Domaine de la Solitude Châteauneuf du Pape Tradition Rouge 2023
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Accolades:
95/100 – James Suckling
92/100 – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
“Very rich and spicy, with impressive concentration and stacks of fine, soft tannins on the full-bodied palate. There’s licorice and meaty intensity in the crescendo finish. A cuvee of 60% grenache, 20% syrah, 10% mourvedre and 5% each counoise and cinsault. From biodynamically grown grapes. A small crop due to hail damage in May. Matured mostly in concrete tanks with a small number of oak casks. Drink or hold.” – James Suckling
“The 2023 Chateauneuf du Pape from Domaine de la Solitude opens with a dense, slightly oaky bouquet of dark plums, licorice, dark berries and chocolate. Medium- to full-bodied, sappy and enveloping, it’s a concentrated wine framed by velvety tannins, concluding with a long, spicy finish. The blend—60% Grenache Noir, 15% Syrah, 15% Mourvèdre, 5% Cinsault and 5% Counoise—was matured for 15 months in a combination of 10% new oak and concrete tanks. This is a powerful, polished wine with a clear technical signature.” – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Tasting Notes: Nose of garrigue bouquet, cistus flower, blackcurrant buds; Fresh and balanced palate, with aromas of cocoa and cherry, with a long finish of liquorice. In its youth, this vintage is perfect to pair with a 12-hour-oven-cooked shoulder of lamb, roasted pigeon with fungi porcini and, from its fifth year, stew, “daube Provençale”, all game and many cheeses.
Winemaking: The grapes are hand-picked. After a selection of the best bunches by hand on a sorting table, the grapes are crushed and destemmed and fall by gravity in our concrete tanks; Long maceration with gentle extractions allow to obtain velveteen yet powerful tannins, which are specific to our wines; 10% of the wine is then aged in oak barrels and demi-muids for 15 month, 90% in concrete vats.
Certification: Organic
Alcohol: 14.5%
Varieties: Grenache blend
Region: Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC, France
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