Pere Caboche - Elisabeth Chambellan - Vieilles Vignes 2022
- Producer Domaine du Pere Caboche
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Blend
80% Grenache
20% Syrah - Country France
- Region Rhone Valley
- Appellation Chateauneuf Du Pape
- UPC 0 15643 23549 8
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Estate
A long time before all this, our vineyard belonged to the Chambellan family. In 1777, my ancestor, Jean-Louis Boisson, married Elisabeth Chambellan and so became vine-grower in Châteauneuf du Pape. Since then, we have had parcels that have remained in the family, without there being any exchange or sale. The vines which are still there now are over 100 years old and produce an outstanding wine. The oldest parcel was planted in 1906. As a tribute and thanks to Elisabeth, we are today vine-growers from father to son and daughter.
Tasting notes
The color is ruby red with blue highlights. A very intense nose of ripe fruits, cherry and blueberry jam, delicately spiced (sweet pepper), generous and harmonious. The mouth is full and rich with nice freshness. Very nice persistence, the tannins have great finesse all the while being remarkably well structured. A great and generous Châteauneuf du Pape, elegant and complex.
History
Jean-Pierre Boisson, former long-serving mayor of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, runs Domaine Père Caboche with his children Emily & Nicolas. Members of the Boisson family have been both winemakers and blacksmiths for generations. The family nickname of Caboche derives from the old Provencal word for ‘horseshoe nails’.
Vinification
Harvest by hand, picked when fully mature and also sorted by hand, lightly crushed and destemmed, permanent temperature control during fermentation, traditional maceration (about one month), aged in big oak barrels for 18 months.
