Bois de Boursan, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, 2001 SO041225 Loire Sale and bottles the soul of

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Bois de Boursan, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, 2001 SO041225 Loire Sale and bottles the soul ofBois de Boursan is a small Chateauneuf du Pape domaine run on resolutely traditional lines by Jean Paul Versino, whose family came over from Piedmont and now farms more than two dozen old vine parcels across the appellation. The reds here are made the old way: whole cluster fruit, long maceration, aging in big neutral wood, and all thirteen permitted grape varieties in play, which gives the wine its classic warmth and aromatic lift. The 2001 was an