Châteauneuf-du-Pape
La Réserve
Rouge 2023
Download Technical Information (PDF) Download HD Photo2023 VINTAGE: An excellent vintage, generous and well-balanced.
The mild climate of 2023 was characterized by satisfactory rainfall and perfect sanitary conditions (thanks to the protective Mistral wind).
200 mm rainfall from January to August, nice showers in May and June, then a dry, hot summer also helped to produce a vintage with generous yields allowing us to harvest at excellent maturities.
2023 offers fine, elegant and full wines made from top-quality grapes harvested over more than two months, from mid-August to the end of October.
The white grapes, harvested from mid-August at ideal ripeness, produced well-balanced, round, rich and complex wines with notes of citrus (grapefruit, lemon), white-fleshed fruit (pear, peach) and exotic fruit (litchi, mango). The acidity is well-balanced, with a long, saline finish.
Red wines have elegant profiles, sweetness and complex textures. Characterized by aromas of red fruit (raspberry, cherry, wild strawberry), liquorice, ginger and salt, the red wines have great drinkability, smooth tannins and opulent, spicy (pepper) and mentholated finish.
2023 reminds us a combination of the vintage 2000 and 2012.
BLEND : 60 % Grenache (75 years old) - 40 % Mourvèdre
SOILS CHARACTERISTICS : Sandy soils on the lieux-dits « La Guigasse » and « Pignan », in the forest of Rayas, giving finesse and freshness to the wine.
VINIFICATION :
Hand-picking with sorting in the vineyard and then in cellar.
De-stemming (100%), and co-fermentation in wooden truncated vats with wild yeasts.
Pump-over and delestages are made during all the grape maceration (49 days).
AGEING :85% en demi-muids and 15% in old barrels, for 14 months.
WINEMAKER TASTING NOTES :
Garnet red color with shiny black highlights.
The nose is complex and seductive, presenting jammy aromas of wild fruits (blackberries, morello cherries, blackcurrants), scrubland, cocoa and coffee.
The palate is powerful, fresh and very elegant. We can distinguish notes of black fruits, Zan, Tonka bean and white pepper.
This is a balanced, pure and remarkably supple Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The finish leaves us with great intensity, and predicts a very great aging potential.
FOOD AND WINE PAIRINGS :
Lamb breast with Provencal herbs
Spelt fricassee with chanterelles
Iberian pork pluma
Brillat Savarin truffle
Opera, Joconde biscuit, coffee buttercream and ganache