WTN: Sad Pegau, happy Cébène

[Jenise]

2014 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée Red Rhone Blend
Day one: had just one glass. Nice, but surprisingly mature. Four days later, which was yesterday, and during which this bottle had been re-corked and refrigerated: Nose of roasting coffee beans and boiling hops (neither's nice), with soy sauce and stewed plums on the palate.

Poured it out and opened:


2015 Domaine de Cébène Faugères Les Bancels Red Rhone
PnP'd. 50% Syrah, 35% Grenache and 15% Mourvedre. Fruit covers the gamut of the red basket with pomegranate and raspberry out in front. Bright, lively, joyous. I've had a few different Cebene wines lately, and they sure hit QPR on the head. This is a wine you can open and serve to anyone, and I appreciate having a few of those around.

That's not the first 2014 I've seen bad things about - rainy harvest devalued a lot of wines. I have the 2013 - might be interesting to open that one and see what it is doing.

[Jenise]

Even in lesser years, Pegau always seems to perform above the crowd. And it was good on day one. I wonder if another bottle (I have more, this was the first I opened from that batch) will show better.