Domaine Pierre Usseglio et Fils Chateauneuf-du-Pape Reserve des Deux Freres 2020

100% Grenache, 0-5% Syrah from Charbonnières (N-E), mostly destemmed, 3-5 week concrete vat vinification, pumping overs, part vat emptying/refilling, aged 80% new 228-litre oak casks, 20% 600-litre oak casks 14 months (before mid-2010s aged concrete vat, 228-litre, 550-litre casks 14 months), first wine 2000. JLL 

‘The Grenache-dominated 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Réserve Des Deux Frères, which includes 15% Syrah, is another behemoth of a wine from this brilliant estate that readers will adore. Still again in used barrels, it has plenty of cassis, spicy oak, pepper, violets, and licorice notes to go with a full-bodied, ultra-pure, seamless style on the palate. It’s certainly a bigger, richer wine compared to the Mon Aïeul, with some wood to integrate, yet it too is as seamless, pure, and layered as they come.’  96-98 points Jeb Dunnuck, Jebdunnuck.com Nov 2021