L’Oriflamme 2005 Châteauneuf-du-Pape

I bought this as a total impulse buy at BevMo. They listed the normal price at $28, and the 1/2 off sale totally got the best of me.

My mistake. Lesson learned.

Now, it's not that bad… It's fairly fruit-forward and approachable, and there is a bit of a nice finish to it… In fact, when pared with some nice lamb chops that I made last night (sorry no photo), it actually worked out ok… but I’m going to go out on a limb and say it was the lamb that carried the wine there.

For the wine that it is, even $14 is way over-priced. A total pass.

(Cork'd Review: 85.0/100)