A real sleeper selection from Chapoutier is his excellent, possibly outstanding 2005 Chateau des Estubliers. This is a wine with considerable Grenache, and of course, it comes from an area best known for superb black truffles. The wine has terrific fruit, loads of licorice, black currant, and cherry notes intermixed with some earth and spice box. It is ripe, medium-bodied, and filled with personality and character. I actually thought it tasted as good as Chapoutier’s more expensive 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape La Bernardine. Drink it over the next 4-5 years. The great terroiriste and biodynamic farmer of the northern Rhone, Michel Chapoutier, continues to display impressive talent for turning out strong wines from the southern Rhone even though his undeniable strengths are his single-vineyard wines from the north.Importer: Terlato Wines International, Lake Bluff, IL; tel. (847) 604-8900