All three Châteauneuf cuvées from Christophe Sabon are exemplary

A subdued nose only grudgingly reveals the cool and airy red and dark currant

The wine hits the palate with full-bodied richness

yields a Barolo with uncommon complexity and volume

and it was the great producers that excelled that year

Diamond Creek, Red Rock Terrace other_regions All three Châteauneuf cuvées fromThe 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Rock Terrace comes from seven acres of the 20 acre vineyard (whereas the Gravelly Meadow emerges from five acres). The terroir is iron rich, red, rocky soil in contrast to the light, gravelly, ashy soils of the Gravelly Meadow. Super intense, rich, more backward and powerful than the Gravelly Meadow, this dense purple wine offers up notes of beef blood, crme de cassis, blackberry, licorice and earth. Full bodied,