Clos St Jean, Chateauneuf Du Pape Combe Des Fous Size:3x750ml but that's not always a

but that's not always a good thing

perhaps overwhelmed by the succeeding vintage

intense and mineral-inflected broad-shouldered flavors are an exercise in restraint

red berry finish

fleshy pear and exotic fruits that fill the mid-palate

Clos St Jean, Chateauneuf Du Pape Combe Des Fous Size:3x750ml but that's not always aThe two special cuvees are both as good as wine can get. The 2007 Chteauneuf du Pape la Combe des Fous is the more pure, elegant and seamless of the two, but it s still a huge wine that has overflowing notions of smoked meats, ripe black currants, toasted spice, liquid smoke and garrigue. It s utterly seamless on the palate, with fine tannin, no hard edges and incredible purity of fruit. It s firing on all cylinders but certainly has another decade or