Description
Domaine de la Solitude - Reserve Secrete Chateauneuf du Pape A.O.C 75cl
Winery: Domaine de la Solitude - Famille Lancon
Grape Variety: Grenache, Syrah, Mouvedre
Region: Chateauneuf du Pape, Rhone Valley, France
Alcohol Content: 15%
Classification: AOC (Appellation D'Origine Controlee)
Food Pairing: This wine, will be perfectly paired with red meats such as a prime rib, but also, for example, a lamb tagine with apricots, duck breasts with cherries and, with a dozen years, a hare “a la royale”.
Description:
The Grenache are from the oldest part of the Domaine de la Solitude,
planted by my great-grandfather at the beginning of last century it is
located on the western slope of “La Crau” on a terroir of safre. The
Syrahs flourish on the fresh soil of Safre des “Blachieres”.
• 65% centennial black Grenache
• 35% Syrah
These two great Terroirs are always vinified separately but only the
great years, 5 vintages of the last 10 Secret Reserve is created.
Vinification & aging
Harvesting is done by hand in 25 kg crates. After a double selection of
the best bunches in the vineyard then on a sorting table, the grapes
are vinified in all cluster for the Grenache and the Syrahs are
destemmed. The vinification takes place in concrete tank. The is
carefully aged for 20 months and 45% in barrels. The barrels of
exceptional qualities are made from Colbert oak from the french forest
of Tronçais. The wine is assembled and refined in Foudre barrel for a
year before being bottled without filtration or fining
Tasting notes
Powerful, elegant and refined wine built for the long guard. Intense
nose of blackberry, blackcurrant, worn by empyreumatic notes. The
dense mouth of this wine blends beautifully notes of tan, cherry, cedar
and continues with an intense and persistent finish.