Chateauneuf-du-Pape tasted by SF Chronicle

sfgate.com — The crown jewel of the southern Rhone, this oldest of appellations in France (it was the birthplace of the appellation system) has the highest minimum strength in alcohol of any French wine (12.5 percent) and often surpasses 14 percent alcohol. The terroir of the region is dry enough to grow lavender and thyme, and indeed those aromas were intimate Sep 7, 2007 View in Crawl 4