Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge

  • LOCATION
    Rhône Valley
  • APPELATION
    Châteauneuf du Pape
  • PROPRIETOR
    Famille Abeille-Fabre
  • GRAPES
    Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Cinsault, Counoise, Muscardin, Vaccarese, Terret noir, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Roussanne, Picpoul, Picardan
  • WINE TYPE
    Red
  • AVERAGE AGE OF VINES
    45 years old
  • TERROIR
    Pebbles, Sand, Limestones
  • ALTITUDE
    150 meters
  • FERMENTATION
    Hand picked & hand sorted & optical sorting machine,destemmed but not crushed, 15 day fermentation in stainless steel tank
  • SIZE
    100 hectares
  • FARMING
    Sustainable HEV level 3 - Practicing Organic
  • AGING
    50% in burgundian oak barrel, 50% in stainless steel tank for a year
  • ALCOHOL
    14,50%
  • HARVEST DATE
    September
  • AGING POTENTIAL
    30-40 years
  • YIELDS
    30 hl/ha

Overview

The Château Mont-Redon estate owns 100 hectares of vines in Châteauneuf du Pape, all in one piece, 30 hectares in Lirac and 20 hectares in Côtes du Rhône, just 6 kilometerse from Mont-Redon, because they want to control the quality and follow the work of the vines closely. Château Mont-Redon are known for thier know-how and skill as wine makers. Typically the wines show a powerful character, great concentration, but always with excellent balance. Château Mont-Redon are one of the stars of the Châteauneuf.

THE WINEMAKER:
Pierre Fabre, is now the forth generation of his family to head up Château Mont-Redon. Pierre is a man of principle with a philosophie to craft great wines buy achieving low yields in the vineyard, working by hand with the vines, and taking a special interest into the environmental practices of Château Mont Redon. In 2017, Pierre became the general manager of the Château Mont-Redon as well has being the head-wine makers.

Good balance, fruit concentration, delicate, elegant, the Châteauneuf Du Pape is intensely perfumed aromas of ripe cherry, blackberry, candied violet, spicecake, garrigue and exotic spices, along with a smoky mineral overtone that builds in the glass.

  • Country: France
  • Producer: Château Mont-Redon
  • Grape: Bourboulenc, Cinsault, Clairette, Counoise, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Muscardin, Picardan, Picpoul, Roussanne, Syrah, Terret noir, Vaccarèse
  • Region: Rhône Valley
  • Wine Type: Red
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