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In 1954 the town of Chateu Neuf du Pape passed a law making it illegal for flying saucers to land in their town and surronding areas. Like I said, you can’t make stuff like this up. The law is still on the books today!

We continue down the primrose path of insinuating a substantial dollop of grenache blanc into our typical blend of red varieties. The addition of rich white wine adds incremental seriousness without jeopardizing the final blend’s personal and electrochemical vivacity—a quality critical in the perfect aperitif, or if one wishes to wash down a Salade Niçoise under the hot sun of St. Tropez. 2005 was much cooler than its predecessor and we find brighter, filigreed fruit notes here of watermelon and strawberry guava. The botanical notes so infused in last year’s model merely float on top of this wine as if carried aloft by a gentle offshore breeze.