Brotte - Domaine Barville Chateauneuf du Pape

2021
Producer
Brotte
Blend
100% Red Rhone Blend
Country
France
Region
Rhone Valley
Appellation
Chateauneuf Du Pape
UPC
0 15643 25578 6
Red Wine
Verified Stock
11441-21
Product Ratings
James Suckling 91pt

A fruity and medium-bodied red with cherries, cassis, raspberries and some dried leaves on the nose. Fine tannins with a juicy core of fruit at the center. Very drinkable with a fresh finish. 80% grenache, 15% syrah and 5% mourvedre. Drink or hold.

by James Suckling, 2023
Wine Spectator 92pt

Perfumy and high-toned, with beautiful dried rose petal, anise, cherry and raspberry coulis flavors. Broad on the palate, with subtle chewiness adding textural intrigue and toasted alder echoing on the well-meshed finish. Ripe and generous for the vintage. Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre.

by Wine Spectator, 2023

Tasting notes

Color: Ruby color with violet sheen.
Nose: Marked by its terroir character of spices, black pepper, lavender, black cherries and blackberries.
Palate: Elegant and well balanced, full-bodied, powerful with persistent aromas of red fruit and garrigue. This wine offers a great tasting pleasure and reward the most patients.

Food pairing

Enjoy with braised meat with black olives, beef tartare with bearnaise sauce, foil truffle foie gras, chocolate cake.

Vineyard

The Domaine is Barville homestead Laurent Brotte. 15ha vineyard west of the village, it consists of seven parcels covering two of the oldest and best terroirs of the AOC (red clay and pebbles at a place called Pradel and broken limestone instead-said Beaurenard). At an altitude of 100 meters, the vines 35 years of age on average overlooking the Rhone and enjoy the health benefits and the mistral and a good exposure to the critical maturity of the berries.

Vinification

Vinegrowing, budding, leafing, green pruning. Manual harvesting and rapid transport of the grapes in small containers to avoid compaction and oxidation of the grape. Destemmed, crushed and fermented at 28 °C followed by maceration for 3 weeks. Load shedding per day during fermentation. Ageing 12 months of syrah, grenache and tannic mourvedres in French oak barrels (1/3 new, 1/3 wine, 1/3 two wines), and more supple and fruity grenache tank and traditional lightning for 12 months.