Raymond Usseglio, Chateauneuf Du Pape other_regions An exuberantly fresh nose combines

An exuberantly fresh nose combines notes of various red berries

The wine has intensity

all of which is trimmed in just enough wood to warrant mentioning

This vintage contains one-third Cinsault from some vines dating back to 1900

Not my style but certainly a lot of effort has gone into this

Raymond Usseglio, Chateauneuf Du Pape other_regions An exuberantly fresh nose combinesRuby red. Aroma of red fruit liqueur. Sweet and nicely concentrated, with good volume but only modest nuance. Shows good freshness and fruit, but finishes with some youthfully tough tannins. Seems distinctly cleaner than a bottle of the '98 I tasted last year. However, my sample of the '99 Cuvee Imperiale was plagued by a raw wood quality that dried its finish. Stephen Tanzer