- Out-of-Stock
Clos du Mont Olivet 1985
Chateauneuf du Pape - Joseph Sabon
92/100 Wine spectator
When to drink this wine? Perhaps now.
Tasting notes: ‘Incredible for this group, it shows remarkable concentration and balance. Inky and port-like, with earth and berry aromas and superbly concentrated flavours of fruit, tar, berry, smoke and earth. Still extremely tight, with superb structure - a Châteauneuf-du-Pape retrospective.
- Terroir: The grapes come from a wide variety of localities: Montalivet, Les Blachières, Coste Froide, Bois Seneseau, Palestor, Bois Dauphin , Pied de Baud, Les Bousquets, Les Parrans, Les Marines, Le Bois de la Ville, Cansaud, Les Gallimardes and Les Serres. They extend from the north to the south of the Appellation. The soils are mainly composed of quartzite colluvium, marine clay, sand and mollassic sandstone.
- Blend : 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 6% Mourvèdre, 4% Cinsault, Counoise, Vaccarèse, Muscardin, Terret noir, Picpoul noir.
- Vinification : The vats are filled by gravity with a partial destemming. The work of the wines is done without seeking a maximum extraction but privileges more the elegance and the freshness. The free-run juice and the press juice are aged separately, mainly in concrete vats where they carry out their malolactic fermentation. After blending, the wine is aged in tuns.
- Alcohol content : 15 %.
Data sheet
| Note | Between 91 and 94 |
|---|---|
| Note WS | 92/100 |
| Recoverable VAT | No |
| Colour | Red |
| Format | Bottle (75cl) |
| Vintage | 1985 |
| Volume | 12,50 % vol - 75 cl |
| Appellation | Châteauneuf-du-Pape |
| Level | between 2 and 4 cm |
| Label | Slightly damaged |
| Region | Rhône |
| Areas of Rhône | Clos du Mont Olivet |
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