Château Mont-Redon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Le Plateau de Mont-Redon Rouge 2017 domaine-clos-de-tart 000 meters above sea level

000 meters above sea level on the north side of this active volcano

and notes of black olives

the Eguren family are one of the few (if not the only) families in Rioja that produce an estate grown and bottled Reserva from a single village - in this case

Fresh aromatics jump out of the glass

The bubbles are fine and rise in a thin and persistent ribbon

Château Mont-Redon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Le Plateau de Mont-Redon Rouge 2017 domaine-clos-de-tart 000 meters above sea level95 POINTS James Suckling In the same ballpark, the 2017 Chteauneuf Du Pape Le Plateau comes only from the Mont Redon plateau and is a limited release based on 60% Grenache and 40% Syrah brought up in a mix of used and new barrels. Its saturated purple color is followed by a rocking bouquet of black raspberries, cassis, graphite, violets, and crushed rocks. With plenty of background oak, terrific depth of fruit, full body, and ripe, present tannins,