CHATEAU DE VAUDIEU RED 2021 – AOC CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE

Description

Grape variety
54% Grenache noir 30% Syrah,16% Mourvèdre.

Terroir
This cuvée is the blend of our best plots of black Grenache and syrah on sandy soil and red sandstone.

Harvest
After waiting for the optimum ripeness, the grapes were harvested manually between the 13th and the 30th of September 2021.

Vinification
The grapes are destemmed and crushed and then conveyed in a stainless-steel tank. The temperature is maintained at around 25 ° C. during the alcoholic fermentation. The duration of maceration is approximately 30 days during which, pump-over and rack and return daily according to the tastings of our oenologist Philippe CAMBIE.

Aging
Syrah aged for 12 months in used barrel and Grenache and Mourvèdre in demi-muid of 1 wine or more.

Tasting
A robust ruby color. The nose reveals a subtle blend of strawberry jam and cocoa bean, then notes of white pepper take the ascendant. In the mouth, the attack is fresh thanks to a fine concentration of menthol tannins, which evolves towards notes of graphite. To be drunk from now and for the next 20 years, at 16 ° C.

Food and wine pairings
On a leg of lamb decorated with a beautiful au gratin dauphinois, a roasted suckling pig.