Very pure and open, with delightful red currant, plum and boysenberry fruit notes backed by sweet toast, incense and licorice. Has a nice polished, lengthy finish. Drink now through 2027.

–JM

The single-vineyard Chateauneuf du Pape, the 2004 Mourre des Perdrix, has a slightly darker ruby color than its sibling and more garrigue notes intermixed with plenty of ground pepper, resiny pine forest, raspberry, and kirsch liqueur notes. It is medium to full-bodied, soft, elegant, pure, and beautifully balanced. Drink it over the next 7-10 years.-Robert Parker-90 points