Rhône 2017 – Châteauneuf Cuvées Spéciales

There are a third more tasting notes for these Cuvées Spéciales (pictured here, wrapped in brown paper bags) than for the Tradition bottlings in 2017. Despite the vintage being severely restricted by mother nature in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the excellence of the harvest apparently didn't restrict the number of (putatively) higher-quality cuvées being made. These include single-varietal wines, single-vineyard selections, often with lots of new oak in attendance. Perhaps the fact that they...