Domaine Raymond Usseglio La Creation 2017

For the 2017 Vin de France le Creation Usseglio combined Grenache from Châteauneuf du Pape and Lirac, maturing the wines in terracotta. The result is a full-bodied wine with oodles of mixed cherry and blueberry fruit. It’s silky and long, a pure delight to drink for its sheer deliciousness and hedonism. Like the other limited-edition wines from Usseglio, only 3,000 bottles were produced. Drink date: 2019-2027. Score – 96. (Joe Czerwinski, robertparker.com, Sept. 30, 2019)