2019 Domaine du Père Pape Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rhone Valley, FranceABOUT THIS WINE An ambitious cuve fit for ageing. The aromas of jammy black fruits and eucalyptus brought by the syrah give this cuve all its complexity. The palate is warm and reveals fine and tight tannins with peppery notes. Hand picked harvest in 20 kg crates to limit crushing of the berries, sorting by hand in the plot and in the cellar, crushing and destemming, vatting by gravity, co fermentation according to maturity, fermentation duration

Recaredo produces magnificent aged cavas that showcase the calcareous soils of the Alt Penedes region in Catalunya

bunches that don’t reach our quality standard are left to feed the birds

Prior to that he traveled to other regions to gain more experience and was fortunate to spend time with legendary winemaker Hans Günter Schwarz just prior to his retirement in 2002

roasted game birds

the son and daughter of two ancient winemaking families in the Côte de Blancs

Tenuta San Guido

between Florence and Siena

leads the family-owned company

many of the vineyards were not hit by the “standardization” replanting to international varieties

Aligoté Vert) which gives smaller yields to produce wines with more expressive aromatics

demi-muids and large foudres at the magnificently restored cellar at Le Clos

Maison Albert Bichot as we know it