Clos Saouma Chateauneuf du Pape Arioso Rouge 2011 Piedmont Piedmont serious and overtly powerful big-bodied

serious and overtly powerful big-bodied and imposingly scaled flavors that also possess seemingly unlimited reserves of palate coating dry extract that impart a velvety texture but also buffer the very firm tannins on the massively persistent finish

this wine is the most fluid and changing

but extremely tannic and at least 5-10 years away from full maturity

Christian Seely said: "[T]he 2001 was extremely backward and quite closed up

Clos Saouma Chateauneuf du Pape Arioso Rouge 2011 Piedmont Piedmont serious and overtly powerful big-bodiedLooking like a step up over the 12, the 2011 Chteauneuf du Pape Arioso is 100% Grenache, all from the Pignan lieu dit and vines planted in 1942, which will spend about 60 months in demi muid prior to bottling. Despite this crazy long elevage, it stays fresh and lively, with a rich, rounded and creamy texture that carries loads of black cherry, black raspberry, spiced meat and crushed flower like aromas and flavors.