When young, the “Terrasse du Diable” cuvée has the minerality, freshness, and sometimes overbearing tannins of high-lying terroirs. The best vintages can age for more than 20 years.

A great bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge bursts with rich raspberry and plummy fruit flavors. As it evolves, you’ll taste notes of dusted leather, game, and herbs. The Francophiles—and the actual French—call this herbal play “garrigue,” after the region’s scrubland of sage, rosemary, and lavender.

Strawberry, raspberry, and bramble fruit with notes of violets, ground pepper spice, and herbs fill the nose. Grenache dominates the dry and full-bodied palate, which is effortlessly balanced by a juicy acidity, ripe tannins, and roundness. Smooth cherry, plum, and red fruit core flavors with a distinctive minerality and layers of pepper, leather, and herbs.

An everyday drinker. Tender, fresh, and fruity in character, offering instant pleasure.