"The 2022 Châteauneuf du Pape from Isabel Ferrando hails mostly from her old vines in the lieu à dit of les Serres, which were the first vines she bought when she started her domaine in 2003. She has always farmed her vines organically, but was certified biodynamic beginning in the 2022 vintage. The bottling is made from a blend of seventy-five percent grenache, twelve percent cinsault, eleven percent mourvèdre and two percent syrah. The wine is raised mostly in older demimuids and the wine comes in at 14.5 percent octane in the 2022 vintage. The wine’s aromatic constellation is deep and complex, wafting from the glass in a nicely black fruity blend of black raspberries, fruitcake, hung game, pepper, a beautifully complex foundation of soil, hickory smoke and a topnote of garrigue. On the palate the wine is deep, ripe and full-bodied, with great depth of fruit at the core, fine soil undertow, firm, chewy and well-integrated tannins and impressive balance and grip on the long, focused and complex finish. There is just a bit of backend warmth here, but it is minimal and this wine is going to be superb once it has had sufficient cellaring time."