Maison Tardieu-Laurent 2016 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Vieilles Vignes" 750ml

Deep bright-rimmed ruby. A complex, highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe red and blue fruit, exotic spice and floral aromas complemented by a vibrant mineral quality that builds as the wine stretches out. Sweet, seamless and broad on the palate, offering concentrated raspberry, boysenberry and spicecake flavors that show superb clarity and focus. The mineral and floral components drive an extremely long, smooth finish given shape by rounded, harmonious tannins. This wine's interplay of depth and clarity is pretty impressive.

Score: (93 - 95) points -- Josh Raynolds, Vinous, Apr 2018