2011 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée Red Rhone Blend
My first of a parcel of '11s I own. Syrah-dominant chalky black fruit (IOW, no red fruit) and quite funky. Not especially balanced or immediately recognizable as Pegau--needs more time.
2006 Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend
Another great bottle. Bright and vivid with mesmerizing allspice, tea and orange peel notes. With thin sliced rye bread from a local bakery and stinky, silky, perfectly ripe Harbison cheese from Vermont, one of the best wine-food matches in recent memory.