
Choose carefully when buying Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020 wines, as there’s some variance in quality, but the best combine terroir influence with freshness and elegance.
Nowhere is the disparity in quality more evident this year than in Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
A lot of Tradition bottlings were disappointingly lean and scrawny, but the best terroirs really shined, producing athletic, elegant wines of intensity and panache.