There are 4,000 bottles of the 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve des Deux Freres (which sports a new label). Another monumental example of Chateauneuf, this 100% Grenache reveals no evidence of makeup. It is about as natural an expression of old vine Grenache as one can find. Gorgeously long, blackberry, cassis, seaweed, licorice, cherry, and lavender scents explode from the glass. In the mouth, the wine is even fuller, richer, and denser than the Mon Aieul, and exhibits more tannin as well as a phenomenal finish that lasts over a minute. This is a prodigious wine of extraordinary singularity and intensity. It should evolve for 30+ years. Robert Parker
Rick Baumgarten
In our blind Chateauneuf tasting, which turned out to be all Pierre Usseglio, this was my number two of eight and the groups' number four. (This is a Parker 100 point wine)
In our blind Chateauneuf tasting, which turned out to be all Pierre Usseglio, this was my number two of eight and the groups' number four. (This is a Parker 100 point wine)
9.6Jeroen Koenen
Great grenache. Unusually fresh for an 07 Chateauneuf!
Great grenache. Unusually fresh for an 07 Chateauneuf!
9.4Paul Lopez
'07, slutty year, but A BEAUTIFUL WINE indeed!
'07, slutty year, but A BEAUTIFUL WINE indeed!
Nitin Chexal
Fruit forward yet somehow dry. Tannic, good but not super.
Fruit forward yet somehow dry. Tannic, good but not super.
9.2West Johnson
2007 Usseglio Reserve Des Deux Freres
2007 Usseglio Reserve Des Deux Freres
9.6Peter Zandbergen
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9.7WARNING: DRINKING DISTILLED SPIRITS, BEER, COOLERS, WINE AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY INCREASE CANCER RISK, AND, DURING PREGNANCY, CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.