Bevan Cellars, Sugarloaf Mountain Proprietary Red other_regions The 2005 Châteauneuf du Pape

The 2005 Châteauneuf du Pape les Safres is still inky colored

This is stunning and only the second year from Brunello's great producer

The finish is very long and harmonious

The palate is dry and certainly has mineral and energetic tension

but David Powell delivers some remarkable reds and whites at prices that are more than fair for the quality in the bottle

Bevan Cellars, Sugarloaf Mountain Proprietary Red other_regions The 2005 Châteauneuf du PapeSugarloaf is a cooler site in south Napa, above a quarry. It usually allows for a longer hang time, often lending a minty or herbal lift to this label. The deep garnet purple colored 2016 Proprietary Red Sugarloaf Mountain is composed of 55% Cabernet Franc, 40% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. It races out of the glass with gregarious notions of red and black currant preserves, beef drippings and wild sage, plus hints of chocolate box, pencil shavings and