PAROLES DE FEMME Cotes du Rhone red :

Grenache, Mourvedre, Cinsault, and Carignan.

Yield 45hl/ha

The « vigne-rhone » annouces itself with a clarion call of deft delicacy and beautiful black cherry colour.

It has nose of black fruits, wild berries, spices, musk. The mouth is lively, silky, with a beautiful aromatic persistence of fruits.

And after the wine : cherchez la femme !

"The 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape is impressive. If this gets in the bottle without too much clarification, this wine should turn out to be outstanding.

Impressively packed with loads of black raspberries, sweet cherries, and licorice notes along with a hint of balsam wood, this full-bodied wine has admirable purity, ripeness, and overall balance.

Beautiful symmetry and purity result in a real sleeper of the vintage that has impressive length and ripeness. Proprietor Coralie Goumarre produces the wine at this estate in the northern sector of Chateauneuf du Pape near the village of Courthezon. "

" Galevan has produced a sleeper Cotes du Rhone selection, the 2005 L’Esprit du Vin.

This wine has a deep ruby/purple-tinged color and plenty of sweet black cherry and raspberry fruit intermixed with some underbrush, pepper, and spice.

The wine is meant to be drunk in its first 4-5 years of life but offers plenty of flavor, intensity, and depth.

Proprietor Coralie Goumarre produces the wine at this estate in the northern sector of Chateauneuf du Pape near the village of Courthezon. "