Chateauneuf du Pape: Domaine du Pere Caboche Rouge 2009
Description
‘The charismatic mayor of Chateauneuf du Pape, Jean-Pierre Boisson, bottles early and makes some of the most delicious and alluring wines of the appellation. They are not meant for long-term aging, but rather to be drunk in their first 5-8 years of life.’
Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate.
- Style: Red Wine, Dry (Sec), Medium-bodied
- Region: Rhone, Chateauneuf du Pape,
- Producer: Jean-Pierre & Emilie Boisson
- Vintage: 2009
- Grape variety (Cépage): Grenache Noir, Mourvèdre, Other local varietals, Syrah
- Wine pairing - drink with: Beef, Casserole, Lamb, Game, Hard Cheese, Soft Cheese
- Cellarage: Drinks well from the off and up to 8 years from vintage.
- Vinification: The grapes for this Châteauneuf du Pape are hand harvested from 40-60 year-old-vines and put in shallow buckets to protect the fruit from being crushed prematurely. The Syrah and Cinsault remain uncrushed while the other varieties are lightly crushed prior to fermentation. The grapes are then fermented
in large thermo-regulated stainless steel vats 21 days prior to filtering and bottling. - Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 14.5%
- Full Tasting Notes (PDF): Download
Châteauneuf du Pape: Domaine du Père Caboche Rouge 2009
This is the Boissons principal red bottling of Châteauneuf’, called simply ‘Domaine du Père Caboche’. It is blended from 70% Grenache Noir, 10% each of Mourvèdre and Syrah and a diverse ‘field blend’ of lesser varieties. It is always a juicy, voluptuous, ‘come-hither’ wine with abundant ripe fruit and silky tannins.
What others think of this wine...
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate, December 2011 says:The 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape offers delicious kirsch liqueur, garrigue, pepper and earthy notes in a classic, round, supple-textured, luscious style. 88/100.
Yapp Brothers Staff Review - Tom says:Scrumptious, soyeux, Chateauneuf’ that was consumed with gusto at recent Yapp Christmas party.
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