Domaine de la Solitude Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cornelia Constanza 2023

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Accolades:
93/100 – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
97/100 – James Suckling (2021 vintage)
94/100 – Jeb Dunnuck (2021 vintage)

“More oak-driven than the estate’s Tradition bottling, the 2023 Chateauneuf du Pape Cornelia Constanza unfurls in the glass with aromas of spices, licorice, dark berries and garrigue. Medium- to full-bodied, seamless and enveloping, it’s a concentrated, dense wine supported by a solid tannic chassis and concluding with a long, spicy finish. This pure Grenache Noir, matured for 15 months in 30% new oak, 40% foudres and the remainder in concrete tanks, will benefit from additional time in bottle to fully integrate its oak influence and reveal greater finesse.” – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

Tasting Notes: Elegant and refined wine, tannic while remaining velvety. Expressive nose of gooseberry, Garrigues and milk chocolate. Palate perfectly expressing the purity of the grape variety Grenache, on the background of cocoa, cardamom and Sichuan pepper. This wine, still in its youth, will be paired with red meats such as a nice, slightly matured beef but also, for example, a lamb tagine with apricots, duck breast with cherries, then with a dozen years a Provençal stew.

Winemaking Notes: Harvesting is done by hand in 25 kg crates. After a double selection of the best grapes in the vineyard and on the sorting table, the grapes are vinified in whole bunches in a concrete tank. The macerations are very long with a minimum of intervention to keep all the aromatic purity of the grapes. This wine is age for, 40% in foudre, 30% in barrels and 30% in concrete vat for 15 months. The wine is bottled without fining or filtration.

Varieties: 100% Grenache noir

Alcohol: 14.0%

Region: Chateauneuf-de-pape AOC, France