Almost entirely Grenache with a touch of Mourvèdre for added strucrure. Sourced from three distinctly sandy parcels of old vines, the oldest planted in 1929. Everything is harvested by hand and fermented using whole bunches with native yeasts. The wine ages in a combination of concrete tanks and traditional, large oak barrels for thirty months before bottling and aging an additional six months before release.
Decadent and powerful, the nose is layered with blackberry, grilled plum, lavender florals, anise and classic Rhône garrigue. The palate is deeply flavored and full-bodied, yet refined and elegant. There's dense black fruit intertwined with pretty violet notes, dried herbs and black peppercorn spice. A transportive, bygone era Châteauneuf-du-Pape, a style that's become increasingly hard to find.
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