Buy bottles of Châteauneuf du Pape red 2021 - Domaine de La Solitude at the best price
Direct from the estate
94/100 James Suckling
- When to drink it : 2024-2030+
- Tasted on 23 April 2023: "A stunning Châteauneuf with stacks of ripe fruit, a generous body and fine, concentrated tannins. Together with the pronounced minerality, they give this wine a stunning velvety texture throughout the remarkably long and intense finish for the difficult 2021 vintage. A blend of vineyards cultivated 50% on pebble soil and 50% on sandy soil. Grenache dominates, followed by Syrah, but Mourvèdre, Counoise and Vaccarèse also play an important role. Made from organically grown grapes".
• Grape Varieties: 50% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 10% Cinsault, 15% Mourvèdre
• Yield: 32 hl/hectare.
• Harvest : Hand picked.
• Vinification and ageing : After a manual selection of the best bunches on a sorting table, the grapes are crushed and de-stemmed and fall by gravity into our concrete vats. Long macerations with gentle extractions enable us to obtain the powerful and velvety tannins that are characteristic of our wines. About 25% of the wine is aged in barrels and demi-muids for 14 months.
• Tasting notes: Nose, bouquet of garrigue, cistus flower, blackcurrant buds, all fresh and balanced on the palate, with aromas of cocoa and cherry, with a long finish of liquorice.
• Food and wine pairing : In its youth, this vintage is perfect to accompany a shoulder of lamb slowly roasted in the oven, a roast pigeon with ceps, and from its fifth year, a stew, a Provencal stew, all game and many cheeses.
• Cellaring potential: Drink now until 2030.
Data sheet
| Note | Between 91 and 94 |
|---|---|
| Note JS | 94/100 |
| Partner Areas | Yes |
| Recoverable VAT | Yes |
| Colour | Red |
| Format | Bottle (75cl) |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Volume | 12,50 % vol - 75 cl |
| Appellation | Châteauneuf-du-Pape |
| Level | Perfect |
| Label | Perfect |
| Region | Rhône |
| Maturity | To keep |
| Areas of Rhône | La Solitude |
| Prix | From 30 to 50 € |
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