Domaine Chante Cigale Domaine Chante Cigale Châteauneuf-du-Pape Pi 2019 750ml

Bright ruby. Ripe red berries, cherry pie, lavender and exotic aromas show sharp definition and pick up a smoky mineral nuance as the wine opens up. Sweet and seamless in texture, offering concentrated yet energetic raspberry, cherry liqueur, exotic five-spice powder and floral pastille flavors braced by a spine of juicy acidity. Deftly blends richness and delicacy and finishes extremely long and smooth, with repeating florality and polished tannins that add shape and subtle grip. (Josh Raynolds)

Based on 100% Grenache, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Pi is another gorgeous wine from this estate. Lots of ripe black raspberry, cherry, and strawberry fruits as well as violets, pepper, and Provençal garrigue emerge on the nose, and it’s medium to full-bodied, with a round, seamless, elegant mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a great finish. It will evolve for 15 years in cold cellars. (Jeb Dunnuck)

Deep tones of blackberry and preserved raspberry are plump and creamy on the palate of this full-bodied, concentrated varietal Grenache. Ripe yet lifted by veins of crushed salt, stone and peppery spice, this deftly composed, penetrating wine should improve well through 2035. (Anna Lee C. Iijima)

Fresh and racy-edged, with black cherry, damson plum and raspberry coulis notes racing through, lined with bright acidity and a floral edge before ending with a subtle chalky minerality that gives this balance. Grenache. Best from 2022 through 2030. 250 cases made, 30 cases imported. (James Molesworth)