I haven't had this UFO in years so I was very happy to get to try a new vintage of it. My memory of it was of a very Southern Rhône -styled wine, lacking the excesses of so many other Americans that have been available in Finland.
And I am happy to see that it is still like that. A deep, dark scent, savoury and meaty with slight garrigue. Full bodied and still pleasantly and strongly tannic: a drying, manly, slightly rugged and rustic wine. It actually seems more like my Platonic Ideal of Châteauneuf-du-Pape than most CdPs that we have had available here in a long time!
I'm just not sure about the price...