E. Guigal Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2018 CS20230906 Meyer lemon tart and almond

Meyer lemon tart and almond butter greet you on the nose with a palate of beeswax and tarte tatin

then the remaining 3 hectares in Chardonnay from 1987

made from locally sourced potatoes

From the importer: Made in San Dionisio Ocotepec

In the finish oak influenced baking spice notes and vanilla come through

E. Guigal Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2018 CS20230906 Meyer lemon tart and almondGuigal is a big house, but big here means they can select ruthlessly and then sit on the wine for years before anyone gets to buy it. Their Chateauneuf is the sunlit southern counterpoint to the Northern Rhone reds that made them famous: Grenache led, warm, generous, and full of the wild herb garrigue character that only the South delivers. Line it up next to their Cote Rotie and you have a two glass masterclass in what the Rhone actually is North