Chateauneuf du Pape, Domaine de la Charbonniere

Region

Chateauneuf du Pape, Rhone, France

Vintage:

2019

Producer:

Domaine de la Charbonniere

Grapes:

Grenache/Garnacha, Syrah/Shiraz, Mourvedre/Monastrell

Wine Description:

We have long admired the wines of Chabonniere, a rich and succulent style! A blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre with rich, dense fruit, spice and weight.

Characteristic soils of Châteauneuf-du-Pape (yellow and red sand, red clay and limestone clay, rolled pebbles) with a high proportion of sands.

The average age of the vines +40 years.

Grapes varieties:

70% Grenache from Baratin, Chapouin,

15% Syrah from Valori,

15% Mourvèdre from Grand Pierre, Mourre de Gaud


Viticulture: Rigorous bud pruning. Furthermore, green harvesting and leaf thinning are done.
The picking is entirely by hand, with sorting in the vineyard and again in the cellar.


Vinification:
manual harvest and sorting on the estate by vibrating table, destemming and crushing of the grapes.
Vinification of Grenache and Syrah together, Mourvèdre apart.
Maceration lasts about 2-3 weeks, daily pumping over, load shedding or trapping;
Malolactic fermentation in frustoconical wooden vats or in stainless steel vats.

Ageing:
It is made in wooden vats, in stainless steel vats, in demi-muids and in barrels.

Producer Description

Domaine de la Charbonnière was bought by Eugène Maret in 1912 to please his wife, native from Chateauneuf du Pape and winemaker's daughter of the appellation. Fernand Maret, their son, inherited a part of the estate and enlarged it at the birth of the next generation, Michel.
Today, they have: • 19 hectares 50 spread out on Châteauneuf du Pape appellation.
Under the benevolent eye of their parents, the 4th generation dedicates themselves to the vine culture until the wines making. In respect of family traditions, they continue the work of plot selection set up by their father, of reasoned and sustainable culture to produce complex and elegant wines. Today, all wines are vinified and aging by Véronique; even if her father is still around during the Vinification season. Each vintage is unique because soils and climate conditions determine wines' character.