Blend100% Grenache
  • CountryFrance
  • RegionRhone
  • AppellationChateauneuf du Pape
  • Alcohol16%

Pierre Usseglio Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee de mon Aieul 2015

Rhone Blend  |  France
JD97, VN93-95, JS94

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If you love great Chateauneuf, this is definitely a no-brainer of course, but as longtime Internet fine wine-slingers, there’s something particularly interesting and compelling about this wine -- CELLARTRACKER 97 points. THAT is a VERY high average score for just about ANY wine on Cellartracker and meaningful as it comes from wine-savvy drinkers and collectors just like you and me. Speaking of the lovely wine (and price!) -- wow.

45 days on the skins produced an intense, highly energetic, perfumed, concentrated wine that veritably SOARS across your palate with kirsch, lavender, dark red and blue fruits, spicecake, sweet grilled herbs, anise...just...so much going on. Very fruit-driven as well -- the estate has laid off the new oak more in recent years, and the wine is more pure and harmonious than ever. What a TREAT! The price! 

Retail price = $90
Best web = $69
Our price = $64.95!

Mix and match with the also-masssively-overdelivering 2016 Usseglio “regular” CdP --- 94 POINTS and $39.95 (!) with free shipping as always on any 6+ bottles! Check out all the wines and reviews below and more info on the Usseglio family history and excellent parcels they farm.

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About the Producer

The Usseglio estate is a family farm. Its creation goes back to 1948 , that year, grandfather, Francis Usseglio, left Italy to come to work harvest in Chateauneuf du Pape. His first crop came out of the press in 1949. Later, his son Pierre took over and increased the area of the Domaine to cover almost 100 acres, 60 acres of red Chateauneuf-du-Pape, 15 acres of Lirac,15 acres of Côtes-du-Rhône and 5 acres of wine from France, which are run by the two sons of Pierre: Jean-Pierre and Thierry Usséglio. Half of their vineyards are over 65 years old, the other is about 40 years old.