Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Mourre des Perdrix AC 2022

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Region
Rhône Valley
Producer
Domaine de la Charbonnière
Vintage
2022
Grape varieties
  • 69% Grenache / Garnacha
  • 15% Syrah / Shiraz
  • 15% Mourvèdre / Monastrell
  • 1% Cinsault
Bottle size
75 cl
Ratings
  • 92-94 points Vinous
  • 95 points Jeb Dunnuck
  • 94 points James Suckling
Alcohol
15.5%
Classification
AC
Special characteristic
  • Contains sulphites

Hand-picked and hand-selected grapes. Destemming followed by controlled maceration (skin contact) and subsequent fermentation for around four weeks – one part in temperature-controlled stainless steel, the other in large oak casks. Maturation for about 18 months in large oak casks and 228-litre oak barrels, before bottling and subsequent

This Châteauneuf has a nose of strawberry, raspberry, ripe cherry, garrigue, herbs and fine oak. Beautiful balance and volume on the palate, with ripe, silky tannins and a chalky, mineral finish.

Le Mourre des Perdrix is a lieu-dit situated on a small plateau in the municipality of Courthézon. Its soils are a mixture of red clay, with round pebbles and sandy marl.