Domaine du Pegau, Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Reservee, 2015 CS20230806 The palate is silky yet

The palate is silky yet structured

Cavallotto has farmed at Castiglione Falletto for five generations

creamy pastas

Crushed red fruits blend with leather

Outward keeps inputs low

Domaine du Pegau, Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Reservee, 2015 CS20230806 The palate is silky yetThere is no wine in the world quite like Pegau, and this is the plush, hedonistic side of it. While much of Chteauneuf du Pape modernized destemming, polishing tannins, buying new oak Laurence Fraud refuses to change a thing: late harvest, whole clusters left in the vat, and aging in ancient neutral foudres that have seen decades of wine. The 2015 vintage came from a warm, sunny year, and it shows in the wine's flesh: this is the richer, rounder, more