The 2006 Châteauneuf Du Pape Reserve is a blockbuster as well as a heavenly, fully mature Châteauneuf du Pape that has so much to love. Deep ruby/plum-hued, it has a massive array of darker, currant-like fruits intermixed with roasted meats, garrigue, licorice, and Asian spices. It brings full-bodied richness, a deep, layered mid-palate, sweet, mostly resolved tannins, and a gorgeous finish. I love where it is today, yet it has another decade of prime drinking as well. Drink 2025-2035.

A candidate for the wine of the vintage, the 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve exhibits an opaque purple color, peppery, spicy, earthy notes, full-bodied intensity, and outstanding concentration, purity, and length. It is another sensational wine, but finding a few bottles will be difficult given the microscopic production. It should drink nicely for 20+ years, atypically long for a 2006.