Isabel Ferrando Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2023

Impressively structured, long-haul tannins. It’s fresh and well balanced, with good acidity and alcohol that warms without excess heat. This is a serious, savoury style that should age for longer than most from this vintage, with real intensity and drive and a long finish. Grown mainly on galets roulés and sand of Les Serres; fermented in concrete, aged in mixed vessels, with no new oak. Drinking window: 2030-2040. Score – 96. (Matt Walls, decanter.com, Nov. 26, 2024)