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A Châteauneuf-du-Pape with the bottle embossed with papal regalia and insignia. Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines are often high in alcohol, typically 14-15.5%, and must be minimum 12.5% under the appellation rules with no chaptalization allowed.
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe is located within the Vaucluse department (red on map) in southeastern France A Chappe semaphore tower near Saverne, France, illustrates what the Vieux Télégraphe may have looked like. Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe is a winery in the southern Rhône wine region, from the appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The ...
Growing up in a family of chefs has encouraged him to put "food-friendliness" in wine pairing as an important consideration in winemaking. [4] In 2001, Colombo openly lamented the rising competition from New World wines , particularly those from California , describing the situation as "losing civilisation and vulgarising wine" .
The estate did not have electricity until the late 1980s. [2] Several viticulture practices at Château Rayas differ from other producers in Châteauneuf. Only Grenache grapes are grown; wine yields at around 15hl/h are very low; the wines are matured in the uncommon 450 litre double-piéce oak casks. [3]
Baron Pierre Le Roy de Boiseaumarié of Château Fortia. Château Fortia is a French wine producing estate in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape region of the Rhône Valley.With a history dating back to the eighteenth century (on land that has been producing wine since at least the fourteenth century), Château Fortia has long been a notable producer in the southern Rhône.
The special Vieilles Vignes cuvée of Beaucastel's white Châteauneuf du Pape is a varietal Roussanne wine, which is rare in Rhône and rarer in Châteauneuf du Pape. Château de Beaucastel holds a total of 130 hectares (320 acres) of land, of which 100 hectares (250 acres) is planted with vineyards, three-quarters of which is within the ...
Counoise is one of the grapes allowed into the blend of Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine. In 2004 only 0.5% of the appellation 's area was planted with Counoise. [ 3 ] Some producers who favour the variety use about 5% of it in their blends, and those account for most of the plantings.
It is a major component in the white wines of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Côtes du Rhône AOCs. Up to 10% Grenache blanc is permitted to be included in the red wines of the Côtes du Rhône Villages AOC. In the Rivesaltes AOC, the grape is used as a blending component in some of the regions vin doux naturel wines. [2]