Domaine La Roquete

Piedlong Chateauneuf du Pape

Here is a bottle that does not possess all the ingredients of what is called a cuvée spéciale. No barriques, because the wine is aged in foudres for 2 years. No super-charged extraction, no blackness of colour, and no record-breaking alcohol scores. No, there is none of that. Domaine La Roquetes idea was not to violate the natural character of Grenache, quite the contrary. They wish to let it blossom gently, classically. To respect its requirements while it unveils all the minerality of the soil in which it is rooted. All the balance and elegance it yields in the great years. And, of course, all the richness we associate with it. For Grenache has the great quality of not cannibalising the terroir for its own benefit; rather, it develops the terroir’s personality for the greater pleasure of enthusiasts who love profound, genuine and serious wines.