Wine Chateau de la Gardine, Chateauneuf-du-Pape AOC, 2014
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Tasting Notes
The wine is dark purple in color with purple highlights.
Young wine is different fresh, bright and juicy fruit base with powerful tannins. In a more mature wine on the palate appear intonation licorice, leather and undergrowth, and the tannins are softer.
Palette of bright flavors woven of shades of black fruit and berries, harmoniously complement the notes of cocoa, toasted oak, spicy pepper and other spices.
Best wine is revealed in combination with dishes of duck or game birds, boiled and stewed meat with Provencal herbs. It also served to steaks medium rare and aged cheeses such as Beaufort, Comté or Salers.
Interesting Facts
Powerful, concentrated wine Chateau de la Gardine, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, created from 4 grape varieties, has a complex, rich flavor and aroma explosive consisting of many shades. Their wealth as a varietal wine is obliged variety of blending and three different terroirs, where grapes are grown to produce this wine. Harvested at peak ripeness and delivered by hand in small boxes to the winery, where carefully sorted and destebliruetsya. Fermentation of grape must place in steel tanks, then part of the wine is aged in oak barrels, and part remains to mature in stainless steel vats for a period of 9 to 14 months. Thanks to the powerful tannin-based wine is capable of for a long time to develop in the bottle and stored for up to 8 years.
Chateau de la Gardin, belonged to the family Brunel from the early XX century, first occupied 54 hectares, but in 1963, Philippe Brunel attaches to the estate has 48 hectares, making Château de la Gardin one of the largest private estates in Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Today, the family tradition continues Patrick and Marie Odile Brunel. Vineyards Chateau - old, some vines were planted in 1925. Soils are mostly sandy, with gravel and limestone inclusions.
Feature style Chateau de la Gardine - elegant wines capable of long-term exposure. The superb location of the vineyards and skillful approach to technological processes will allow this economy to become one of the best in the territory of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, occupying a high position in the world rankings.
