Bosquet des Papes Chateauneuf-du-Pape Tradition Rouge 2023 2025 L'Assemblage Part 1 The 2018 vintage was balanced

The 2018 vintage was balanced and elegant

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This has weight and grip

After just smelling this for the first time

The wine starts in steel and then goes to barrel for a long elevage

Bosquet des Papes Chateauneuf-du-Pape Tradition Rouge 2023 2025 L'Assemblage Part 1 The 2018 vintage was balancedBosquet des Papes is about as old school as Chateauneuf du Pape gets. Handed down from father to son since the 1850s, now in the fifth generation, the domaine raises its wines in big wooden foudres rather than the glossy small barrels that took over the region. They aren't chasing flash; they're making Chateauneuf to keep and improve in the cellar over a decade or more. The Tradition Rouge is the heart of the house, a Grenache driven red built on