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Domaine La Roquete Chateauneuf-du-pape Piedlong 750ml
$119.99 $104.99 price per bottle
Wine maker notes Here is a bottle that does not possess all the ingredients of what is called a cuvee speciale. No barriques, because the wine is aged in foudres for 2 years. No super-charged extraction, no blackness of colour, and no record-breaking alcohol scores. No, there’s none of that. Our idea was not to violate the natural character of Grenache, quite the contrary. We wish to let it blossom gently, classically. To respect its requirements while it unveils all the minerality of the soil in which it is rooted. All the balance and elegance it yields in the great years. And, of course, all the richness we associate with it. For Grenache has the great quality of not cannibalising the terroir for its own benefit; rather, it develops the terroir’s personality for the greater pleasure of enthusiasts who love profound, genuine and serious wines. You get my gist. Piedlong is, and will be in the great vintages of the future, a hymn to old Grenache – which, though not without flaws, remains the king of grapes in the Southern Rhone Valley and a great ambassador for the vin de terroir philosophy. The features that form this terroir are: Grenache vines anchored for 70 years in the entrails of the high stony plateau Piedlong, blended with 50 years old Mourvedre vines from lieu-dit Pignan, both to the north of the village of Chateauneuf-du-Pape; an increasingly Mediterranean climate (we do not irrigate, of course); and a team of men and women who respect this set of natural traits and strive to fulfil its potential. That is the philosophy on which Piedlong is founded
| ABV: | - |
| Distillery: | - |
| Vintage: | 2017 |
| Region: | Rhone |
| Size: | 750 ml |
| Availability: | In Stock |
| Distributed by: | BLW |
