2014 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Les Sinards Blanc

(fermented and aged in new and one-year-old barriques ): Pale gold. Fresh citrus and orchard fruit aromas are given depth by suggestions of sweet butter and candied fig. Juicy and precise on the palate, offering bitter pear skin and tangerine flavors that show very good depth and pick up a suggestion of fennel with air. Nicely energetic and focused for its heft, finishing stony and long, with a subtle floral note sneaking in.