Domaine Paul Autard Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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This Châteauneuf-du-Pape from the Rhône Valley is balanced, elegant and deeply colored, with vivid flavor that the old vines' naturally low yields help produce. Fresh, pure dark berry fruit comes with notes of black pepper and chocolate. The grapes come from 9 hectares in 12 parcels near Courthézon, on vines averaging 50 to 95 years old. They are hand-harvested, sorted twice, cold macerated for about 24 hours and fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel. The wine then spends about 18 months in 225 liter barriques, one third of them new, and is bottled in March.
Jean-Paul Autard runs the domaine his father Paul founded in Courthézon in the 1970s, which he took over at 17. He farms 26 hectares sustainably, 12 in Châteauneuf-du-Pape and 14 in Côtes-du-Rhône, without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Since 2004 he has worked in a new winery, and the barrels age in a vaulted cave cut into sandstone.
- Region: Rhône Valley, France
- Product Type: Red Wine
- Appellation: Châteauneuf-du-Pape
- Vintage: 2022
- Volume: 25.4 fl oz (750 mL)
- Package Quantity: 12 Bottles
- Product Weight: 48 lb