Domaine du Pegau Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Reservee 1999

A beautiful, mature expression of Grenache.  Pegau is one of my favorite producers in Chateauneuf du Pape.  I would say that this one might go another year or two for optimal drinking, but I recommend drinking now if you have it.
Slow-oxygenated in bottle for about 1.5 hours prior to dinner.  It was a hit at dinner and went very quickly... wish I had had a second bottle with me...
Lovely aromatics.  The fruit was lush with tannins smooth as silk (a Pegau hallmark, IMO).... very seductive garrigue and earth... quite a bit of sweet sediment at the tail end of the bottle... great stuff!